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Just sent my application in, anyone esle planning on hitting this one?
I know it is a little ways off, but you get a discount if you pay before 1/31.
Can't really help you with your decision, but I can tell you that you won't get laughed at. Most competitors don't really care what anyone is cooking on unless it is super nice and everyone just wants to check it out.
If you can get your hands on some drums, you may just want to build a few...
For your first butts, I would not worry about brining or injecting. Use this cook to establish a baseline and then get more elborate from there.
Just my 2 cents.....good luck with the first cook.
http://www.smokingmeatforums.com/for...ight=frog+legs
I have done them many times. I like to hit them with EVOO and a little rub and let them do their thing.
Don't sweat it, keep the door shut and let the thing cook.
If you want to up the heat, go ahead, it won't hurt anything.
IMO you are fine.......don't throw it out, just quit jabbing it and let it cook. LOL
On shoulders/butts, I just imagine a checkerboard with one inch squares on the meat and inject every other square, push down on the plunger as you slowly withdraw the needle.
Never injected a bottom round, but with brisket, I just try to go with the grain, injecting from the side and go around...
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