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Monday dinner was a 6 lb. Spatchcocked Chicken. I only got 1 picture. Roasted Garlic Potatoes and Broccoli were the sides. I dry brined the bird for 8 hours and smeared it with herb Butter before putting it on the top cooking grate. I cooked it at 400° F using Cabela's Cherry pellets. The...

My son and I did our first cured Pastrami. I used the recipes and process Chris Allingham has on The Virtual Weber Bullet site in his Beef section. I got a choice 6 lb. Brisket Flat from the Publix butcher and last Sunday we put the cure on. Pastrami Dry Cure TVWB 1/4 cup Morton Tender Quick...

Sunday I finished off the last bag of Jerky. Today I reloaded. To give my teeth a break in my old age I've switched to ground beef Jerky and todays batch came out pretty tasty with a little kick. I mixed the 4 lbs. of meat and seasoning yesterday and let the flavors meld for 24 hours. Using...

Yesterday I grilled New York Strip Steaks. Three were cooked medium rare and 1 was medium. Our Daughter, Son, and Daughter iin Law each got a steak and my wife and I split one. I brought them up to about 110° at 300° pit temp, removed them, and brought the grill up to 550. Then I seared the...

My wife wanted Chicken for dinner tonight. My Son was at work and arrived just in time to carve the bird. I did a 5.8 lb. Chicken from Publix. spatchcocked it and dry brined for 4 hours. Only 4 hours because that's all the warning she gave me. I fired up the EX6 to 400° F and put a butter...

My son was a big help preparing dinner. He did the heavy lifting for this cook. My wife wanted Burgers so she got them plus roasted potatoes, grilled Asparagus, and sliced Tomatoes. Spike prepped the Asparagus and did the cooking on the Smokefire. We cooked the Potatoes in the oven.. He has...

Today was a twofer at our house. We celebrated Labor Day and my birthday with one cook. My tradition for many years has been to BBQ for the family on my birthday. Today I hit 82 and did pulled pork and BB ribs for only 5 this year. The 8 lb. pork butt was injected with the Chris Lily inject...

I'm getting low on Beef Jerky so yesterday I mixed up 5 lbs. of Ground Beef and mixed in my seasoning. I let it sit in the fridge overnight and this morning my son used the Lem Jerky Cannon to create the strips. I went to this style Jerky after my problems in February because it's easier on me...

My family really likes Spatchcock birds off the Smokefire. Today, my son was at work for the start so I improvised. I left the Oxygen in the house and made excursions to the garage to set up the EX6 for the cook. When I feel winded I set down and do controlled breathing until I get my Oxygen...

Yesterday my Son installed the Darian Hofer supplied auger motor assembly and the new Weber supplied Thermocouple. My lungs are improved enough that I could sit and kibitz without dragging the Oxygen tank out to the garage. Just can’t exert myself much without O2. My job was answering...

On the Facebook page I posted about my E7 Motor failure error code. Darien Hofer had an auger assembly that Issom had sent to him and it was a spare that he offered to send to me. I took him up on the offer and it arrived today. Now my son can get my grill up and working. You guys are very...

My first cook on my Smokefire EX6 was July 4, 2020 and the steak was great. Today, my son let me walk him through cooking 2 pork butts and a rack of St. Louis ribs. Our 30 year old grandson and his wife were invited but Kat stayed home because of illness. Cody took lots of leftovers home...

Yesterday morning my daughter drove me down to Adventhealth Hospital in Orlando for an 11 AM procedure. It took about 3 hours. Everything went as planned and I was released at 7 PM. I feel tired and having aches and pain I was told to expect. I'm on restricted activity for a couple of days but...

Our 30 yr. old Grandson's wife had surgery last week. Friends and family are providing meals to make life a tad easier. They both love my pulled pork so I took an 8.7 lb. Butt out of the freezer, gave it a quick thaw and prep and it's their dinner, plus some more. I made my wife's potato...

I have spent the last 2 days remotely troubleshooting my 57 yr. old son's RecTec RT-300. We work extremely well together. He put a cover on the grill for winter and the condensation killed the Wifi controller. He's in Wake Forest, N.C.. When I gave him the grill I included the non-Wifi PID...

My favorite Christmas gift. Made by my oldest daughter, who is also a cookbook co-author. Ya think she knows her old Dad?

This is the only reason I need the space that the EX6 gives me. I can't do 5 lbs. on the EX4. Since April, 2021 I have been working on making beef sticks with Collagen Casings. I did a lot of reading and, even on smokeboost, the EX6 wouldn't give me the low 100s temps that were recommended...

Thanksgiving Leftover Casserole YIELDS: 4 - 6 serving(s) PREP TIME:15 mins TOTAL TIME:1 hr 5 mins Ingredients Pam, for the baking dish 4 c. leftover stuffing. 4 c. chopped skinless leftover turkey (or use rotisserie chicken) 1 1/2 c. coarsely chopped leftover green beans 1 1/2...

I like trying stuff. Last year I wanted to do a leftovers casserole but didn't have enough leftovers. This year I had plenty. I read through a Pioneer Woman recipe and Allrecipes version, took what I wanted from each, and then assembled my version. I built it according to the size of the...

We had a small family dinner for 5. I cooked a 14 lb. Bird at 340 degrees in 2 hrs. and 20 minutes. It was dry brined for 40 hrs. and hit with an herb butter slather before it went on the top shelf of the EX6. I used Cabelas Cherry pellets. My 30 year old grandson that only eats dark meat...