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so my pork belly is curing and should be ready to smoke this weekend. What temperature do you smoke your belly to make bacon? Mine is sliced into 2 inch thick pieces. thanks Dave

So my wife brought home some thick sliced (maybe 1.5 inch) pork belly from Costco. How do I cure/smoke this to make bacon? thanks Dave

Got my new vortex in the mail today. The instructions said to run a load through before cooking with it, so I did. I pegged the therm on my OTG in about two minutes. I am thinking that if you were to place the vortex in the back of the kettle that it may be the perfect heat source for the...

Did an over night brisket last night. Smoker loaded with KBB and locked in between 220 and 250 all night. Salt pepper and garlic rub. 10 lb packer from costco went on at 11:30 pulled at 8:30 this morning and was probe tender all the way through. Thanks for all the advice from everyone here...

I have only cooked two briskets, one flat(4lbs) and last night a packer(10lbs). My first one was the flat and I think i overcooked it. yesterday I found a small packer at costco and bought it to augment our mother's day dinner as there was only one rib roast left and didn't think it would feed...

So I bought this torch, more like a flame thrower, a while back. And used it to light my coals in the "coffee can" style. I apparently I ran it too long as I could not keep the temps under 275 degrees after about a half an hour (i used the trigger for high output, reminds me of a cutting...

My nephew came over for football last weekend and we decided to spin some wings on the rotisserie. A local sports bar has a cajun dry rub that he liked so we decided to make one of our own. 2 Tbsp red pepper flake 2 Tbsp black pepper corns 1 Tbsp granulated garlic 1/2 Tbsp sage 1 Tbsp kosher...

I want to get a basket for my rotisserie for doing chicken wings etc.. I need some recommendations, what do you like/use? thanks Dave

I am going to try using my weed burner to light my pit again today. Last time I tried I over lit the coals and the temps ran away on me. I was thinking of just lighting the center coals as though i were using the coffee can method. I have a full charcoal ring and am going to use water in the...

if I get a lid from an 18.5" weber kettle will it fit over the bottom part of my WSM for grilling. I hate balancing the lid on the lower section. thanks dave

used my new weed burner for the first time today and the unit ran a lot hotter than expected. Think I may have lit too many coals. how long do you hold the torch in one place for? It's kinda hard to tell when they are lit but obviously it took off with no problem. Temps were running at 275...

I did my first smoke today with the DigiQ II when temps were not below zero. I did not use any water in the pan and the temps ran away on me. Do you guys usually run water or not? thanks dave

is it necessary to have the water pan or a plate of some sort to deflect heat in the WSM? With no heat deflector will the temps be too high on the bottom side of the meat? I would only be using the top grate. dave

I was looking at the receipe for chris lilly's championship injection and noticed that it looks like a brine. I have brined pork tenderloin before and it came out great but never a fattier cut like butt. Has anyone ever brined a pork butt? DAve

I was looking at the Chris Lilly championship injection and it looks a lot like a brine reciepe. Has anyone ever tried brining pork butt before smoking?

I have been experimenting with different fuel sources lately since my options here in alaska are limited and will most likely completely disappear come winter. I tried smoking a brined chicken this weekend and didn't get the smoker up to temp before putting the bird in. i was using K blue and...

Alright, here I go. Got up at 05:00 and fired up the WSM with the foiled pizza stone only. Pork butt is on and smoking, hopefully will be eating tasty Q for dinner.

I have seen a lot of posts about people using a clay saucer instead of water to reduce fuel consumption. Do I put this in place of the water pan or find one that fits inside of it?

I just picked up an 18.5 wsm along with wiviotts low and slow book. He swears that briquettes are evil so I picked up some frontier lump from lowes and tried three different smokes with it. It always starts out fine but after about an hour the temps begins to drop and I have had to resort to...