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    Hello from Wilmington, NC

    That sounds like an amazing time and thank you for the invite!  Wish I would have known about it sooner...we have plans that weekend!  I should have done my roll call intro sooner!  Can't wait to hear about this year's trip and will have to stay better informed for next year's!
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    Hello from Wilmington, NC

    Hey y'all!  My name is Rick, I live in Wilmington, NC and have been cooking on charcoal and/or wood grills and smokers of some sort for about 34 of my 45 years - learned grilling from my father, grandfather and uncle from 11 years old until my late teens when my best friend's dad introduced my...
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    Advice for pricing a pork butt "job"

    Also to make yourself feel better, divide the "cost of materials X 3" (or 2 whichever you prefer) by the number of guests and see what the cost per guest is.  Then you can relate that to what a catered event might have cost.  Taking into account that your food will be much better than what most...
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    Baby Backs for dinner

    Ribs look delicious!  And I love my large BGE but not going to lie, I get a little jealous of that oval when I see Primo's!  Seems to fit ribs/brisket just a bit better...  
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    Sunday Brisket!

    Looks delicious!  Nice work!  And it looks like you did a very good job of trimming the brisket before putting her to the heat.  That is one of my struggles at this point - trying for uniform consistency without taking off too much fat. I find it kinda like mudding drywall joints - I could keep...
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    3 fires in the new Okie Joe

    I have pretty much decided this was the issue with my smoky ribs.  Several times I saw the white smoke and said to myself - that should be much more blue/clear than that.  Ribs were still all scarfed down but I know there is much room for improvement.  We are our own worst critics!
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    3 fires in the new Okie Joe

    Preheating my splits - didn't think about that.  Guess I could put one split on the handle of the firebox lid each time I add a split.  Is that what you mean?  I don't have one of the flat warming grates/plates on top of my fire box.
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    3 fires in the new Okie Joe

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    3 fires in the new Okie Joe

    Wanted to do a quick update on my experiences so far with my “new to me” original Oklahoma Joe 16” offset.  I have burned 3 fires in her to date.  A little detail on each below… The first burn was supposed to be a dry run.  After about 2 hours over 500 degrees (trying to clean her out a bit) I...
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    New to me - Old school Oklahoma Joe!!

    Thanks for all the info gr0uch0! I have spent lots of time lurking on here and reading the mods when I was looking at some of the big box buys of cheaper models. In fact I bought one of the $138 (or whatever the clearance price was) Oklahoma Joe Highland's last fall at Wal Mart, brought it home...
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    New to me - Old school Oklahoma Joe!!

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