Recent content by Chris Stanek

No disrespect to King Lil there... but it's called "pulled" pork... not chopped. I get it though. I think for a 10 butts or less... the claws work well. But when you start doing more than that it does become a bit of a hassle and it actually starts wearing you out a bit after long night of...

Avoid newspaper... Just about anything else will work better... Just way too much ash and remnants to bother. Pull off two paper towels together... Roll them diagonally so you get a long tight rolled rope. Twist it around and make a knot. Put it atop your coals in the chimney. Pour veg oil...

Bear Claws work surprisingly well. Once you get used to them you can control how chunky or shredded you want.

Does the jet burner need a regulator or do you just hook it up to the tank?

I've not seen the real value in the cubes. I just roll off two paper towels... Roll them tightly lengthwise and sort of twist it in a knot. I set on the chimney and pour some veg oil on it. Light it and set your chimney on top. It burns forever and you almost no ash...unlike newspaper. I've...

I've smoked a tone of Pork Butts and have done a lot of repeated side by side testing to determine my own opinions of the long lasting, always to be debated questions. Here's my way and I've listened to my trusted tasters repeatedly, unanimously agree... fat cap down, no injection, mustard...

Hey guys, I've been thinking of building a somewhat outlandish charcoal lighting apparatus for chimneys and one of my other smokers... a Stumps gravity feed. I use my Weber all the time and I have a Weber gasser as well. I've used a weed burner to light coals before... it works great but I...

Jim K has it... you have to use a natural product. I've done with Royal Oak lump and oak that I burned down. Both had excellent results. We did two inch, 22oz bone in ribeyes on the RO. Literally 1:30 - flip - 1:30 - Pull - rest - eat. Came out perfectly what I refer to as rare +... just a...

I think the hardest part of us is just going to be getting the timeing all down since it's a multiple step process. It's all for fun really so I'm not too concerned one way or another. It's just a way to get out of our offices away from all the numbers and just hang out. It'll be a good time...

Thank you as well Mac. Having more than one guide can't be a bad thing.

THAT's it! Thanks Jeff.

Hey guys, I remember having a link I got from here about a step by step guide on how to do chicken thighs... it talked about taking all the skins off and putting them in a pile, deboning, trimming, etc. A couple of guys and me are going to enter a local contest and are going to enter the...

Thanks George. I'll take a look tonight. I haven't had a chance to get out there and even look. I looked more like the coating, but you're probably right. I guess I'll find out!

I just noticed this evening while grilling dinner that the inside coating in my lid is all flaking off. It looks like paint peeling. Don't know what to think.

I keep trying different techniques trying to get this down consistently. I think my problem a couple of days ago was that I prepared the pies the night before and had them on commercial cookie pans. The lid didn't quite fit when I had the pans elevated. So... I think with the added air, the...