Recent content by RobCat

And there's a bathroom on the right! (My neighbor really knows how to butcher CCR) :D

I saw an interesting recipe come to my email from Traeger last week about applewood smoked bacon. Sounded good but I have no idea how much 2lbs of pork belley runs. I supposed it varies depending on your location. I know i was happy back in Illinois to get brisket for under $3.69lb but found...

Pardon the pun but brisket is a tough meat to crack, especially for a beginner. Since the ribs were decent there's hope for him. I had the opposite situation where my son in law tried to do a brisket and it was terrible. Fortunately for me, he had tasted my brisket and HE KNEW his sucked...

LOL. Brisket is my specialty. Typically I use a hickory/cherry mix. But then I gotta hold of some pecan and now pecan/cherry is my new brisket combo. Great reviews by my family and friends. But experimenting is always fun!

Thanks for all the warm welcomes. So far I've only used Traeger pellets. The place where I bought the grill knocked an additional $25 off the price and threw in 2 free bags of pellets. Their stock was a bit low and after sorting through all the bags that had been ripped open I ended up with a...

Well I just moved here from Illinois and after a month am very much enjoying Arizona. I left my rust bucket of a smoker in Illinois and just picked up the Traeger Renegade Pro. I've been a stick smoker since I started 10 years ago but getting lazy in my old age and decided to give a pellet...