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    New guy here but a seasoned smoker

    Hello all, my name is Chris and I have been smoking meat candy for almost 30 years. I started building smokers a few years ago but mostly for me. I currently have 6 smokers from an old Ok Joe verticalto a 350 gal offset . Smoking is a passion more than a hobby. I also have a vault full of...
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    newbie's first Boston Butt.

    Keep constancy when cooking
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    newbie's first Boston Butt.

    The last cook was this past Sunday. 8 Pork butts 6 briskets and 40 lbs wings (about 275 wings). To clarify when u are cooking 1-2 pieces of meat then yes I would keep them cool till ready to cook, but in my case when I cook 2 to 3 different kinds of meat, and the amout I usually cook, I usually...
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    Temperature control for my Oklahoma Joe Longhorn

    You can order replacement stove gasket material on the Internet from almost anywere. The stove pipe mod keeps the heat from going straight across the top of your grill and leaving the cooking chamber. It helps the heat mix better and forces the cooler air out the pipe.
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    newbie's first Boston Butt.

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    newbie's first Boston Butt.

    I do but that depends on what flavors I'm going for. I think the 3 most important keys are, steady temp, proper food prep, internal temp. When I cook it is usually 100 lbs or more at a time so sometimes it is not practical to inject. I think that if u let the meat come up to room temp before u...
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    newbie's first Boston Butt.

    You should try making some rub of your own. You can go to the dollar store and get some spices to experment with. This will also help you in acquiring some flavor profiles. I use all my own rubs to smoke with. I created a base reciepe and depending on what I'm doing that day, I will add...
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    One of my homemade smokers

    this is one of my most recent experiments the picture above is the inside
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    One of my homemade smokers

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    One of my homemade smokers

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    Temperature control for my Oklahoma Joe Longhorn

    I have the same grill, the first two mods I did was seal the cooking chamber and the firebox lid. The second was install a dryer vent 90 onto my stack. The reason for that is to maintain a more even heat thru the box. As we all know heat rises and with a straight shot across the top it tends to...
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    SMOKER CLEANING

    I live in North Carolina as  we have seasons, it is not a drastic as other parts of the country. I can say this, I have 6 smokers and the only time I have had a problem with mold is in my verticals and that was 1 time several years ago. All of my barrel type or my off set smokers, I have yet to...
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