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    BBQ Disasters

    Lewjeff, Look at my "Almost Had a Complete Disaster..." post of 6/11/01. It's located on page 3. I still get a little nervous when I think about the whole episode. Peace. Out. Alan
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    Kettle vs WSM

    Matt, You could always do what I did -- go out and buy the darn thing and suffer the wrath later. I think I slept on the couch for two nights after I rec'd my WSM. My version of SWMBO did exactly what you are saying. She questioned the need for two "grills" (shows how much they know, huh)...
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    A Smoke Wood Post Below Got Me to Thinkin'...

    I've seen posted to this here list, many of you veterans only use smoke wood for the first fee hours (1/4 to 1/3 total cook time) of your smoking session. Why is that? Do you actually remove your smoke wood from the smoker at that point? Do you only put enough in to last a few hours? Why...
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    Bunch o' questions

    Dave, Having been a chef in a previous life, I can say with certainty that fresher is better. However, fresh is not always available or practicle, or maybe cost prohibitive - in which case fresh frozen is always prefered. If you buy your meat from a good grocery store there's a good chance it's...
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    First cooking session

    The last three butt cooks I've done has required topping off the water pan at least once during the course of the cook. Each of these smokes have run 10+ hours, getting the butts up to ~190 degrees. I always foil line the pan - makes for easier clean-up. Now if I can just find foil that's...
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    The "Big Smoke" is tomorrow!

    Chris, No, I haven't seen the book. Heard it was out there... Dinosaur started in Syracuse some years ago as a big-time biker bar. The guy that owns it used to cook at Harley rallys and decided to turn it into a full-time venture. The origional place in Syracuse has, from all accounts, a...
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    Almost Had a Complete Disaster This Weekend (long)...

    We're leaving for vacation Thursday for a week of sun, sand, and sea, on Cape Cod. My sister, who lives there year 'round, requested that I bring some pulled pork with us as no good BBQ is to be had anywhere on the Cape. So Sat. morning, I fired up the WSM, using the Minion method, and smoked...
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    Pork Butt Prices

    Butch, As a follow-up to my post yesterday... Sam's Club here in Rochester had Boston Butts in a 2-butt pack (that's very strange to type...) for $1.29/lb. Que on! Alan Bosch
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    Pork Butt Prices

    Purchased two butts last month from our local supermarket (Wegman's) for $.99/lb. Picked up two yesterday, same store, to smoke over the weekend and paid $1.39/lb. At the local butcher shop, butts are special order, allow a couple or three/four days, and $1.29/lb. Local wholesaler requires 50...
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    Notes from the "Big Smoke"...

    Some on this list may recall my begging and pleading, about two weeks ago, for some kind of pork butt recipe for a large smoke I was planning for May 5. You may also recall that an executive decision was made two days prior to the cook, to use the mustard-slathered pork butt that is listed in...
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    The "Big Smoke" is tomorrow!

    To those who responded to my post about a pork butt recipe, thank you. An executive decision has been made and we're going to smoke a mustard-slathered butt with a generous sprinkling of a Cajun rub from a BBQ joint in Syracuse, NY - Dinosaur BBQ (where, I found out, they boil their ribs before...
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    Help! Need Pork Butt Recipe!

    Ya know, one of these days I'm just going to do something - go fishing, buy a car, Q up some pork butt, something! - and NOT consult my wife... In final preparation for our First Annual Rites of Spring Q-Fest and Deck Building Party, my wife grabbed the menu from my hands and asked me to...
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    Newer WSM's and High Temps...

    DOH! (Rustle, rustle, rustle... notes shuffling about...) I'm changing my notes right now! (Grumble, grumble)...Shoulda known... Thanks for setting me right! Alan Bosch
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    Newer WSM's and High Temps...

    It's generally acknowledged that a newer, unseasoned, WSM is going to run a smidge hotter than one that has, say, 25 sessions in the log book. To wit, there was/is a recent post to the list stating the smoker is typically running in the 250 to 270 range. That works out to, what, 265 to 290-300...
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    A Steal....Thanks to Chris !

    Dean, About ten years ago, I was offered a position with GE at their Columbia, MD, service facility. I kinda knew the area - attended Gettysburg College for a year, and we often took road-trips to see friends at John Hopkins, U of M in College Park, and Towson State. My SO, at the time, and I...
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    A Steal....Thanks to Chris !

    Dean, If you're having trouble finding smokewood, there are a few good vendors on the 'net that you may want to try. Ma's Smokin' Chips (Steve is a frequent contributor to this site), Peoples Woods, Firewood Guy, and a few others that escape me at the moment. One thing I found quite by...
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    Smoke wood...?

    Gad zooks! I've run outta smoke wood! Not, you understand, because I've been cookin' on the Weber, but rather because my wife found my stash of Oak and deceided it was better served up to the wood stove rather than the smoker - the stash being the surviving rements of this seasons wood pile...
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    I got mine today

    Joe, Congratulations on your new WSM! You're gonna love it! I did my first cook last weekend and can't wait to go at it again. Two things: First, while your WSM may have survived its experience with UPS unscathed, your going to want to check the fit of the firebox door. Chances are, it's...
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    First Cook on the WSM

    Chris & Stogie - My wife was the only one that complained - if you can even call it that - about the pinkness of the rib meat. She's educated now <g>. What was a little more unsettling was the turkey. There were portions of the breast meat that seemed a little rare. The pink color I...
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    First Cook on the WSM

    Well, the first cook on my new WSM in done and in the history books. Took a big chance trying this for the first time for a pretty good gathering - especially since they were all in-laws! Twenty-two people in all. It was cold too! High's were expected to be about 20 or thereabouts. I put...

 

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