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    The CharGriller Owners Group Official "Introduce Yourself" Thread

    I love your extra-fancy brake there. Excellent results!
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    The CharGriller Owners Group Official "Introduce Yourself" Thread

    Here's Miss Otis (who started out life as a Pro Deluxe 2727, then got a SFB, reverse-flow chimney, baffle plates, fire basket, sealing gaskets, and custom rims) with her new thermocouple data bus installed.
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    Curing

    Turkey and duck breasts cure up nicely; so does sheep belly (like lamb bacon.)
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    The CharGriller Owners Group Official "Introduce Yourself" Thread

    Hi folks! I live in Portland, Oregon and I've been using my Char-Griller Pro Deluxe (#2222, not the fancy ones with the condiment basket or the front shelf) since 2012. Mine started off as a grill, and I used it as that all of the first year and a half I had it and was very happy using it just...
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  6. Memorial Day Bacon

    Memorial Day Bacon

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    Memorial Day Bacon

    The freezer was empty of my homemade bacon, so I figured that Memorial Day was as good a time as any to reflect on the holiday and smoke some bacon at the same time. On Friday,I started by taking Mom on a trip across town to Western Meat and getting a pair of fine 10-pound pork bellies (along...
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    baconed cured

    Yeah, you want to get those bellies frozen if you're not going to be able to smoke them for 4 weeks. They are apt to 'catch something' in the refrigerator if they stay in there that long. Or they may go green on you... or rancid. Either way, that's not what you want to have happen.
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    Prime Rib on a beautiful Saturday

    I was born and raised in Turnagain; I moved to Portland in the early 90s. But my mom lives with me, and she lived in Anchorage from 1955 until 2011.
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