2$ brinkman

stickman

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Oct 2, 2012

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• Oct 2, 2012

• #1

Hey everybody, new here .Just bought a 2$ brinkman charcole smoker at a garage sale last sun. washed it up and its ready to go. was going to start with an arm roast thats from the half of beef we got in july.this is the plan.thaw roast starting tonightrub roast with some concoction I make up on the flyleave in fridge until sat or sun.load with charchol light go to beer storecheck temp.add wood(hickory) add meat crack beer X4-5 timescheck temp.rinse repeat.any and all advice welcome.stickman.

 

oldschoolbbq

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Jul 16, 2008

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• Oct 2, 2012

• #2

Sounds like a beginning plan alright

. A good probe themometer would be a great asset , then cook to internal meat temp. you want -Rare -165°  ,  Med.- 170°  , Well - a wasted piece of good

meat

. Sorry , it was there ...

anyhow , please stop in at our Roll Call and introduce yourself and fill in your location for us. We'll give you a hardy

 to the forum and you can get off to a great start. Send us Q-view of your cooks , as we have no 12-step program for this "Habit" , our only Solace is Drooling over pics of food.

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s2k9k

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Sep 8, 2011

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• Oct 2, 2012

• #3

If you get a chance try and do a practice burn so you can see what the temp of the smoker is doing and what you need to do to keep it where you want it before you risk messing up a good piece of meat. Like Stan said, a good probe therm is a must for the meat and also a good therm for the smoker, I wouldn't trust the one that's on it now.

 

smokinhusker

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Oct 20, 2010

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• Oct 2, 2012

• #4

Great advice given!

 

frosty

Master of the Pit

Oct 25, 2011

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Houston, Texas, USA

• Oct 4, 2012

• #5

GOOD LUCK!  The practice session sounds like a great plan.  It will help season the smoker again, and get you familiar with how your smoker reacts.

Keep us posted with your results.

 

harleysmoker

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Dec 8, 2011

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• Oct 6, 2012

• #6

I would do a test run also to see how the temps go and season the smoker as said.