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Holy crap, those look delicious!! Nice!

Welcome, fellow NC'er!! Checking in from Archdale. Good luck with your new smoker! Definitely get comfortable with butts and shoulders first. They're pretty forgiving, and you'll learn a lot about your smoker in the process before tackling a brisket.

Greetings! I live in Archdale, NC (commonly referred to as LA - Lower Archdale...) and I cook on an old Brinkmann Pitmaster COS that I've had for about 16 years or so, but I've only ever done butts and shoulders. I've smoked chicken quarters a time or two, but the pulled pork is what I'm...

Thanks, everyone!! Wow, I didn't know Brinkmann went under. That's really something. I already take pretty good care of my smoker - I don't leave it out in the weather or anything. I have had it rained on when I took it camping, and last year, there came a down pour about 3 hours before my...

I'm Tom, from Archdale, NC. I've been smoking pork butts and shoulders for about 16 years, or so, on a Brinkmann horizontal smoker with an offset firebox. I guy I used to work with, got me interested in BBQ'ing - he had a gas smoker and made some pretty decent Q on it. At the time, I couldn't...