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I have no place to put this and no idea what I'm going to use it for on my first run, but after more than a year of Craigslisting, I finally found a commercial slicer that was a good candidate for price vs. how good a shape it was in. $300. No missing parts, 12" blade, clean and well kept...

Local supermarket dropped their prices on their still in the meat rack, holiday time, Angus, USDA Prime, Dry Aged Rib Roasts. Orig price 23.99 pound (YIKES), to 13.99 pound (Still YIKES on my state budget). I bought one anyway, 3.5 lbs, boneless. Fired up the WSM for the first time since...

It's about 11AM and I headed out to the hardware store to buy a new leaf blower. Feeling kinda hungry. Lucky me, I just happen to be going past BJs on my way. Hmmm, I think I'll try that high heat brisket, a la KK, which I've read so many happy stories about. Well, if I'm going to cook one...

My wife requested a turkey for my sons 1st birthday party this Saturday. A while back I found and hung onto Bryan's Apple Honey Poultry Brine recipe, posted here. It just sounds so good and I love everything in it, the apple juice, honey, oranges, ginger and cloves. I can't wait to try it...

Doing a double batch of Barbie's beans today. Followed the recipe except I doubled the black pepper, chimayo, texas pete, and substituted 1/8 tsp of Dave's Insanity for the "dash of Tabasco". Got a batch down low. Got a batch up top. I don't care much for fatty, chewy...

So I was trolling around all over today trying to find a recipe of something for dinner tonight. It had to be something relatively quick. Didn't find anything particularly interesting, so I stopped at Wegmans on my way home. Picked up a bunch of fresh veggies and found a 2.5lb Choice Rib...

This is mainly for those around the Buffalo area... Sloan Super Market sloansupermarket reduced their spares even further to $1.39/lb (case price which is 3 - 2 packs) either this week or last weeklyspecials. I've bought these once already, I forget who the supplier was, sorry, but they were...

Tomorrow morning the family and I are heading off to Keuka Lake (a local NYS finger lake) for a weeks worth of rest and relaxation and fun in the water. There's no doubt the WSM and SJP are coming along for the ride. I need some ideas for some cooks. I'm definitely doing spares. I've not yet...

I've reviewed the increasing capacity section. I'm going to have to figure something out using a mix of all the ideas there. I want as much realistate on a middle cooking grate as possible so I think I will order a second bottom weber WSM grate. I want it connected to the top grate, but not...

Is it worth it? I recently ordered a 1 pound bag of the Chimayo chili powder and I'm realizing it's going to take me a long time to go through it. Would it be a good thing to take and try to vac seal 3/4 of it? Todd

What's the best approach? I'm thinking just letting the foodsaver do it's own thing is going to suck the life out of my beans leaving them squishy and mushed. They have been in the fridge over night. Use the manual method and don't seal too tight? I'm pretty sure my model has that function...

Hi All, I know this has been talked about a million times and I'm sorry for asking again. I've tried to read most all of those posts, and I just can't seem to put my finger on the best way to handle this. I'm feeding a bunch of family this Sunday around 4PM. The BBQ portion of the menu is...

I would like the best of both worlds. I'd like to drill and mount a quality therm like the Tel-Tru so when I'm out back kicking around drinking beer, I can just glance at the smoker. It'd be pretty cool if the same therm also doubled as a wireless transmitter and just had an on/off switch and...

Hey All, Been a good, long while since I've been able to follow the topics, posts, and all around mayhem here in the forums. Just been too busy at work, home, life, etc. Still finding some time to smoke, just not to post much. I thought I'd share a story, as I have some time to kill before a...

Hi All, Quick question...do those of you who do this take and chop up the point real good so it's more consistent with ground beef? Because, I got to tell ya, I made chili yesterday with some brisket point I had left over and I was not at all a fan of the stringy meat in the chili. Tasted...

For the last more than a month, my mouth has been watering every day as I hit the frontpage of this site and see Chris's standing rib roast. UNTIL NOW! Doing a prime grade standing rib roast hasn't been on my to-do list. A few factors controlling that has been, well, I don't sweat dollar...

My wife gave me a foodsaver for Christmas, and now is the right time to do a mega cook (mega for me anyway). Just picked up 2 bone-in pork butts, single cryo package which weighs 19.84 pounds and a full packer brisket weighing in at 14.85 pounds!! And that was the smallest they had. Picked up...

Hi All, I searched and read a few posts. Didn't really find the info I was looking for. Got a package of these from a brother-in-law for xmas. I have no experience using cedar. Here's the thing, neither my wife or I are big fish eaters / cookers. Can I / should I cut up the planks (these...

Hi All, I'm smoking pork tenderloin this weekend for the parents. Last time I did it, I brined in just a plain ole sugar/salt water combo and smoked at high heat (I think) for an internal temp of 135 - 140 if I remember correctly. Those tenderloins were great, juicy, tasty, yum yum. However...

Has there ever been a survey of people's opinions on the easiest / cheapest way to go waterless? I've read about all the different mechanisims people have used, clay pot, pizza stone, sand, piedmont, foil balls, etc. Has there ever been any concensus on which method is working the best, is...