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I smoked two butts on Wednesday, pulled them that night, and put them in the freezer. Yesterday, I foodsavered them in 20 oz. portions. For my granddaughters birthday party tonight, I planned to reheat a few (3 at first) of the bags in boiling water. I've done this before with small...

I smoked 2 pork butts on my WSM yesterday. They averaged about 7 1/2 pounds and took about 10 hours to cook in the 225 to 275 degree range. I pulled them last night and am having my son and his family over around 5:30 today for dinner. I had planned to reheat the pork in an electric roaster...

I'd like to make Keri's Hog-Apple Baked Beans to take to a party this weekend. The meat and beverages are provided and everybody brings a side dish. I've been able to keep meat warm for a while before serving in the past, but what would work best to keep baked beans warm if I'm not able to...

At a buddy's picnic this past weekend, he had one of his coaching friends smoke up a variety of meats instead of grilling burgers and hotdogs himself as he has in the past. The smoker he used was a large horizontal type with a rectangular bottom and barrel-shaped lid. The firebox was in the...

I just mixed up Kerri C's apple honey brine and put a turkey in it. Stupid question: Are you supposed to dig out the metal thing that they have the legs held together with. Typically, you would leave it in while the turkey cooks and then it comes out easily. It would take some pulling to...

Does anyone re-use the same brine. Say you brine a turkey in two gallons of brine solution. Could you take that turkey out and put another turkey or some chicken breasts in the same solution?

My refrigerator/freezer broke down yesterday and two 12-13 pound turkeys started to thaw. The temperatures outside were in the upper 30's, so I stuck the turkeys in a cooler and put the cooler out on the deck. Overnight temperatures were in the 20's and at 1:00 p.m. it's 32 degrees F. The...