Recent content by jsmoke23

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    Memorial Day Weekend Ribs and Pulled Pork

    Thanks@SmokinAl and @GaryHibbert. Appreciate the support.
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    Memorial Day Weekend Ribs and Pulled Pork

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    Memorial Day Weekend Ribs and Pulled Pork

    Hey Smokers!,  I fired up the smoker over the weekend and threw some baby back ribs and pork shoulders on there. First some history: This is about my 4th cook on my smoker and I'm still getting used to it.  Around mothers day weekend I squeezed 10 ribs into the smoker and was disappointed by...
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    Smoker Rust Protection (Brinkmann Trailmaster Limited Edition)

    That's awesome. I'll definitely look into using something like that.   
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    Smoker Rust Protection (Brinkmann Trailmaster Limited Edition)

    bmaddox - I appreciate the input.  Would you recommend I maybe get some sand paper and sand down the fire box.  Then coat it with some of that high temp paint?  Have you ever looked into the paint that is used on headers? ...
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    Smoker Rust Protection (Brinkmann Trailmaster Limited Edition)

    Humdinger - Thanks for the advise.  I guess my worry was that if I left it untreated the rust would eventually eat away at the firebox.
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    Smoker Rust Protection (Brinkmann Trailmaster Limited Edition)

    Everyone,  I have been smoking on a Brinkmann Limited Edition Trailmaster.  After about a few cooks I noticed the fire box has developed quite a bit of rust.  I have invested a little money on this smoker w/ mods such as tuning and baffle plate, charcoal box, gasket for cooking chamber so I'm...
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    Questions on coal preference and tips for an off set smoker

    Wow!  Thank you so much for the the information you provided.  This is honestly becoming one of my favorite sites because of the awesome people that contribute.   I can think of a few mistakes that I made during my last cook with the information you provided.  I added charcoal when the fire was...
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    Questions on coal preference and tips for an off set smoker

    Hey Folks,  I recently started using my Brinkmann Limited Edition Trail Master Off-Set Smoker and now I have a ton of questions. Hope you guys have the patience to read through these and give me some guidance here.  1.  I understand that this type of smoker is also considered a "stick burner"...
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    Brinkmann Trailmaster Limted Edition - mods

    Hey DrPHX81, First off congrats on your mods.  The smoker looks great. I was doing research on my smoker and ran across this post.  I just bought the same model and had a few questions for you. 1.  How is the smoker performing now after 2 years since this post? 2.  Did you guy the gasket and...
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    Smoking Techniques Wanted

    GaryHibbert - I really appreciate the amount of information provided here. 
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    Smoking Beginner

    Noboundaries - Thank you.  I will definitely see how far into the cold I can continue to make use of the BM.
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    Smoking Techniques Wanted

    Hey Everyone,  I'm completely new to smoking.  I bought an offset smoker, Brinkmann Trailmaster LE, just a few weeks ago.  I have two cooks on it so far. My first attempt was at some baby back ribs that did not come out as planned.  They weren't fall off the bone or pull off the bone tender at...
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    Smoking Beginner

    Hello Everyone, Just dropping a quick line as I'm new to the forum and new to smoking. Just picked up a Brinkmann Trailmaster LE offset smoker and so far have 2 cook's on it. Going to be looking at this site for tips and tricks to perfect the craft. Any tips on smoking in cold weather? I live...
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