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    First Brisket

    Forget the brisket! I wanna hear about that freak blender accident!! Happy New Year, Matt... Peace. Out. Alan
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    Cookin' Butt

    Ken, Over Thanksgiving, I discovered the joys of smoking pork butts overnight. I'm here to tell ya that with the WSM it's a very easy labor of love and does not cut into valuable sleep time - much, anyway. If you're going to feed a crowd later in the day, say between three and five in the...
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    Use of the lower rack for BRITU.

    Steve, I've done BRITU ribs on my WSM more than a few times, using both grates, and have never had a problem with the ribs on the lower rack. A few things you may want to consider. If you don't have them already, get some rib racks. I personally believe they're better for smoking ribs than...
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    Pork Butts and My First Overnight Smoke (long)...

    Dave, You bet I tasted them as they were pulled!!! IMO, there was a very distinct difference in taste between the BBQ rub and the others. The bark on the ones with the rub was very dark and had a bit of a zing to it. Not overpowering, mind you, but there. The butts with just salt, pepper...
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    Pork Butts and My First Overnight Smoke (long)...

    Thanks for the compliments, Gary. I don't use the Brinkman water pan - just the standard one that came with the WSM. Two reasons for that really. First is that I've never really needed a larger water pan. My smoking log shows that on all my cooks, I've replenished the water when I've had the...
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    Pork Butts and My First Overnight Smoke (long)...

    Walt, Thanks for the compliment. The water used to fill the water pan initially was hot tap water. Just what I've always done. Subsequent replenishments were with boiling water - or at least boiling when I took it from the stove and schlepped it outside into the 30 degree night, and added it...
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    Pork Butts and My First Overnight Smoke (long)...

    My WSM never ceases to amaze me! As family and friends gathered for the long Thanksgiving weekend, it was suggested that leftovers - universally agreed to be as much a part of the tradition as the turkey itself - just weren't in order this year, what with so many of us gathering together for...
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    Paul Kirk in Utica, NY?

    Thanks, Chris. Must have been an old post - maybe that's why I can find it Alan Bosch
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    Upstate New York Members...

    Matt, Chili! Small world, isn't it? Somke wood -- I first bought a bag of oak chunks and a bag of cherry chunks, from Peoples Woods, somewhere in Rhode Island. With shipping, it came to something like $14.00 a bag - and they're like 20lb. bags. I still have a few chunks of each. What I...
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    Paul Kirk in Utica, NY?

    Thought I saw posted here on the list that Paul Kirk was making an appearance in Utica sometime in the not-too-distant future. 'Course I can't find the post now, but I believe Jim Minion noted it in a response to something or other. Jim, if you read this message, would you please post the...
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    Upstate New York Members...

    Matt, I've heard rumors that Dinosaur Bar-B-Que sponsors some event in Syracuse. Whether it's a competition or just some kind of event featuring their BBQ is merely speculation. Let's face it - there ain't a whole lotta BBQ here, even with Dinosaur and Beale St. Cafe. I did see somewhere on...
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    Upstate New York Members...

    In case you missed the flyer in your Sunday paper, Tops Supermarkets has pork butt on sale for $.99/lb. My wife picked up four for me today - two to smoke over this weekend and two for Thanksgiving weekend. I have no affiliation to Tops, just passing along the info... Peace. Out. Alan Bosch
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    Mr. Minion...

    Jim, Please accept my sincere condolances on the passing of your father. We are better people, country, and world as a direct result of the sacrifices and hardship he and his generation endured, present circumstances notwithstanding. He survived the Depression and WWII and probably wouldn't...
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    Salmon Steaks...?

    Jim, Jock, & Jeff... Thanks for the suggestions. I'm not a big fan of brines so I'm going to use the Brown Sugar rub Chris posted, using some apple that I have. I'll leet ya know how it turns out. Again, thanks. Peace. Out. Alan Bosch
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    Rookie's Second Smoke...Help..Pressure

    Another Western New Yorker! Back in May I smoked up four racks of ribs and two pork butts to serve a crowd we had at our house. Everything turned out great but it did require a bit of time. The night before, I trimmed the ribs and butts and prepped them for the smoke the next day. Took a few...
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    Salmon Steaks...?

    So this friend of mine asks me to smoke up six racks of ribs for him, in return for some fresh salmon that he hauled outta Lake Ontario. Yum, I'm thinking, smoked salmon fillets. So I smoked up his ribs this past Sunday and he dropped the salmon off at my desk this morning. About a dozen two...
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    Question after first use...

    Gotta agree with Stogie. The last few smokes I've done have all been ribs -- six racks was the most, usually just three. Fired up about 15 to 20 briquettes in the chimney and, once ashed over, spread them over about a half-a-ring of unlit charcoal. Added the smoke wood, hot water to the pan...
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    Meat prices for butt, shoulder, etc.

    Al, Hold the bus!! My bad. Just went back to my notes -- Sam's had trimmed (St. Louis style) bibs for $2.99/lb (not $2.09/lb as I posted earlier). Still and all, not a bad price. I'll bet the Wegman's @ $2.49 is a full rack that need trimming. But, I bet you can get the butcher at Wegman's...
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    A Story of WSM Redemption

    Chris, The sentiments RY expresses pretty much sums up the way the rest of us Bullet-Heads feel about your great site. Women are just so much better at expressing feelings... Don't for a second think we don't appreciate your efforts and the comments and guidance you (and the veterans) so...
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    Meat prices for butt, shoulder, etc.

    Al, Wegman's has had butt for $1.49/lb in the past. I picked up two two-packs for that price sometime in June. Also, I was in Sam's Club here in Rochester Saturday and I seem to recall they had two-packs for $1.89/lb. I know they had spare ribs for $1.99/lb untrimmed, and trimmed for...

 

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