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So I couldn't help myself when I saw the frozen Butterball "premium" turkeys on sale after Christmas for $1/lb. From my experience Butterball is usually better quality than Jennie O. I thawed the 11.5 lb bird in the bag, in my basement fridge, per Butterball instructions for 2 days longer...

Found a beautiful 8 lb three rib Certified Black Angus Choice Rib roast today with abundant marbling and a beautiful cap and looking for suggestions on what the best way to cook it might be (the opinions I get here are usually the best ones) I perused the NY Times site to look at a few and...

I'm doing three racks of spares tomorrow on the 22" I usually put the three racks of trimmed St Louis on top and the tips below. I'm thinking of keeping it simple and just a simple BBQ rub maybe with some new mexico peppers in it and spray with Apple Juice every 45 min to an hour until they...

Thinking of smoking both Ribs and Brisket together. I have two racks of spares that I would likely trip into St louis and Tips that should fit on one rack and also was thinking of smoking a Brisket at the same time.. The ribs I would do using Harry Soo's method at 275 and they only need to be...

Last month I bought a 9lb choice packer brisket from Costco, It is sealed in the bag with a pack date of 3/17/2024 and a sell by date or 3/17/2024. Is it still safe to cook? what are the rules around how long you can wet age? Thanks

I picked up a few 9 lb Butts today (Fresh Thyme .99/lb until Tuesday) and will smoke 4-6 of them in the 22 this week. "A Butt Rub for Jane" has been my goto for years but what rubs are you using on you pork shoulders? Thinking I should try something new or see whats others are using. I...

Throwing a party for my wife and her friends for Sunday and I'll make 80% of the ribs with my usual homemade rub and blues Hog but one couple is on a no sugar diet. and thinking of making a rack or two for them. Any recommendations for really tasty sugar free rub recipes or sugar free rubs...

I picked up three racks of spares on the lower rack and all the tips on the upper rack in the 22 today with a fire that has stabilized at 254. I cant get it to come down and want to spray but am afraid of letting too much oxygen in taking the top off. I'm using a rub with lots of brown sugar...

Kroger (Pick n save up here) has pork shoulders on sale this week for .99/lb so I thought I'd consider trying something different. For years I have been using "a Butt Rub for Jane" with great results but my mind is open to ideas of something in the tradition of good pork BBQ so I'm thinking of...

Here In Milwaukee we have a great butcher (Kettle Range meats) that usually has Red Wattle pork ribs but occassionally has Cinta Senese pork. any recommendations on how to approach this smoke so i get a better sense of how the flavor of the meat differs from other pork ribs? I have a...

Last week I was marketed through Facebook with an ad for Thomas farms for free range australian boneless leg of lamb. I'm nort sure where I've bought their lamb before maybe Aldi. The deal was three legs averaging 5 lb for $65 so about $4.33/lb. Thats a shipped price no tax. Service area is...

Costco has some nice wild Alaskan sockeye salmon for $11.99/lb looking for tecnique and or recipe to prepare. I don't want to dry it out and lately even when cooing indirect I have had better results in the oven. Thanks for the insights and thoughts

its 92 out today and I bought some Smithfield spares at sav-a lot for $1.69 frozen thewed in the fridge and had some time today so I fired up my 22"WSM and put them on a couple hours ago. Minion method used 15-20 briquets on top of 1/2 full ring of KBB charcoal. Temps were fine until 1.5 hours...

I am trying to modify a recipe for Cuban pork shoulder for the grill today. the recipe ( googled from saveuer magazine) is a 30 clove garlic paste with oregeno smeared in and marinated overnight in lime/orange juice. It’s been in the marinade overnight so now to figure the best way to cook...

My wife and I have been really getting into the flavor from well cooked Rib tips and enjoying them even more than spares. When you give them enough time the flavor is exquisite. Does anyone else like rib tips and do you have any cool techniques to get the best results?

Hoping all had a great Christmas Holiday.. I have a very nice looking 8 lb bone in Black Angus Choice bone in standing rib roast I'm going to cook today. I don't want to over cook it and am leaning toward using the rotisserie but open to ideas. I try and pull at 125 and rest but the last...

I woke up this morning almost in a panic attack… I had a nightmare. In the real world I’m smoking a 13 lb prime brisket overnight. In my nightmare my “ neighbors” ( who hasn’t lived there in over 2 years) had family and friends over and I came outside this morning to find they had moved my...

I got lucky and was at Restraunt Depot when they were putting out some excel prime briskets (sold as choice for 2.69/lb) I tend to like rubs that are a little more complex than the salt pepper and garlic that a lot like on the brisket. I’m not taking anything away from that but I saw this and...

Has anyone seen any decent Labor day weekend Charcoal sales? I need to stock up and best I can find is $16.88 For 2 20 lb bags of Kingsford at Lowe’s. It’s been tough to find a decent sale this summer......