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    Competition tomorrow, pork butt in the smoker tonight

    I've learned a lot from all of you. Many post their successes as well as failures. Questions, no matter how newbie, get answered with helpful information. Thank you.
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    Praying for the victims of the DFW airshow crash and their families.

    It was horrible. I wonder what went wrong, and if they will determine who was at fault.
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    Competition tomorrow, pork butt in the smoker tonight

    Local brewery is having a pulled pork contest. It was $25 to enter, they provided a 9 pound bone in pork butt from a boutique butcher in town. I marinated in a Coca Cola mixture, rubbed with Killer Hogs The BBQ rub. It's 7PM, 32 degrees and snowing here. I have a thermal blanket for my Camp...
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    Barbecue competition...apparently it's addictive

    I made one, blend of Chef Billy Parisi and Joy of Cooking recipes. Apple Cider vinegar, brown sugar, granulated garlic, black pepper, crushed red pepper, Kosher salt, onion powder, and because I was out of ketchup, a little tomato paste. (BTW, the tomato paste in the tube is SO convenient.) This...
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    Barbecue competition...apparently it's addictive

    Did my first competition last month, got ninth place in ribs. I'm happy with that. Now a local brewery decided to have a competition for pork butt. They never had one before, they were informed pork butt can't be smoked in their allotted time. Now it's cook at home and bring in a crock pot of...
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    Deep fried turkey this year

    After going back and forth over who was hosting Thanksgiving, we put our foot (feet?) down and said we'e having it here. Son in laws parents wanted to host, they cannot cook, but think they can. Finally talked them out of it. West Chicago suburbanites will know Ho-Ka turkey, we're deep frying...
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    Camp Chef problem, how I fixed it.

    The Slide N Sear heat deflector in my Camp Chef PG36 warped. It's very thin metal, maybe 20 gauge. New one was $75 and would do the same thing. I got a piece of steel, 8"x13"x.125 to bolt on top. I bolted it on with 4, 1/4" bolts. I don't forsee this happening again.
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    My first competition this weekend

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    My first competition this weekend

    This was the first time the organizers did anything like this. The turn in boxes were segmented, like carryout from a restaurant. They were also too small. We arranged kale, then realized the lid wouldn't close without touching the ribs. In the end I think only one team tried any garnish, it...
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    Smoke thermometer holder for WSM

    I'll consider that. I was concerned the cover wouldn't fit but it goes on fine
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    Minion style charcoal hack

    I saw this somewhere, I can't take credit. If you can source a metal coffee can, cut the top and bottom out. Put it in the middle of the charcoal ring, fill everything around the can with charcoal. When a chimney of charcoal is ready, dump it into the coffee can, then grab it with pliers and...
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    Smoke thermometer holder for WSM

    I saw this at the barbecue contest I entered. If there was a gadget or mod for a WSM, someone had it. My WSM now has this, I added the gasket to the door, and added the extra charcoal grate 90 degrees from the original. On a warm, non windy day I can get 12 hours of heat in my 18.5 WSM.
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    Charcoal Chimneys

    I once had the chance to compare a Weber and some random brand, no idea who's. Same charcoal, both used one parrafin starter cube. We used a laser temp gun, the Weber was ready 10 minutes before the off brand. Mine is 12 years old, never any issues.
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    Smoke thermometer holder for WSM

    Hunsaker makes this deal to hold a remote thermometer. I've always been afraid to use the magnets on my SmokeX2. I thought you cats would be interested.
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    Camp Chef griddle owners experiences please?

    Looking at a Camp Chef 600 flat top griddle. I have lots of cast iron cookware, I'm good about seasoning it. However, this would have to live outside through Chicago weather. I would buy the correct Camp Chef cover for it. Will I be scraping rust off it before every use? Thank you...
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    My first competition this weekend

    We got ninth place out of 20, I'm happy with that. I should have got them off maybe 15 minutes sooner. Plus when I did a practice run I used 4 different runs to decide what to use. Our family loves heat, Killer Hogs Hot run won. Some of the judges were children, maybe too much spice. I'm proud...
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    Question for 22.5 WSM owners

    Thinking about giving my 18.5 WSM to my daughter and son in law, replacing it with a 22.5, hopefully an end of season sale. Will I go through a lot more charcoal than the 18.5 if I'm doing smaller cooks? The 18.5 is fine for most of what I do, but occasionally I will do bigger cooks if I had the...
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    My first competition this weekend

    Thank you. I watched a video by a guy who won Memphis In May, I was surprised by how much dry rub he used, and kept adding more during the cook. He used a thumb grinder. I'm using Killer Hogs Hot Rub, trying to be careful not to go to heavy. My test group (family and neighbors) liked it the best.
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    My first competition this weekend

    I have a knockoff Tormek sharpener, all my knives are razor sharp. Bringing most of my knife roll, and a steel. I watched videos of rolling up romaine lettuce in plastic wrap, like a cigar, then slicing it for rolls to unwrap in the box. The judges are not KCBS, one of them is a local radio...
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    My first competition this weekend

    Thank you. I've made lots of ribs for the neighborhood, everyone seems to like them. Or possibly just free food. When wrapping the ribs I've started using ghee instead of squeeze Parkay, as well as flavored honey and brown sugar. In a practice taste test the ghee got rave reviews.
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