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    My new smoker setup.

        So my back has gone really bad. MRI tomorrow night.  Ive been pretty much out of commission for the last couple weeks.  But, im going to try and get some food on Saturday morning.  Planning a 12 pound Brisket, 2 Butts, some store bought Sausage, and maybe a couple Chickens.  Im really...
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    Warming Cabinet?

    Wish I had seen this earlier.  I have a large warming box on my reverse flow 500 gallon " Big Boy ".  I use it to pre-heat and dry up to 12th of a cord of wood (temps are in the 20s at 2am here) before I add it to my firebox.  Once it gets nice and hot, I pull it out as I need to add wood. By...
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    Our Backwoods Competitor rebuild/ restoration

    Sorry this is taking so long, I have another MRI tomorrow night, to see if they missed some of the herniation when they did my back surgery.  Been pretty slow getting around lately. My leg is about useless again, the sciatic nerve isn't a fun thing to have pressure on...  Anyway....  I did get a...
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    What dos everyone pay for wood by the cord?

    Hickory for $150 a cord would be awesome.  I have a pretty good sized piece of woods, thought about clearing an acre or 2 and planting hickory, just for later use.  We have a few acres that is going to be covered in Christmas trees over the next 7 years, maybe a few dedicated to smoking wood...
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    My new smoker setup.

    Im planning to make the trip of a lifetime out of it when I finally do it. It will be a while, but will happen.  Probably spend a month and a half or so driving, and eating.       I picked up a small half brisket today, from a local meat dealer (who Ill be dealing with 95% of the time)  He gave...
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    What dos everyone pay for wood by the cord?

            Im in Maine, going to be using a lot of wood soon for my trailer.  I have a guy not too far away who delivers wild Cherry or Apple for $225 a cord.  I know Im getting a steal at that price, for either one. Both are semi-dry, worked good in my stick burner.  Oak and maple seem to be...
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    My new smoker setup.

          I got the recipe. Thanks!  Looks to be what I was looking for.  My step-grandfather was from New Orleans, never got to taste much of his food, he wasn't around long.  What I have tried from down that way is amazing, especially when you look at how much money is in the dish.  If I get some...
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    My new smoker setup.

          More researching this morning.   Trying today with no pain pills, but its not going real well. Feels like a horse kicked me in the back of my thigh...  Anyway, I might have the Wife bring home a smallish 8-10 lb brisket for Saturday. Weathers not supposed to be great, but Ill be running...
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    My new smoker setup.

    As far as sides, I have a basic German-style Potato Salad, comes out real nice, and my wife has perfected her Coleslaw, its almost KFCish, but far better.  I changed it up a bit and did some long shreds for our last cook, much better than small chunks on Pulled Pork sandwiches.  Id be really...
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    My new smoker setup.

    Well, between my back not getting any better (worse if anything), and my nice newly-acquired full body cold, I haven't done much.  Next cook will have pictures of everything, its hard to get good shots while there is a yard full of people waiting to eat.  I started a thread on the upcoming...
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    Our Backwoods Competitor rebuild/ restoration

    It will be a little slow at first, got a nasty cold to go with my wrecked back.  Don't want to get my buddy (with the sheet metal brake, and half the fab tools) sick.  Plus our weather still is a little shaky, its not even 28 degrees here right now.  Ive been playing with the logo design, and...
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    I call it the 20/20 Charcoal basket...

    I was just going to suggest that.  If you live near a few fellow smokers, a 4x8 sheet is much more reasonable to go in on $$$ wise than the smaller cuts.  Any good metal yard has or can get SS expanded. There is a few online sellers that will cut it to your specs as well.
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    Our Backwoods Competitor rebuild/ restoration

    So my new concession trailer has a nice little Backwoods on it, but time, and weather haven't been really nice to her.  Its got a nasty rust hole in the back panel, been converted to work with a Guru vs. the sliding door, little bubbling on the roof... etc.  So were going to give it a facelift...
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    My new smoker setup.

               And the brisket went on at 3am. Butts will be on in 4 hours, then the baby backs in 6.    Took just over an hour at 29 degrees outside to get big boy up to 225.  I got my hands on some shagbark hickory, going to give that a go, blended with the cherry I got a couple weeks ago. Oak and...
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    My new smoker setup.

        Thanks, I wish I could say I built it, but oh well, Ill be doing a lot of minor fixing up to it. Plus- once in a while, my mind takes over, and says if I can be bought for less an a third of what it would cost to build....  I am still doing my 320 gallon setup, just to build one.  Now that I...
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    My new smoker setup.

    Few more quick pics, computer was being horrible yesterday.  Set the Guru at 225 for finishing, stayed right where I put it, at the 8 hour mark,there was still a bit of coals in there. .  A shot of the cooking area on big boy.  The warming rack is over the firebox, and has a sliding vent...
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