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It was invented here in Nashville by Mrs. Prince as revenge on her husband for cheating. She made him some super spicy chicken and he loved it. Thus "Nashville Hot Chicken" was born. Pretty every restaurant around here now has some version of it. Prince's and Hattie B's are the two biggies...
^^^^^ What Maiko said. My fire rod was 7 years old when it quit working. They sent me one for free. Have you thoought about sanding down your 700 and repainting? My Mini is 9 years old with the same paint problem. One of my summer projects is to sand it down an repaint with high heat paint...
This is the way I've done fried rice several times, and I F-F-F-F-F-F-F-F-F-f- Feel fine. Kidding aside. I'm pretty sure this is how a lot Asian restaurants do it.
This is to be taken with a grain of salt, but I aways completely fill the charcoal basket using the minion method. I also leave the top vent wide open, and control temps with the bottom vents. Brand new WSM's leak a lot of smoke, and it takes few cooks get a good seal around the barrel, lid...