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    Thanksgiving Chuckies: freeze ahead or make Tuesday?

    I bought a couple of chuck roasts to smoke for Thanksgiving this year. I am traveling Wednesday but I'm off Tuesday. Option 1: Smoke Tuesday, refrigerate, and reheat Thursday. Option 2: Smoke a week or two ahead, freeze, and reheat Thursday. Also, for either scenario, will there be enough...
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    Turkey on a gas grill? Help!

    Jerry, that site is so detailed. Thanks!  
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    Turkey on a gas grill? Help!

    What a good idea, Jimmy! We're a plane ride away, so that wouldn't quite work. Also, I'm  kind of Thanksgiving purest. I like cooking it on the day. Love that outside the box thinking though :)
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    Turkey on a gas grill? Help!

    So, Thanksgiving is at my sister's house and I'm in charge of the turkey. I've had great success spatchcocking and smoking on my WSM, but my sis only has a gas grill (From Lowes: Char-broil Advantage 3 burner).  I guess I have two questions: 1. Should I give up on smoking this year? 2. If...
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    Birthday shopping list

    This is a really great list!  Perfect suggestions. 
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    Birthday shopping list

    Thanks for the advice so far! I'm totally open to "one cool thing" for around $50 as well.  But yeah, wood chunks were also a possibility as something to get.  Are there any fancy, birthday-worthy ones I should try or are the $5 Western bags as good as anything else?
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    Smoked and Sauced (Wings)

    What rub do you use? 
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    Birthday shopping list

    Oh, I have a WSM and a tiny little Mini Webber. 
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    Birthday shopping list

    So, my wonderful wife is letting me order a bunch of stuff for my birthday. It should add up to no more than $50 or so (we don't do big gifts and we're going out to one of those Brazilian steak parades for dinner!) I'm opening the floor to suggestions of fun toys I should get. The top of my...
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    Mini Weber smokes better than WSM...

    So, I love my WSM for its ease of use but in the three years I've had it, I've always felt like my food isn't quite as smoke-flavored as it used to be when I just used a plain ol' mini Weber. Last week, I just threw some pecan chunks in my mini weber while I was grilling chicken. It was the best...
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    Pick my birthday menu

    I was going to use your taco suggestion, but I realized that a tenderloin isn't really for shredding...I'll try your other ideas at some point though! Thanks. 
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    Pick my birthday menu

    So, I have a nice piece of chuck shoulder mock tender to smoke for my birthday next week and I'm trying to put a menu around it. My initial thoughts are smoked beans and mashed potatoes. I may also do some chicken wings as an app.  One groundrule: no pork/bacon!   Recipes appreciated. 
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    First Turkey smoke (and brine)

    Good work!  Can't wait to see the pictures.  I'll post mine later as well.  Happy Thanksgiving :)
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    First Turkey smoke (and brine)

    I would NOT smoke it overnight because the whole thing will only take a few hours. For a 12lb bird, you could be talking about three hours.  I personally wouldn't feel comfortable walking away from turkey for even six hours. It's not like pork shoulder.  If you wanted to eat at 1, you'll start...
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    WSM cleaning

    What do you all do to clean your smokers after your smoke? Specifically, I'm interested in the water bowl (that often has some drippings) and the bottom basin, which collects the ash.  
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