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    The only trouble with snow...

    Yeah. I kind of wonder if I might have a touch of AADD. Or maybe I drink too much coffee. OTOH, a guy just wants to have fun, right?
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    Do NOT use wire brushes to clean your grill / smoker...

    I'd really like to know more about the brushes used. The one in the photo in the OP story looked more like a Harbor Freight welding brush than anything I've ever used on the grill. Those of you who have had incidents at home… I presume you were using dedicated grill brushes?
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    Beginner in Texas

    I like it! A Texan willing to admit he doesn't know everything about smokin'!  Welcome!
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    New from Michigan

    Brisket takes a while. It's not just getting the meat warm enough to be done, but giving the collagen (protein that makes meat tough) enough time at 190°F to dissolve. So go low (200°-225°) and slow (10-12 hr). Monitor the internal temperature. When it hits 200, take it out, wrap it and put it...
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    New from Michigan

    Welcome. I too joined yesterday. I too am from Michigan. I am from the point where the big muscle holding on the thumb drops off into the hollow that lets you hold on to the grilling spatula. You? (How do people from all those funny looking states get along… I live where the middle of the...
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    The only trouble with snow...

    is that it cuts down on grilling. I am from Michigan. I was introduced to a passion for barbecue when we lived in Florida. There was this place half way between Tallahassee and Gainesville called Fat Man's. They did a Georgia style all you can eat dinner that inspired me to try to copy it...
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