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Just pulled them off

Happy New Years to my WSM family. Well it is tradition to eat pork, blackeyes, and cabbage on New Year’s Day accompanied with cornbread. My family roots are Texas and German, mom instilled the southern new year’s traditions in my life. So far I have had pork and blackeyes every New Year’s Day of...

We are doing a small lasagna for Christmas Eve.

We typically cook a beef roast for Christmas dinner. This year we picked up a rib roast from Cal Poly San Luis Obispo Ag department. They have a meat market that’s sells a bunch of cuts and different meats. Looking forward to the final product. I’m going to bbq it on the 18.5 WSM. What are y’all...

Too much food and too much cleaning. Here is the half that didn’t get eaten on the first go round.

Happy Thanksgiving. Hope everyone has a great BBQ.

Happy Fourth of July WSM/BBQ fans!!

Hey Bob, I would describe it as beefy bouillon 😀.To me it muted the brisket flavor. My family also thought the same thing too. I do use injections on cooks but only pork and poultry and agree they can really enhance the moisture and flavor. The only brisket I have had is Texas (Blacks) and my...

I have never done it but I have had brisket that has. I personally do not like the flavor that it imparts to one of the best cut of beef. To me it took the true brisket flavor away and made it taste like a pot roast. My .02 😀

Butts were on my short list but ribs won. I always use the “Mr Brown” rub for all of my pork recipes. Thanks for that one Chris!

I too wanted to cook a brisket but could not make the trip to Costco. Sure sounds like a good time at your place. Enjoy

That sounds good. The smoke and braise sounds interesting and delicious!

Here is an action pic from a few years back

Hey Rich. I live in tri-tip county. Are you going to grill or WSM your tips? The salsa with the celery is a great recipe!! Also, the original rub for SM tri-tip is salt, pepper, and granulated garlic but that recipe sounds good too. Can you get punquitos? Such a great BBQ bean. Rotisserie it...