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  1. Chasdev

    Pork "rib" nomenclature definitions?

    I'm having difficulty wrapping my brain around which of these is what..AND which do I want? I'm making Charro beans and will be low simmering the pork after browing, for max tenderness and flavor. So here's where my brain has a flat tire. Are any of these really "ribs" or are they just called...
  2. Chasdev

    ND vs OS

    Gotta love "Touch down Jesus"!
  3. Chasdev

    New from Weber

    Pellet spitters are by far the least taxing method of cooking briskets, but mine sits unused because I need more smoke flavor than my Camp Chef can deliver. IF Weber can deliver close to offset cooker smoke flavor, I'm in. My dream smoker/s cost 3 to 5 K, but I will never spend that amount on a...
  4. Chasdev

    Rib burns

    Well thank goodness for THAT. I hate the whole, your greenery was messy so you lose...
  5. Chasdev

    Looking to tap into the Knowledge Base: Air Tools

    Oil them up before and after use, no problemo.
  6. Chasdev

    Texas Red Hots

    Yes, please!
  7. Chasdev

    Bevo burgers!

    Yup, that was a major blow out victory all right. Woohoo, what a dominate performance.
  8. Chasdev

    fire bricks to replace water pan in vertical pellet smoker

    Fire bricks block heat UNTIL they heat up, then they radiate heat, which is the opposite of what a water pan is for. Plus, water in the cook chamber helps keep meat moist as it cooks.
  9. Chasdev

    Disposable or reusable pans?

    In my attempt to find the end of the internet, I watched a Steve Gow "Smoketrails" BBQ Youtube video yesterday where he does experiments cooking briskets with and without a waterpan. According to him and his semi scientific tests, beef retains more internal moisture when smoked with a water pan...
  10. Chasdev

    Disposable or reusable pans?

    I use, wash and re-use "disposable" aluminum pans all the time.
  11. Chasdev

    Another offset temps measuring thread.

    I deleted the tune plate and re-installed the charcoal grilling tray and deflector as seen in the last picture above and did an upper and lower level heat check in four places both upper and lower cook grate levels. Decided the middle of the lower cook grate was the best plan. Here's 1.5 hours...
  12. Chasdev

    Another offset temps measuring thread.

    Here's the exhaust port, right at the cook grate level. Also the OEM charcoal tray and the deflector balanced in the position it's supposed to occupy. Tuning plate config also. After my last brisket and the way the bottom up radiant heat messed me up, I'm thinking on going back to the OEM...
  13. Chasdev

    Another offset temps measuring thread.

    I doubt they need or have them too. There's a large offset smoker outside the "Oak Lodge" in Brownwood state park, the former site of the blacksmith shop which was active when the park and buildings were constructed in the 1930's by the CCC, and the cook grate in it is two feet above the lower...
  14. Chasdev

    Another offset temps measuring thread.

    Char grilled that is…cheap offset smoker.
  15. Chasdev

    Another offset temps measuring thread.

    Grand champ XD.
  16. Chasdev

    Another offset temps measuring thread.

    Yes BUT, I get to smoke a brisket!
  17. Chasdev

    Another offset temps measuring thread.

    After my most recent stickburner cook, I find that while I can maintain the air/smoke temp in the cook chamber like I want, based on how the brisket turned out there's too much radiant heat coming up from the tuning plate, which distance I estimate to be 8 to 10 inches. Question is what is the...
  18. Chasdev

    Wood blends

    Oak and pecan for me, on beef anyway. Pork is hickory forward with oak backing up.
  19. Chasdev

    Wood id

    The bark I can't identify but the split logs sure look like oak to me too. It will have a distinct smell, perhaps if you cut or sawed off a hunk the smell would be stronger. I love the smell of fresh split oak AND burning oak.
  20. Chasdev

    Any beef tallow makers out there?

    Good thing I didn't throw it away! I did a google on beef colagen and it's pretty good stuff.
Great deal on LEM Grinders!
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