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    My First Butt w/Q-Vue

    Well, thanks to all the great info on this board, I'll count my first smoke as a great success. This was some of the best pulled pork I've ever had (and I live in N. Carolina). So here's the finished q-vue! Thanks everyone for helping me get started. Babybacks are going on sale for $2.69/lb at...
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    My First Butt w/Q-Vue

    It just went in the cooler. I pulled it off at 196. It smells great, I can't wait for it to finish resting. I'm getting ready to make some of SoFlaQuer's finishing sauce. I'll take some pictures before I pull it and post them. Thanks all for the encouragement!!!
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    My First Butt w/Q-Vue

    Ok, I started the smoker around 9 this morning, and so far so good. The attached pictures are pre-smoke and then around 4 hours in. Internal temps right now are 159 and the smoke chambers been between 220-260 so far. I just had to add my first replensihment of coals, so hat's off to the minion...
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    Got the Silver Smoker Together w/ Mods...

    So I got my first smoker together today and did a few mods (thanks big time to this forum). I've got the Char-Broil Silver smoker. I extended the chimney to the grates using aluminum flashing rolled up inside the chimney. The next mod was a baffle over the opening to the firebox. I used a piece...
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    Hi From NC

    Thanks for the warm welcome so far. I'm 3 days in to the 5 day course, so by Sunday I should be a pro! LOL
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    How did you come up with your screen name?

    "Now that's funny... I don't care who you are" -- Larry the Cable Guy
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    How did you come up with your screen name?

    Mine's pretty simple really. I love to fish, particularly for shiny fish shaped like footballs And when it comes to football shaped fish, the ones as big as a volkswagen are the my favorite, thus the GreatBigTuna. It's been my handle on every message board since Al Gore invented the internet...
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    Hi From NC

    Hey Everyone! My name's Jason Fant and I hail from Fuquay-Varina, NC, just south of Raleigh. I'm definitely a noob when it comes to smoking, in fact I just bought my first smoker this afternoon (A char-broil silver smoker). I've been lurking these forums for a few weeks now and it seems like a...
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