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  1. J

    Insulated Brining Bucket?

    True. Once we put the bucket in the fridge overnight. Whatever works.
  2. J

    Insulated Brining Bucket?

    I use a Harbor Freight bucket, 20 gallon I think? I put ice in it and leave it outside overnight. Lowe's has the same size bucket also.
  3. J

    Thinking About Espresso

    I have a Breville Express, and it's fine. I use it every day for basic coffee, an "Americano" to be exact, which is just a shot or two of espresso with hot water. Sometimes we'll have a couple of lattes and getting the foam right does take some practice. Before that, we had a Cuisinart EM-200...
  4. J

    Bone in Ribeyes at Costco

    I got a two pack of these today at Costco @9.99/lb. That is a seriously great price. I am pretty sure I paid $14.99 the last time we had these.
  5. J

    New Release, MEATER 2

    My awesome wife got me a Meater 2 for Christmas, and I am happy with it so far. I cooked a prime rib roast for both Christmas and again on New Year's, and both went well. Yesterday, I put a turkey on the rotisserie. These devices will usually tell you to take whatever you are cooking off prior...
  6. J

    This can't be right

    I cook a turkey over a charcoal rotisserie, and usually put water in the pan below. I neglected to fill the water during a recent turkey cook and it caused a pretty major flare-up, crisping the skin too much. After that, I figured I'd try using play sand from Lowe's in the drip pan instead of...
  7. J

    Turkey to dark?

    I would hold off on the wood, just charcoal. My wife doesn't like smoke on poultry, she says it makes it bitter. Her taste buds are ever on point, so it's okay by me. I use the rotisserie for turkey now - lump, no wood. The skin is golden like it should be on Norman Rockwell's table. Everything...
  8. J

    New Release, MEATER 2

    I have a Meater and a Meater+, both super finicky in charging and especially connectivity. I do like that I can get temp readings on the Meater app when I am not at home from the phone, but honestly that feature seems to work on every tenth cook at best. Just wildly unreliable. I also have a...
  9. J

    Cool overnight brisket!

    I got that brisket deal also and mine took 22 hours to cook. I had to wrap it in foil for the last two hours because I was in a long stall at about 176 degrees and the natives were getting restless. Once it was (finally) done, it was great. Great price. Also the longest brisket cook I have ever...
  10. J

    Prime rib on the SmokeFire.

    A Farberware rotisserie! We had one - scorching hot bright red electric elements and meat juices dripping down, sizzling the metal below! Thanks for the memory - I loved that thing!
  11. J

    Well had a pellet issue today

    I do not own a pellet grill, but I do have a pellet stove, so we buy and store 4-5 tons per winter. I always store them in the basement and on a pallet, almost two tons on each pallet. I sometimes see moisture damage on bags as I stack them in the basement, but almost never is a bag damaged...
  12. J

    Rotisserie turkey?

    I cook the Thanksgiving turkey every year on the rotisserie over charcoal. It's a lot moister than I any other way I have found to cook it, and that includes even a few low and slow turkeys in the WSM. We just touch it up with some butter and Bell's, not much more.
  13. J

    Best way to clean stainless

    I like the powder better but I have used the liquid because the store was out of powder that day and it worked fine.
  14. J

    Best way to clean stainless

    I like Bar Keeper's Friend for cleaning and then a stainless steel polish for polishing. Beware of the temptation to use an abrasive pad to accelerate the process...
  15. J

    Lump quesion

    Yes. I have a brand of lump that runs to pretty large pieces, and I was having a lot of frustration keeping a good temp overnight. I switched to briquettes, and things are better. I mostly use the coffee can method of lighting the coals, and that method relies on the adjacency of the charcoal...
  16. J

    Anyone know about dash cams?

    My wife's car is the better of our two cars, so I wanted her to have a dashcam. I had a front and rear cam system installed at our local car audio shop where they do all kinds of installations like that. I'm not sure I would get that particular model again, but I would have a professional...
  17. J

    Tips/ tricks needed for first time prime Rib cook

    I agree on the indirect heat and also on the 350 degree temp. I have cooked a lot of prime ribs on the WSM following to some degree the herb crusted procedure here. I am obsessive about the done temp when doing so. I have a bunch of thermometers, so anything will work but I would recommend...
  18. J

    cowboy hardwood briquets at Walmart

    I used these last night into today for a 19 hour brisket cook. I'm pretty happy with the size of the briquette and they burned a long time. I loaded an 18" WSM at 5:00 pm and had to reload around 10:00 this morning. By then, the ash had filled most of the bowl beneath the charcoal grate, so I...
  19. J

    Brisket Advice

    Are you cooking a whole brisket or just the flat? 6-8 pounds sounds small for a whole brisket, probably about right for a flat. My first time I cooked just a flat and it left me wondering what all this brisket fuss was about to be honest. Now I cook whole brisket only and have cooked many. As...
  20. J

    Ribs on the Grill in roughly 1 hour

    I have done baby back ribs on the rotisserie over lump which runs really hot. They took right around one hour, but honestly I prefer them 3-2-1.

 

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