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A question of anatomy
i think when they refer to chicken breast they mean the chicken chest from what i can gather the name originated in the 1840s or 1850s- cksteele
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- Forum: Blowing Smoke Around the Smoker.
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Need a little help with brisket. First time
what grade of beef was it ? if it was choice they can be tricky they have less fat in them and the flats can dry out. prime or AAA Angus even a wagyu have nice marbling in them so they are more forgiving but they are also more $$$. it sounds like your heat was coming from the bottom is... -
Money Muscle Cut
if you want to get creative with it you could cut it into long chunks and make char siu with it ive done that before with it and its fantastic esp w the money muscle -
Sealing her up!
looks great just get a piece of pipe from lowes or home depot for the exhaust to bring it down to grate lvl. thats what i did on my okjoe really helps with the heat and getting a better draw outta the smoke chamber- cksteele
- Post #3
- Forum: Blowing Smoke Around the Smoker.
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Looking for a decent bbq grill.
well i burn 100% wood in mine so im not sure if you want to burn charcol and the wood for smoke but these are pretty comon mods for okjoes i put firebricks in the firebox to semi insulate it and to even the heat also there is a baffle plate in it and i put gaskets on the door seams to...- cksteele
- Post #11
- Forum: Grilling Tips
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Looking for a decent bbq grill.
the grates on the oakjoe are ceramic coated so they wont rust i smoke stuff in them every weekend no issues. steel is thinner but you get what ya pay for you want 1/4 inch you're looking at 1000 bucks. ive modded out my oakjoe works just fine never used the reverse flow one so cant say- cksteele
- Post #6
- Forum: Grilling Tips
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Looking for a decent bbq grill.
i have a OKJOE any lowes or home depot should have them if you live in westland Michigan they have a cabelas in dundee they sell offset smokers in there its like 40 min from you- cksteele
- Post #4
- Forum: Grilling Tips
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Maple smoking wood?
sugar maples are very good there are plenty of guys on here that use sugar maple to smoke with.season it well and it should be great- cksteele
- Post #2
- Forum: Woods for Smoking
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Current Pork Butt Prices
i found a local farm to fork business here in Ontario selling organic Berkshire porkbutts for 1.49 lb i was like wow -
Anyone cooking pork to rare?
you can cook any meat to safe internal temps then serve it ive cooked ribs like this before. with ribs and other cuts with lots of connective tissue and collagen cooking to a higher temp like 190 just allows you to take all the meat off the bone. i personally dont like gnawing on bones to get... -
1st try at doing Smoked Sausage 25lbs.
nice setup and the sausage looks great too -
Smoker/Oven Hybrid on Ribs?
well once you wrap them the smoker is basically just an oven at that point no more smoke is getting on the rib. you're just heating them till done so shouldn't be an issue -
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consensus on the best thermometer
i got a ThermoPro TP08 its great its got 2 probes one for the cookchamber temp and one for the internal meat temp plus the wireless remote has a range of 300 feet. igrill is nice but its more expensive i really didn't wanna pay like $50+ bucks more just so i could have it on my iphone the way...- cksteele
- Post #3
- Forum: Meat Thermometers
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Spare rib trimming
the store i get most of my ribs from cuts the rib tips partially to fit into their butcher packaging. i just cook the rib tips and the breast bone as i smoke the spares tons of great meat on them- cksteele
- Post #7
- Forum: Blowing Smoke Around the Smoker.
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Help - RUST!!!
its part of the deal, i know for me a couple times a year i gotta get the wire brush out and the old dremel with wire brush attachment. take off the rust and touch up the outside of the stickburner with high temp bbq paint. even though i cover it up the metal expanding and contracting causes...- cksteele
- Post #7
- Forum: Wood Smokers
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Making a Logo
well for my business not BBQ related i just went to a local printing guy. they had a graphic artist on staff who i worked with to create a logo for my company. i told him what i was thinking and he came up with a couple designs ,worked with him to refine them and picked one. hope that helps- cksteele
- Post #2
- Forum: Blowing Smoke Around the Smoker.
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WOOD where to get it?
i find my wood using Kijiji is a good source lots of guys selling wood on it i picked up a facecord of 50/50 shagbark ickory and ash for like 89 bucks from a guy near dunnville- cksteele
- Post #3
- Forum: Canadian Group
