Recent content by Scott P.

I live in Texas and brisket is king. I have an 18" and 22' WSM and usually cook my briskets on the 18 since it's the one on my back porch and it uses so much less charcoal. I do the simple Texas seasoning with liberal salt and pepper (1:3 ratio by volume), but also add a bit of Garlic of...

I saw it the last time I was in the store (Humble, TX) and it was $18.99 for the two pack. I stocked up on Kingsford Profession during their last sale, so I chose to keep walking at that price. They had Cowboy lump today, but I found that stuff to be terrible. My wife doesn't like the smell or...

I bought a bunch of the Cowboy briquettes on clearance at Costco when they were $10 for the twin pack. I am not exactly happy with them. A lot of ash will float off of them. Plus, they don't seem to get too hot. I bought the black bag B&B Texas Size lump and the family really disliked the smell...

I found the same deal at my local Costco this week too. I grabbed five packs. I haven't used these before, but online reviews looked good enough.

Costco has a one week in store only deal for Kingsford Professional. Two 18 lb bags are $14.99 with a limit of three. It's three per purchase. I've never tried to buy more than three in one day, but have done it on different days. The sale starts today, 5/8.

Yes, I did.It's essentially bacon wrapped bacon jalapeno poppers.

The East Montgomery County Fair Association had their cook off this year. It was unsanctioned of course, but it still went on with the head judges coming in to volunteer their efforts. Team count was down, from the usual 110 to 82 teams. Still, that is a lot of teams. The 2019 cook of was...

My 13 year old WSM has seen better days. There is a small hole that formed in the bottom bowl. The charcoal grate (second one) is falling apart from use. The door itself is pretty wonky and I have to wedge a seashell in the handle to keep it closed. It sits outside 24/7 in Houston weather and it...

My 2006 WSM is starting to fall apart. I found a hole burned through, about 1/4" in diameter in the bowl. The charcoal grate is about to fail (the second one of the smoker's life) and the door has bent up enough (despite my efforts to fix it) that I need to wedge something into the knob to keep...

My neighbor moved away a few months ago and didn't want to take his Performer. He got it at one of those liquidation warehouse auctions and never ordered the missing parts. As fa as I can tell, it's missing the side table, cooking grate and charcoal bin. It's also missing the small wheels. It's...

Randalls in Houston has 16 lb bags for $3.99, including the useless Mesquite and Hickory versions. They have Choice brisket packers for $1.39/lb with a $25 purchase too, limit 1.

I just picked up his book and am enjoying reading it. It makes me want to get a stick burner. As far as him getting too commercial, I don't see why he shouldn't maximize his income while he can. The restaurant business is a finicky beast and he can't put in such long days forever. At some point...

It looks like Home Depot has dropped to $12.88 for the twin pack as well.

Lowes - $12.88 twin pack of 20lb bags Home Depot - $14.98 Twin pack of 20 lb bags Costco - $13.99 Twin pack of 18 lb bags Kingsford Professional Walmart - $8.88 Twin pack 18 lb bags - Royal Oak Natural briquettes Sam's - $16.98 Twin pack 20 lb bags

I have two bags of KBB and one of that Embers stuff from Home Depot to last me until the Memorial Day sales. I'll go through two bags this week alone.