Recent content by ConrodM

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    Babyback Ribs

    Yuuuummm! I’d wear those out for sure!
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    Dry Brined Reverse Sear Tomahawks and Roasted Baby Red and Gold Spuds!

    OMG !! That’s Beautiful and I’m sure was just as Tasty!
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    grilling with a Brazos possible?

    Have grate in firebox of Wrangler. Learning to grill steaks with it- both ways (skillet & direct heat). Having a blast & besides, my old kettle finally fell apart. Don’t plan on getting a replacement.
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    First Hot Smoked Bacon

    Smoked 6# belly yesterday & got another 6# curing now 😁👍👍
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    Wood-Too Old to smoke with?

    Yeahhhh….. Love me some Pecan! Making trips to Louisiana to see family; old friends would be sure to help me get pecan wood to bring back to Florida. We had/ have Pecan Orchards in my home town and even named a mall after them. Pecanland Mall. They built it on an orchard. Had alot of fun in...
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    Wood-Too Old to smoke with?

    Thanks! I do have a cover for that rack. It comes down a couple of feet but haven’t used it much. I have some homemade racks under a roof that I keep my split wood that is for present day burning. Next batch of new wood I’m going to split and leave it 16-20” long I will burn some of the...
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    Wood-Too Old to smoke with?

    Do ya’ll split the fresh green wood to prevent premature rotting?
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    Wood-Too Old to smoke with?

    Wood rack wood storage
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    Wood-Too Old to smoke with?

    I live in central Florida and have several wood storage racks. The oldest logs that I’ve been splitting have lost their wood fiber/strands and look more like cork. The wood wasn’t split while green but left as whole logs cut to manageable lengths. The moisture content of these are 40% & Up! 1...
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    1st cook on the Old Country Gen 2 + pics

    Awesome Job! Those ribs look Amazing. Keep is posted please
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    New O.C. Insulated G2 added to the family!

    Beautiful smoker! Can’t wait for your smoking adventures and details of differences
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    Old Country Wrangler/Pecos vs CharGriller Grand Champ XD

    For my Wrangler, I bought a $12 / 6”Stove pipe from Lowes and just cut a notch so it will slip over the stack damper and use a large hose clamp to hold in place. Works fine.
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    Any "foil boat" captains out there?

    . I have tried Fatside up a few times over the past 20yrs but all my smokers to date had the heat from below. The few I tried were nothing special so just stuck with fatside down. Recently Modified my Wrangler stick burner to be a Top Down cooker and on 1/27/25 followed Chud’s method of smoking...
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    New Offset OCBP G3

    I’m thinking Al has a YouTube BBQ channel I’m subscribed to. Beautiful smoker and looking forward to seeing the cooks and any comments Al has regarding the insulated Fbox & Chamber
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