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    How much briquettes should I buy, for a 12 square foot cooking area, for a 6 hour BBQ?

    I need help!? I'm a kitchen manager at a large restaurant in our town. I do a lot of BBQing and Smoking at home, but not at work. This weekend, we have an event that will be BBQ. I'll be using a charcoal BBQ with a 3'X4' cooking area. The event lasts 6 hours. I'll only be cooking...
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    Smoked Pork Butt, can I make it a ham?

    I'm currently smoking two pork butts, in an offset firebox smoker.  The internal temperature of the larger one just reached 170 degrees, when suddenly a thought hit me. "Why not remove the smaller one early, as a ham, instead of making it into pulled pork."  So I come to you with a question. ...
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    First Turkey and now in a contest!

    Please consider helping my daughter and me out in this local contest!  A local appliance company, along with a local news station is running a contest for local hunters. The winner receives a new freezer, which we desperately need!  We were in the lead for several weeks, by well over 200 votes. ...
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    First Fatties!

    It's time to gain more experience!  I'm a fairly new smoker and thanks to all of your help, I smoked my first 2 Pork Butts a couple weeks ago.  Now it's time to attempt a couple fatties. I pulled out 3 pounds of ground sausage and divided it in half.  The first fatty is stuffed with onion, bell...
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    My first ever attempt at true smoking...2 Pork Butts!

    [if gte mso 9]><xml> <o:OfficeDocumentSettings> <o:AllowPNG/> </o:OfficeDocumentSettings></xml><![endif] I've smoked meats before, but on a propane BBQ, using indirect heat and a pan of wood chips.  I finally own a real smoker and am putting it to use!  I picked up a Char Griller offset...
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    Hi all, from Spokane, WA

    Hello everyone.  I'm Michael Hamilton, from Spokane, WA.  I'm fairly new to the world of smoking and have really learned a lot already, from this forum! Let's see, a lil' about myself.  I'm a father of 4 (3 adult children and a 9 year old) and grandfather of 5.  We're a family of campers...
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    OLD "Frigidaire Made Only By General Motors" smoker build

    Hi all!  I'm very new to smoking, having only attempted it once, using my 5 burner propane BBQ, to do a Thanksgiving turkey.  Now it's time to get real!  I've purchased an old Frigidaire fridge, all metal inside.  I've NEVER built a smoker of any type, nor owned a manufactured one. I plan to...
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    Help me choose the right offset smoker!

    Hi all!  I'm new here, obviously, and in the planning/research stages of buying my first smoker! So, I'm deliberating between 3 or 4 options and need your advice!  I do understand that I'll need to make some minor modifications to any of these choices but I'm assuming the mods would be the same...
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