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  1. Jonok

    BBQ'ed Hippopotamus Anyone???

    Had some back in the ‘70s when I had the chance to live in South Africa for a while. Sort of bland and stringy, but tender, had a fair amount of neutral fat, and not in any way offensive. I would bet a guy could smoke the heck out of one. On the other hand, all of this hand wringing about...
  2. Jonok

    Fast food pricing

    Well I agree with the majority of the outrage here, but the current Arby’s 2 for $7 French dip deal is pretty good. That all being said, absolutely nobody can hold a candle to Lion’s Choice. They make medium rare thin sliced beef sandwiches on quality buns with great sauces and sides at...
  3. Jonok

    Back up home battery systems? Generators? Solar panels?

    For rarely used small engines, 100LL avgas is the ideal solution. It is engineered to be stable, unlike mogas, and is the definition of corrosion resistant. It works great as mix gas as well. Haven’t trashed a carb on anything since I started using it. Head down to your local airport and make...
  4. Jonok

    Anyone here ever spin a whole pig/piglet?

    Had a pig roaster built from a 280ga oil drum. Direct heat with charcoal. (Lots of flare ups, needed a bunch of water Washing machine motor driving a right angle drive. 1.5” spit with three cross skewers. Wrapped the pigs (usually 150# on the hoof with head on, or 200# with head off and feet...
  5. Jonok

    Last Round-up

    Thank you for all you’ve done and continue to do.
  6. Jonok

    Coney dogs with homemade sauce

    You know, for a phenomenal dog (which I have to admit I’ve doctored to smoke as a bastard hot link) the Costco 1/4 lb dogs are good too. All Beef, artificially low price point as a loss leader.
  7. Jonok

    Coney dogs with homemade sauce

    I would suggest that the kowawalskis might be a quality dog that’s a bit bolder, so it stands up to the super beefy coney sauce. On the other hand, the Koegels has a profile that is more “hot dog like” so it doesn’t argue with the fairly aggressive profile of the Chicago dog. Whatever, they are...
  8. Jonok

    Coney dogs with homemade sauce

    I don’t know, and while I’ve had some kowalski’s, coneys, the best damned Chicago style dogs I have ever had (as a 25+ year resident of Illinois and a 5 year resident of Lincoln park (while Gold Coast dogs was doing it right with Vienna Beef (and Mike Royko agreed with me on a neat, sort of...
  9. Jonok

    Coney dogs with homemade sauce

    If there’s something better than koegels, I’m on a mission😎
  10. Jonok

    $3000. Worth of Brisket Stolen From Austin BBQ Joint

    Got 4 years on you.
  11. Jonok

    $3000. Worth of Brisket Stolen From Austin BBQ Joint

    Live in Kalamazoo, work in northern Wisconsin , southwest Missouri and Occasionally up in the Up
  12. Jonok

    $3000. Worth of Brisket Stolen From Austin BBQ Joint

    Well, now that you mention it, it is an original 1968 straight 421, but it’s maintained and flies like new…
  13. Jonok

    $3000. Worth of Brisket Stolen From Austin BBQ Joint

    Spend a fair amount of time in SW Missouri, so might not be a problem. Used to live in Galveston before I understood bbq, but since then, have made more than a few forays back into Texas to find out what I’m missing. Always looking for another excuse, and by mid-February, the honeysuckle is...
  14. Jonok

    $3000. Worth of Brisket Stolen From Austin BBQ Joint

    Cessna 421
  15. Jonok

    Coney dogs with homemade sauce

    As an ex Chicago guy, I will freely admit that Koegels dogs beat Vienna beef hands down. That being said, I’m not a huge cony dog fan, but flint-style with Koegel’s beef (not cheap chicken dogs like most of the places in the rest of Michigan and all of Indiana) They make their cony sauce from...
  16. Jonok

    $3000. Worth of Brisket Stolen From Austin BBQ Joint

    Might have a couple of weeks in February ( I have a pretty bigairplane, so if you’re up for the rental car…)
  17. Jonok

    Funky Smell After Resting Smoked Brisket in Cooler

    Do a big party about every month. Had the same problem, but now use a $3.99 harbor freight moving blanket, and go back and forth between two 128qt coolers. Toss the blanket about every 4 mos, and no stink, (and my wife never yells at me)…
  18. Jonok

    Brisket failures

    You can get all the smoke you need on it by 150f. Wrap it and dump the pellet pooper for an oven, because it has already done a great job of giving you a phenomenal bark. Use tinfoil, because it keeps the juices in.
  19. Jonok

    Brisket failures

    Continue the heat at 275-300 until it probes like above, and keep it wrapped in the foil for 12 hrs or so at 160 until you’re ready to cut it up. Don’t peek The best stuff I’ve found for injection is Better Than Bullion (beef, of course) made at 1 tbsp per 8 oz/ water.
  20. Jonok

    $3000. Worth of Brisket Stolen From Austin BBQ Joint

    Why? I’m not being argumentative, just wundering? Seemed like a nice, low key place trying to do a good job, and definitely not overpriced for what I got.
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