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  1. trx680

    RECTEQ RT-B380 Bullseye OR RT-340

    I'll just be cooking for two of us most of the time, although I thought about cooking extra and freezing it. I see myself cooking chicken, whole birds and parts, ribs, brisket. Anyway, price isnt the factor, but I'm undecided about getting the dome shaped 380 or the barrel shaped 340. Whos got...
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    attention REC TEC RT-340 owners

    I'm considering a pellet grill. I want to be able to smoke a butt while I'm at work, so it will be unattended for up to 10 hours. Want to cook other meats such as ribs, chicken, brisket. Don't need a big grill, just my wife and I. So lets hear from the 340 owners here.....whats your...
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    a cooker to leave UNATTENDED???

    I work the graveyard shift. I'd like to buy a cooker, whether it be wood, pellet, ...whatever, and put a butt, ribs, or brisket on before I leave home at night and leave it unattended for up to 10 hours. Just let it cook. I'm not looking for the cheapest. I would want something decent, well...
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    MONOLITH ceramic grills

    Looking on the BBQguru website at the guru controllers I noticed the Monolith grills. They even come with the guru controllers. But I haven't seen anyone here talking about them. They look a lot like the Green Egg. I did a youtube search and found some videos. One claimed cooking low-and-slow...
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    Weber Smokey Mountain 22 with GURU control

    After posting and reading in the pellet section on recommendations on a smoker for set-it-and-forget-it kinda setups I see that a few of you recommended the Weber with the Guru controller. Now....questions...: With this setup, how long does your charcoal last before it burns out? How do you...
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    16 hours- set it and forget it. Brisket on the smoker??

    I work a lot of 16 hour shifts. Would like to slap a brisket on at midnight and when I get home at 4pm have a brisket ready to eat. On my 8 hour days maybe a whole chicken. Am I dreaming or is there something out there that can accommodate my needs? I noticed the Tredagar commercials on in...
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    sous vide duck on Diners, Drive Ins, and Dives

    Was watching triple d last night and one of the restaurants had duck on the menu. The chef sous vide cooked the cut-up duck at ...83 degrees Celsius if I'm not mistaken. For a few hours. He had seasoned and marinated it previously. Now 83C is about 181F. Then after the sous vide he lightly...
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    skirt steak for dinner

    Woke up this morning and decided to break out the sous vide after a two year hiatus. I had a skirt steak in the fridge. I seasoned it with salt, pepper, onion and garlic powder, and a slight rub of soy and Worcestershire Vacuum sealed it and sous vide cooked it at 125F for 5 hours Then...
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    what sous vide cooker do you have?

    I bought a poly science about 4 years ago. Used it a few times. Actually been 2 years since I fooled with it.  http://polyscienceculinary.com/collections/sous-vide-circulators/products/sous-vide-professional-creative-series What sous vide cooker do you have?
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    anyone done a WHOLE RIBEYE for prime rib?

    Just wondering if anyone has SV a whole boneless ribeye for a prime rib?
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    What are you paying for whole bellies?

    Only one market nearby that I'm aware of that sells whole bellies, they order them upon request. The come three to a box, frozen, from IBP. Its $3.29/lb. Thats in Virginia. What are you paying in your neck of the woods? And are you getting them from a farm or a market?
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    what keeps the bacon red?

    I tried my hand for the first time with a pork belly. I seasoned and slightly sugared/salted them. I smoked some and baked some then sliced it into bacon strips. The baked one was no longer the red color as it was when raw. The smoked was still fairly red but when I cooked it it turned white...
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    Petersburg Virginia

    Reading up on curing/smoking pork belly. I'm trying it right now as I type, got some in the smoker. I have a Bradley electric smoker and a Weber charcoal grill/smoker. I'm a novice. I'd like to learn to make sausage. Reading over a SausageMaker.com catalog. I'll order a few things I will need...
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    1st time pork belly

    I bought a whole pork belly last week. Saturday (8 days ago) I cut it into four pieces and followed this recipe as far as seasoning it. I vacuumed sealed them.  http://www.saveur.com/article/Recipes/Home-Cured-Bacon Thursday (after 6 days) I open one of them and oven cooked it as per the...
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