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  1. vaquero01

    Pork Loin in a Snow Storm

    finished off in foil the last 30 minutes to melt the white cheddar jalepeno cheese into the loin. Stuffed with baby bella shrooms, sweet ancient peppers, red onions, garlic and cheese.
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  3. Pork Loin in a Snow Storm

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  4. vaquero01

    Pork Loin in a Snow Storm

    So much for warmer weather and blue skies.....This is me firing up the smoker at 6:30 for a stuffed pork loin for the crews lunch today Note the wonder of the large Noreaster snow flakes as they dance like pagan sprites before my smoker *insert heavy dose of frickin sarcasm here*  I wonder...
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  7. vaquero01

    STUFFED & SMOKED HALF POUND BURGERS

    Hot dawg...that looks good!! I just pulled a 1lb package of ground venison out of the freezer yesterday. Now ya got me thinking. 1lb venison, 1/2 lb ground bacon, 1 cup blue cheese crumbles, mixed pounded into patties and on to the smoker...I can't hardly wait until lunch tomorrow now.Thanks for...
  8. vaquero01

    Master Forge Vertical Smoker

    FrankieJ, welcome to the forum. Soaking is a bit of a wives tale. You want clean combustion to give clean smoke. Wet wood doesn't burn clean and hinders your ability to maintain heat. Smoke from wet wood (chips in this case) give off a bitter taste as well. Make sure that you hit the front page...
  9. vaquero01

    Smoker for home use?

    "and whatever else you can smoke"  That begs the bigger question....just what can't you smoke? I havent found anything yet!! I guess if I thought about it mebbe ice cream and slurpees, but after that there's nothin I've found that hasnt been great off the smoker. That's always the problem with...
  10. vaquero01

    My new Craigs list Find!!

     I do a fair bit of welding, it could be modified.....but if it is, it's one heck of a job! The seams are absolutely beautiful and the cut from the horizontal pit to the vertical is precision cut. Someone could have taken and cut off a Bandera and welded a cast Hondo on it i suppose and added...
  11. vaquero01

    Snow and the first day of spring

    Man oh man, I strongly dislike being up here!! March is dang near over and they're calling for up to 8" starting tomorrow morning! When I first got here last year at the beginning of March it snowed once the first week then climbed into the 80's and pretty much that was it.....minimal nasty...
  12. vaquero01

    IT'S A GIRL!!!

    Congrats, She's a looker! Not sure on the Palaminos but our Tobi's blue eyes only lasted a couple months before they changed. Either way....congrats and have fun.
  13. vaquero01

    My new Craigs list Find!!

    Thanks Y'all, does anyone recognize what model it is? It's hard to find information on the old New Braunfels models before they were purchased and turned into smokers for the Dollar Store chain by Char Broil. You can find plenty on the Hondo, Black Diamond and the Bandera. I have a Black Diamond...
  14. vaquero01

    My new Craigs list Find!!

    Told ya I'm like a kid at Christmas the last two days.....once I pulled the crews lunch out and it cooled down to about 150-160 the front door got a new coat of "Arrest Me Red" Caliper paint, it's good to 500 degrees and since it's going on the rib box it should never come close to that (or we...
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  16. vaquero01

    My new Craigs list Find!!

     Dang near pulled pork off the rib, look at that bark!!!
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  18. vaquero01

    My new Craigs list Find!!

     Fresh coat of high temp and thin blue smoke....holding temp like a champ!!! I'm like a kid at Christmas.
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  20. vaquero01

    My new Craigs list Find!!

    not on the way back!!! but that little Northstar is an awesome engine...still beats the heck out of what the gas guzzlin truck would have gotten.
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