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    Building a Drum Pit

    Greetings all, So with all this extra time around having 2 small kids, figured its time to replace the old Weber Kettle (replace is what i tell the wife before adding another cooker). Cant nail down exactly what i want to buy SO a buddy of mine gave me an old 55gal drum and another let me...
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    Brisket Rest

    I used to foil wrap my briskets and put them in a cooler to rest. And id give them 2-3 hours atleast. Since moving to Paper, seems the rest doesnt need half as long since the meat cools much quicker wrapped in paper than in foil. Iv been rested a couple of them for an hour and had very good...
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    2 briskets on weber smokey mountain... cooking time?

    I moved from my WSM to my offset a couple of years ago and forget how much quicker brisket cook on those things. :) kinda miss it sometimes.
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    First Ever Offset

    Franklin has brought back the barrel style fireboxes and the way fires are made apparently with no grate on bottom of that box. I have a Shirley reverseflow and love it, but a buddy has a Pits by JJ traditional and loves it. If both of the pits are built to your standards, get the one that you...
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    New from Houston

    Hey there boys, just signed up here and figured id say hi. Been smoking meat for 7 or 8 years and am the pitmaster for a couple very small teams. Brisket is my goto but love all BBQ. Currently smoking on a Shirley 42x24 square chamber. BUT at the moment I about to retire the Kettle and build...
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