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Looks perfectly cooked to me!

Lookin great to me! Rib sticker for sure!

Awesome first Pork Butt. I embedded the pictures full size so this thread could be featured on the Carousel. Congratulations and welcome the SMF!

Santa!

One of the main reasons I strictly use homemade yard and kitchen waste compost, along with trench composting fish carcasses. I've built the soil up so much I never need to add any fertilizer.

Thanks @pc farmer ; I had to look that up on the google machine. Apparently is originated in Minnesota.

What exactly is a "juice Lucy"?

Fine craftsmanship on that build!

@SmokinEdge - was it you that mentioned cooking sugardale ham steaks? I saw that the Aldi's in town has the sugardale bone in ham steaks for a great price. Thinking of giving them a try...

Yep...barely hand tight so the gas pressure can vent. What you want the the steam generated to push out all the air. Then when the jars cool, the steam condenses and pulls the vacuum and sucks the lid down tight. Screwing the lid down tight is counter productive when canning.

That is THE site where all the Cajun's living around the country buy their stuff from. It was started/founded by a grocery store in Metairie, Louisiana specifically to sell to people who have moved away from the area. They got so many call ins to ship stuff across the country that they started...

Looks great to me! I need to smoke some chickens soon....been too long...

FYI, soaking does increase the nutrients in the beans and it lowers the phitates in the beans which are anti-nutrients...

FYI-you can also find the Steen's cane syrup at that Cajungrocer site....but in a pinch molasses will work. But molasses is more bitter....but it is close.

What about wood? That's not charcoal or gas? :emoji_grin: