Recent content by BBQ Flash

My Cajun door for my 18.5" had the opposite issue. I needed to increase the curvature. I wanted a small gap that the Cajun door latch could tension against, so I bent it around a 5 gallon bucket -- which sorta worked. Wear gloves and recruit a large friend. If I needed to flatten it, I would...

If it's only one cook, sure use what you have. Maybe cook in two batches on the Smokey Joe. But if you anticipate more larger cooks then just get a full-sized kettle. Here's a thought: nicer Weber kettles show up on market place pretty often. I've seen Performer kettles for pennies on the...

Welcome Greybeard, from another newbie. I am in Marysville but my wife is from Port Angeles... met her when I used to live in Neah Bay... back when I thought BBQ meant burning hot dogs over too many briquettes. My uncle is a retired meat cutter from around Port Orchard, now living in Coeur...

Thanks, y'all, for the warm welcome. Excited to be here. I've learned a bit already -- getting some tips on brisket cooking and learning about gravity smokers. I was close to pulling the trigger on a new pellet grill/smoker but I don't mind some fire tending either and I worry a "set and...

Hello from Marysville, Washington. Started smoking meats sometime in the 1990's with a Brinkmann Gourmet vertical smoker a.k.a. El Cheapo Brinkmann. You know what? That thing turned out some pretty good grub. I ran it until it was plumb wore out and then got a Weber Smokey Mountain, which is...