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  1. ben franklin

    camp chef xxl vertical pellet smoker

    Thanks so much for the reply gsp1. (a quick guess -- "GSP" is "Greenville/Spartanburg airport." You wouldn't be near me in Asheville would you? I have posted a direct inquiry to Jeff on the XXL -- but I'm going with it unless I hear something bad. Your response is much appreciated!
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    camp chef xxl vertical pellet smoker

    So sorry gsp1 -- but I was searching the site for answer to the exact same question. I purchased the Woodwind with Sear Box after giving my Traeger Li'l Tex to a relative. I've enjoyed it -- though the build quality isn't what you'd call "heavy duty". Am looking for something with larger...
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    Wet Wood Pellets

    Thanks guys! Just got them in ahead of the NEXT storm -- nasty around North Chicago this afternoon. After looking them over I will definitely use them as "dust". No way they would feed in the augur on the pellet pooper. Live (and read...) and learn!
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    Wet Wood Pellets

    I got careless and let most of a bag of pellets absorb moisture during the stormy week here in the Midwest. Just discovered it last night when I went to do a tri-tip. I have them spread on the patio to dry right now -- but they look more like sawdust for the Amaz'n than pellets for the Traeger...
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    Family Reunion Pulled Pork w/Q-View

    Wow! This will teach me not to neglect checking the forum for a few weeks. I just did pulled pork, ribs and chicken for 45 + kids at our own family reunion last weekend. But I wasn't smart enough to cook ahead -- so a lot of work and not much sleep until after we sent all the relatives home...
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    NEW CINDER BLOCK SMOKER/GRILL

    We have been using much less sophisticated versions of the pit smoker at our hunting camps for years. The one at Deer Creek has been cooking for over 20 years that I know of. They consist of unmortared concrete blocks stacked on a sand bed for leveling. The pits are 4 blocks wide by 12blocks...
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    1st Kings of the season

    Beautiful fish AB! My wife and I did the Kenai two summers ago. Me on the fly rod and her on my back with a 50mm Nikon and a Mossberg 12 ga "sweeper". She's mighty handy to have around. Our freezer has been empty (of sockeye anyway) for a long time now though. And you are making me look at the...
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    Greetings from Chicago!

    You got great advice from Venture. I had been trying to cook decent ribs (in my estimation) by other methods for years. Par-boiling and grilling. Straight up low heat grilling. Oven recipes. Slow cooker recipes. Nothing matched the stuff we pulled out of the pits in the ground back in North...
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    best in smoke

    Here's one GOOD thing that came out of the show. I was so frustrated with the judging that I sent Chris Lilly an email via the "Contact Us" at BBG's BBQ Restaurant. Today I got a personal reply from Chis himself and an invitation to stop by and talk BBQ. He is every bit the genuine nice guy he...
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    Greetings from Chicago!

    Sounds like a great set up Don. If you are going to be wandering around the campground while smoking, I can suggest the new Maverick 732 remote digital meat thermometer as a good addition to your smoking arsenal. I just got mine and it is great. Two units with two probes. One probe for your...
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    Greetings from Chicago!

    Hi Don, and welcome to the forum! You are going to love smoking meat if you love the Dutchy and cast iron in general. That's how I got started as well. I'm also in the northern burbs so send me a private if you like and we'll see if we are close enough to share a summer evening smoke sometime...
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    best in smoke

    Well, at least we actually got to see them smoke some meat last night. My wife and I are having a great debate over who the show has set up to win. I'm betting on Famous Dave since he did all the pre-show publicity on the web -- but she thinks it's Matt. Figures they just want the tattooed New...
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    Ham Sale...So I Smoked One

    That fry job on the wild turkey breast strips sounds good too!  And I'll second the motion on the quality of the Chef's Choice products.
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    Ham Sale...So I Smoked One

    Definitely go with the bean soup. I smoked a 16 pounder for my wife's family at Easter and I think the best thing of all was the bean soup made with stock straight from the ham bone. Just drove back and forth across WI on 94 this weekend. Counted over 100 turkeys enjoying those newly planted...
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    best in smoke

    Thought the judging on the last episode was really lame! Challenge the guys to smoke for kids and then the judges give the blue ribbon to the one the kids spit out??? Come on! I really liked that "double oven" trick the guy came up with for the mac & cheese browning though. You gotta hand it to...
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