Recent content by Don Gross

I have the CB stainless steel expansion cylinder and third rack. Bought it over a year ago, but had no use for it due to COVID. Broke it in over Labor Day with a cook of 7 10lb. shoulders. Probably could have shoe horned one more in if I needed to. I was very happy with how it turned out. Served...

I also vacuum seal leftover pulled pork in 1lb portions. If I'm firing up the WSM, I usually will do minimun two butts. You can fit these together in a large foil pan. After refrigerating it's easy to cut chunks the size you need. Then after sealing you can flatten out the package for easy...

This is a hard one. First, how do you define best? The one you thought tasted the best? Made you the most proud? Most raves from your friends or guests? Best results at a competition? Biggest challenge met? I was part of a KCBS team for five years. We decided to retire after 2015 (Age, chronic...

Ditto. I bought my MK4 at the same time. Love it. It lives in the kitchen at home. I also have two Thermo Pops. One stays at our trailer and the other lives in my travel knife bag.

Thanks Joan!

I enjoy his shows. I've watched since his BBQ University specials (before the series) on PBS years ago, and have definitely learned from them. He's not the most comfortable in front of the camera. His dialog delivery can be a little stilted. Still a good watch. I know the sponsors provide all...

I've done several mods on my 22: Wheels Gasket around top of mid-section and door opening Lid hinge Fold down side table Cajun Bandit steel door and compression latch PartyQ ATC, so I have all other bottom vent holes plugged Threaded wire tube for probe wires. Since I just replaced my dead...

I ordered one earlier this week, since my Maverick conveniently started malfunctioning over the holiday weekend. Should arrive any day now. Of course I also had to get the stand for the receiver and an additional meat probe. That used up most of the discount.

I think I'm going to convert to the notch. I have the threaded tube in the hole drilled in the middle section. It has worked great for me with two Maverick temp probes and the grate prober for my BBQ Guru. Just finished a cook of 3 10 lb. pork shoulders and a 16 lb. brisket. When I was setting...

Thanks Chris. :)

I do very little cleaning. Scrape the grates really well. Dump the ashes. I foil both the top and bottom of the pan. I remove the top foil with drippings and grease after every cook. I'll leave the foil on the underside for several cooks. Occasionally I take some sandpaper or emery cloth to the...

I don't have clamps and there's been a couple times that I wish I did. I have a hinge for the lid on my 22 and a several year old gasket around the top of the mid-section. I've had a couple times when the lid stuck to the gasket enough that I lifted the mid-section as well. Fortunately there was...

Prime grade briskets at my Sam's Club (suburban Chicago) have been around $2.85/lb for a while now. I was excited when it dropped below $3.50/lb.

Bump... I love this recipe, and have made it many times (including last week). I almost always serve it with a toasted corn and black bean salsa. The leftovers (I always do a whole side of fish) are great on a salad or in a dip. They freeze well, too.

I've been buying prime briskets at Sam's since ours started selling them last year. Gotten the best results I ever had. Last time I got one a few weeks ago it was $3.04/.lb. Recently it was under $3 but the cooler was empty. When I was competing a few years ago I was paying $3.85 for choice at...