Recent content by Louie Roessler

The BBQ U is a DVD set. All recipes on this season is from BBQ USA, which I highly recommend. I smoked this brisket recipe this weekend. The fat had already been trimmed well below the 1/4 recommended in the recipe. I placed the paste and rub on top of the fat and by the end of he cook...

Could it be that some parts are manufactured in China, but the grill is assembled in Illinois?

That one meatball was my test subject. I wanted to see if the meatball would keep its shape and how difficult it would be to turn on the large grate. There was no difference between the two grates. I was concerned about the meatloaf being too smokey. I placed some sliced onions and tomatoes...

I found this disposable aluminum grate at Wal Mart. Its the size of a pizza pan. Here are the grates when I cooked some meatballs. Grates. I flatten out the meatloaf and it takes smoke on all sides. Dont have to worry about moving it or it falling apart. Very Very good.

I have ordered wood from Cabelas. I found out about it from the thread mentioned above. Nice large chunks and fast shipping. I ordered 40lbs of wood. Hickory, mesquite, apple and cherry. Something odd, the packing slip from UPS said total weight of the package was 36 lbs. Even though it...

I picked up a 2005 Weber product line catalog about a month ago and this is in it. It said available January 2005. This is the only place I have seen it for sale. I am surprised its not on Amazon. I wonder if they are having second thoughts on distributing this product.

Anybody seen these and does it make soaking wood chips any neater? Weber Wood Chip Soaker

Heres a good website that reviews lump. Link

I bought the book a couple of weeks ago and have only tried one recipe. The meatballs were excellent. I took a cooking class with Jamie Purviance (author) as the teacher. He said this this book has recipes for the weekday griller. Easy to find ingredients and quick recipes to prepare. His...

I concur with Morgan that IME there is no mustard flavor after smoking. I know someone who smoked two butts at the same time, one with mustard and one without. He said the one with mustard had a better bark than the one without. That being said, since no mustard flavor remains and its mainly...

I bought some at Lowes in the cleaning supply aisle.

Also, try GooGone. It takes off a lot of gunk.