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My Hunsaker Vortex basket was delivered Tuesday: Wednesday evening I put it in my 18" WSM (yes it will now fit the 18") for a trial run. With one bottom vent and the top vent at 50% it was reading 335° at the top grate per my Maverick. I closed them down to just a sliver and it settled in at...

While on a recent hog hunt in south Texas I managed to get me a rattlesnake, which is now residing in my freezer. With WSM Smoke Day 2014 coming up, I need ideas on how to cook that bad boy. I'm thinking I'll cut it into pieces 6-8" long so I can try several different methods (it was a good...

I had thoughts of trying 4 by doing them on edge but they were a little too tall to fit between the grates. However two 8 pounders will provide plenty of PP.

Just a few observations from the first few uses of my 14.5" WSM; The temperature is very easy to control, like it's bigger siblings, once it's set it stays there. this time I used the PartyQ just for fun; I'm getting a good 6 hours on a full ring of Stubbs briqs. It may go longer but I...

Santa (aka my wife) came through on Christmas a delivered a 14.5" WSM. I had to take a Christmas photo: Of course there is the common "what to cook first?" question. Since my wife was making cinnamon rolls and had an extra 9" pan of them, that was the answer: It had been going for about 4...

Found a recipe for a Dutch Apple Cake that sounded interesting, so lit the 22" Weber and baked me a cake. Temps were in the teens here with 1/2" of newly fallen snow and the Weber held 325° like the champ it is. The cake had a good flavor but was flat, after talking to my wife it sounds like I...

For competitions we trim spareribs down to St. Louis cut so I usually have several bags of trimmings in the freezer and I had the idea of using them for sausage. I cut them into strips and ran through the coarse grinding plate on my wife's Kitchen Aid: After the coarse grind I mixed in: 3...

I needed to replace the upper foam gasket on my Food Saver V3840 and tried to do it online. The gasket showed in stock, yet when I tried to check out it said there was an error. So I send an email telling them there was a problem with their website and the next morning had a reply from Landon...

I was up early anyway, so decided to make breakfast on the N model 3 wheeler. Nothing fancy, sausage patties, hash browns and scrambled eggs but it sure tasted good!

I asked my wife what she wanted for supper, "chicken" was her reply. Since I get off work 2 hours before she does, I had a little time to scheme. I decided to use the Ranch, just because. Lit a chimney of K and started pre-heating the griddle and Grill Grates while some cubed Velveeta with...

Like others, I've found that battery life on the Party Q is less than desirable. In my limited experience, Alkaline batteries will do an entire cook but are not reliable for a second, and rechargeable batteries don't like cooler temperatures. I am a functionalist, more concerned with results...

Hopefully this is the best place for this, and it may already be known by many but I just found out. 2" Alligator Clips item # 270-346B from Radio Shack are a near perfect fit for the ET73 pit probes, and will work with the Party Q probe. 8 clips for under $4.

I had a rack of ribs and some pieces that needed cooked, so I did a little experiment. I put 9# of Cowboy lump around the back side of the ranch kettle and lit one end, no wood, just the lump. The grill maintained a pretty steady 275° +/- 10° for 5 hours and I had about another hours worth of...

If all goes well, I'll be the oh so proud owner of a CL score by the time the weekend is over. :cool:

We visited the American Royal saturday and I couldn't help but notice the number of Webers being used. I saw at least 3 Ranch Kettles, and there had to have been way over 100 WSMs there!

I got a Cabela's Outdoor Cooking catalog in the mail today and on page 11 are the 3, yes 3, WSMs. The 14.5" is listed as item # 1BL-55-0950 and priced at $199.00 with $14 extra shipping. Specifications are: cooking capacity 294 sq. in.; 31.4"H x 14.75"W x 14.75"D, 24 pounds.

I've been keeping an eye out for something to make a cart from. Last night we went to a birthday party and when I pull in the drive, right in front of me is a gas grill that appeared to be destined for the landfill. Inside the conversation was short: Me: "Larry did your grill die?" Larry: "Yep...

I have a 22.5" WSM and a mini, but a 18.5" showed up on CL for $150 used very little. All I have to do is convince the CFO that there is a need...... Wish me luck :wsm:

I finally joined the mini family :cool: here is a pic of the inside after I finished a ham; The diffuser is an old 9" round cake pan my wife was willing to part with. I formed the piece I cut out of the bottom for an over sized ash catcher, it's not pretty but it is functional: I then...

Just got home with a 1991 'N' code 3 wheeler. It's in decent shape, missing one vent cover and handles. In '91 were the handles still wood or were they plastic by then? I plan to get it cleaned up on the 4th and light a fire Here's a link to the ad as long as it stays up but I'll get some...