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  1. hotpit

    burnt ends

    can someone point me in the right direction for a good way to make burnt ends?  i would love to try this!!!
  2. hotpit

    smoked/grilled steaks

    here is a pic of some cheap steaks that were yellow tagged at wal-mart, they were seasoned with brisket rub and glazed with brown sugar. a recipe common to west texas, so obviulsy cooked with in-direct mesquite fire
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    brown sugar steaks.jpg

  4. hotpit

    Jambo Pits. Why not Reverse Flow?

    how is temp from one end to the other end?  Jamie stresses that is good from front to back. but what about from fire end to stack end???
  5. hotpit

    chicken cup cakes

    i didnt this time, but i think thats the reason for turning them for 45 min, but i let pit cook a lil cooler for last hour.  to answer your ?......I didnt get crispy skin, but i think thats the idea
  6. hotpit

    trash can smoker

    yep!!!  sure was galvanized!!!
  7. hotpit

    pros and cons of reverse flow

    thanks for the comments......ive recently figured out what geers "secret" is and not sure if i want tp try to replicate it or not.  that being said, he directs heat over the meat vs under the meat like all other designs,  the entrance of heat is a few inches above the cooking grate and flue or...
  8. hotpit

    chicken cup cakes

    temp was kinda high...300 degrees, but the double pan make it neccesary.......he also has a recipe with butter instead of broth......  if you google "chicken cupcakes" there are many ways of doing it...
  9. hotpit

    chicken cup cakes

    Tonight, I tried a myron mixon recipe on some thighs, and man are they good!!!!!!!!, Its just a rub-seasond and trimmed thigh put skin down in a muffin tin with 1/8" hole in each cup and smoked for 1:45, flipped and cooked for another 45, sauced and cure out sauce for anther 30(sauce optinal)  ...
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    chicken cupcakes and cabbage.jpg

  11. hotpit

    first cut on propane tank

    NO name calling here!!!  better safe than sorry!!  good luck and post some pics!!
  12. hotpit

    my pit trailer build

    well, after using the calculator, ive found that original firebox was too small, so i re-drew it and sent out to buddy with the burn table, Wheeewee, glad i noticed before it was too late, original design was only 75 percent of minumum fire box size required, Ive also made up my mind on...
  13. hotpit

    Jambo Pits. Why not Reverse Flow?

    well I found a few leaked out pics of a jambo on inet. there were 3 in all  one of the firebox to cookbox and one of chimney placement and one of the firebox door and i must say, its got me rethinking my reverse flow plans of my pittrailer!!!!  It actually flows from top to bottom, firebox...
  14. hotpit

    trash can smoker

    so who on here has made or used a trashcan smoker???  i watched a youtube video of myron mixon on the craig ferguson show and he was cooking in a trash can cooker and i would like to have one to take in my motor home????
  15. hotpit

    my pit trailer build

    well, i just used the calculator and figured out i had designed fire box too small!!!    wheewee, re-drew it and sent to cut man before it was too late    where to buy some 5" exhaust pipe for chimney stack???
  16. hotpit

    my pit trailer build

    here is the current pit that i work with, kinda small, but cooks really well, I only use wood(pecan mostly)
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    old pit.jpg

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    old pit.jpg

  19. hotpit

    pros and cons of reverse flow

    I have heard many many pros from so many pit builders on reverse flow design, but yet Jambo pits win so many awards on the circuit and they are not reverse flow....  I thought I knew excactly what I was gonna do, until I watched johnny trigg use his jambo pit and it was a conventional flow pit. ...
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