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    SF East Bay Lazzari Oak Lump Charcoal

    I recently hooked up with a guy in the SF East Bay (Walnut Creek) who purchased a pallet of Lazzari oak lump (40 lb. bags). The mesquite lump is prevalent around here, but the oak cannot usually be found retail. I bought three bags for grilling and I'll try it out in the WSM, also. He has a...
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    New Year's Cook

    Finally we have some dry werather here in N. Cal., so I threw a pork shoulder on last nite about midnite (Mr. Brown recipe) for lunch/dinner on New Year's Day (well, I was up anyways). I'm trying the sand in the waterpan method (Brinkman water pan). So far, seems to work fine-- good steady...
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    San Jose Lump deal

    Today while I was at Cash-n-Carry picking up a brisket, I saw they had a lot of 40lb bags of lump on sale for less than $10. I'm a Kingsford man myself, but this seems like a deal to me. Clark
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    San Jose Smoking Wood Source

    I am looking for a source in San Jose to buy smoking wood(probably red or white oak), rather than buy the bags of chunks at Home Depot and others. I'd like to buy small amounts (maybe two boxes or so) of logs, then cut them into 6" or so pieces for my WSM. Can anyone point me to a source...
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    Maverick Redi-Chek Not Suitable for Smoking?

    Today I called Maverick Tech Support about my new Redi-Check ET-72 (single probe wireless). It was working intermittently, sometimes losing signal or locking up. I can reinitialize and it would work OK for a while, then stop working again. Using it with the probe stuck through a potato on the...
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    Source for Brisket in San Jose

    Put a 7 lb brisket on the WSM at 7 am this morning, marinated overnite per the "Dallas Dandy Brisket" recipe in Smoke and Spice. This recipe turns out great in my old ECB, but this is first brisket test in the WSM. Trying the "Minion Method"-- has been chugging away at a steady 235 for the...

 

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