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First, I normally go with bone-in butts but availability is not there this time, so I'm going with Costco's boneless butts. In the past when I used bonelesss, I tied them. This time I'm doing 8 butts and would rather save the effort. What are your thought on doing boneless butts without tying?

I bought four 8-9 lb bone-in pork butts on sale with the intent to cook today. Things did not work out so I'm freezing them. Well, trying to get such large pieces of meat into even the 11 inch bags proved daunting as they were a tight fit and stuck to the bag and I didn't want to cut them. So...

No hardware mods required. I just cut three blocks of wood the height I want and rest them on the outer edges of the lower grate. The middle grate rests on the blocks. I have a collection of blocks of various heights, so can easily position the grate anywhere I like. The blocks do not burn...

I've gotten to the point where I pretty much nail BRITU ribs every time and prefer them unsauced. I really like 'em but I'm looking for a change. I've got 2 racks of St Louis in the fridge and am ready to mix it up. What other recipes should I try? I'm thinking one marinated and one sauced...

I had my first baby back rib failure this weekend. Racks were a LOT smaller than I usually cook (2-lb versus closer to 3-lb). Cooked 6 racks in the 18.5 WSM using water pan, all laying flat. Temps read low (like 210 high in the dome) most of the cook despite my impression that it was actually...

I'm sure many of you have, at one time or another, found yourself in the same situation as me. Managing to collect a good supply of various types of smoke wood and then dealing with how to store them and keep organized at low cost. I just had an 'aha' moment and killed two birds with one...

Does anybody use a sterno can to light off a chimney. I usually use a paper towel or two with some veg oil but thought the sterno might be an easy, no mess alternative. My concern is over residual taste/odor from the fuel, vis-a-vis charcoal lighter fluid. I saw them at Christmas tree shop...

I don't know about the rest of you, but I have a tough time determining how my lower vents are set (without actually lying on the floor). Does anyone have any good tricks or a mod that will make the job easier.

Seems to me that the main benefit of using sonething like the BBQ Guru Eyelets is that there is no need to drill holes through the porcelain coated steel. If one needs to drill a hole anyway, seems that something like this would work very well. These particular ones are silicone so thay should...

I'm thinking about making a trial run tomorrow with my WSM inside my 8X12 tool shed. I think about it during every winter smoke when I'm freezing my B***s off and fighting the wind. The shed is ventilated and I can leave the door open. Aside from the risk of nearby combustibles and the...

Can anyone tell me whether you can use two Maverick ET-73 remote thermometers side-by-side (to support two cookers) or will the RF signals cross. I did not notice a way (e.g. dip switches) to change the frequency.

Cooked a small butt yesterday. It cooked for 2 1/2 hours per pound and still did not get done. Any ideas why? - It was half of a shank end. The small portion. 5+ lbs with skin. Skin off weighed 4 1/2 lbs. - Bottom rack of 18" WSM with water pan. 235F-245F the entire time (measured at the...

I got this from my bro-in-law who taught culninary in high scheel for many years. A simple sleeve consisting of several layers of newspaper will protect knife blades in a drawer nearly as good as a store-bought sleeve. The plus is that you can make any size/shape required and the price is...