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    Brinkmann Trailmaster Limited

    Available at BJs, HomeDepot, and presumably elsewhere. Heavy steel with steel wheels . Virtually identical to the Oklahoma JoeLonghorn, for $289 at BJs. If i didn't already have the CharGriller, I'd run out and get one. And in fact I did get one.... for my brother in law for Fathers Day. :)...
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    Gonna modify a Krups BeerTender

    I've been minikegging my home brew for a few years. Last year, someone gave me a Krups BeerTender mini-kegerator. Nice unit! Problem is that it is completely dependent on purchasing minikegs that have built in CO2 dispensers. And the problem(s) with those are - they are not reusable - they are...
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    Diners, Drive-ins and cornhusk-wrapped....

    Guy Fieri stole a recipe idea from one of the smokehouse owners he hung with on DD&D. Grind your sausage meat, but instead of wrapping it in intestine (or whatever) wrap it in corn husk. Apparently the smoke penetrates the husks much more easily, and the husks add their own hint of flavor. I...
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    Made a Pizza Oven from my Weber Genesis grill

    Any of you who grill pizza find it delicious... and maddening, as the toppings rarely cook as thoroughly as we'd like while the crust burns. The cure, as explained in many places on the web, is to get heat radiating from the top. The Genesis, along with many subsequent Weber (and many other...
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    A good smoking & brewing weekend

    Took a day off from work Friday. Spent it smoking and brewing! Smoked 6 racks of babybacks and a brisket on the CGSP, roti-smoked two chickens on the Weber kettle, racked the previous weekend's brew (a reddish ale) to secondary, and brewed a brown ale. Those will join the 12 minikegs and @ 70...
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    Packaged yeast - figured it out

    Most of my brews are still done with packaged yeast, because I'm too lazy & cheap to do all the stuff necessary to liquid yeast  lol Anyway, I finally got reliable fermentation. Previously I've seen ferments that take as long as 72 hours to start, and then go soo slowly it might as well be...
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    Got the A-Maze-N smoker for Xmas!

    Well I didn't actually 'get' it yet. I just happened to be the one at home when the UPS guy rang the doorbell  :)   Anyway it's here.... so sometime in January, I'll be cold-smoking something. Maybe some cheese, maybe some fish. We'll see.
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    Cold & windy, I didn't use a charcoal basket

    Did 6 racks on Saturday on my CGSP. Ambient temps never rose above 40 degrees, and the wind was steady at 10+ with regular gusts over 30. I simply did a Minion method in the stock SFB rack. Filled the right side of the firebox with RO, filled the chimney with Cowboy, and started it up. When the...
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    Finally got the Weber 22.5" rotisserie ring

    Got it... used it.... it's great. I'll be doing many "roti-smoked" birds in the future. I used a handful of briquets and some RO, along with hickory and mesquite chips, and it was delicious. I have one thermometer left over from my CGSP mods. I'm gonna install it on the roti-ring. It'll be nice...
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    ARRRGH - gonna do it myself

    Been trying to get the add-on ring to make the Weber kettle into a rotisserie. I don't need the motor or rod or any of that, Ijust need the ring and the bracket. The whole assembly is $150. The ring part is $80. I looked at the ring, and it's somewhat ill-fitting; too much smoke would escape...
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    Trader Joe's Dunkelweiss = YUM!!

    Picked up a 6 pack of it a couple days ago. It is one of the best beers I've ever purchased off-the-shelf, and at $5.99 a pack it's very reasonably priced. It is unpasteurized and unfiltered. So just like homebrew, you get a small amount of sediment at the bottom of the bottle. And unlike...
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    A dazzling day on the beach....

    a half-chicken and two racks of babybacks that I smoked yesterday, a minikeg of my homebrew...  life s very good indeed  :)
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    Winter's over.... the Weber kettle's back in play

    The gas grill is great during cold weather. Come home from work, turn it on; in 10 minutes you can cook. A few smoke chips and you've got good flavor too. But the past many weeks the kettle has returned to the cooking rotation. Did bacon-wrapped filet mignons and marinated chicken breasts...
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    In-door 'mini-kegerator'

    Here's my new minikeg in-door tap for my homebrew. Fed by a paintball 16oz CO2 bottle. I fashioned the metal piece from a 3" wide floor saddle, and the faucet is in a piece of oak.
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    Sunday smoke, CGSP temps held.

    Temps reached almost 60 on Sunday here in NY. But it was very windy, steadt at 15mph with higher gusts. Nonetheless, my CGSP held temps from 250 to 275 for four and a half hours. Used a basket of lump to start, added 4 sticks of maple and a half-basket of coals along the way. I pointed the...
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    Smoked a turkey breast and a chicken Sunday

    The CGSP kept a pretty consistent 250-270 degrees the entire time. When doing a whole bird I've nailed down the means to a tender, crispy skin. It has to be mopped every 20 minutes, starting approximately 45 minutes into the cook (or even earlier). And the mop has to contain some vinegar, and...
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    More brewing updates

    First batch (Altbier) has 9 bottles left. I want to keep them around for awhile. Which means I have to buy beer! Not a bad thing I've been purchasing (and consuming) minikegs. Most recent is Grolsh. I rigged up a portable CO2 system (as per the instructions on the Northernbrewer forum), and...
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    Smoking a slab of salmon

    Cured it for a day. Now it's on, with alternating hickory and maple sticks. Smells delicious already :)
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    Cold smoke - build your own sawdust burner

    A UK company sells a wire mesh maze for $40, and then it has to be shipped here. I've been searching for a way to build my own. Turns out plain stainless mesh ain't easy to find! And the mesh drawer dividers sold at BedBath&Beyond have an epoxy coating, so they are also useless. Finally found...
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    1st batch is on - Deutsche AltBier

    I'm cooling the hopped wort right now. The whole house smells like a brewery! My wife, who recommended her sister get me this kit for Xmas, seems to be having second thoughts now
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