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    Favorite Turkey Rub for Thanksgiving?!?

    I am brining my turkey before smoking it come this Thursday, but what do you guys like for a rub? You go more traditional poultry bbq rub or do you go with a garlic herb butter?
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    My new WSM 22.5" with MODS!

    Well I pondered buying a new smoker for some time (upgrading from a Masterbuilt Propane model) and settled on a Weber Smokey Mountain 22.5! One of the reasons I selfishly picked this over say a Traeger or an offset box smoker was the opportunity to modify the unit to my liking. :) Anyways...
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    How much smoke?

    How much actual smoke do you guys apply when doing pork butts? I've always seemed to apply smoke for about half the cooking time with my butts and then just brought to finishing temps, but will it take on smoke the whole cooking time? Is too much a problem? I seem to remember certain meats...
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    First time smoking St. Louis pork ribs...thoughts, tips, advice?

    I am having some friends over for some BBQ tomorrow and thought I'd smoke some pork ribs (St. Louis style) and have a few questions before I smoke them: 1.  I have to probably smoke them the night before for I have to work the day of and probably don't have time to do them then, is this a fools...
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    IT'S ALL IN THE TIMING...(PUN INTENDED)

    Ok fellow smokers, Don't freak out or jump out a 10-story building when I ask this question.  I am fairly new to the smoking arena but have had good early success; (2) briskets, (2) pork butts, (1) turkey, (1) St. Louis rack but as I have discovered (as we all have), timing is one of the most...
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    Smokin' in the wild wild west!

    Hi Everyone, My name is Stuart and I am a lover of all things culinary, a foodie of sorts, and a recent BBQ enthusiast! I currently own a simple Masterbuilt 20051311 GS30D 2-Door Propane Smoker  which runs off wood chips but would eventually like to graduate up to a large trailer towed barrel...
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    Smoked first brisket and it came out dry and not very tender...Thoughts!?

    Hi Everyone, So I am knew to the whole smoking scene but I have really started to get into and have had some mixed results. I own a Masterbuilt 30 in. Vertical Two-Door Propane Gas Smoker (as seen below) which  uses wood chips which are heated up from the bottom of the unit and it also has a...
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