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  1. thepiro

    fathers day present

    Imported one last month, customs bumped me for the Tax, worth every penny, it’s a great bit of kit. Remember and read the bit about the timing for switching the 2 box’s on.
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    Kegerator build

    Awesome setup
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    How did you come up with your screen name?

    Even as a kid I was always having a fire up the woods or on the beach. It was no surprise to my friends that when I got older I joined the firie’s brigade, every one knows that fires are the best Piro’s. I am into fire magic, got umpteen different stoves, can start fires with all sorts of...
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    Piro's first smoke

    oops dislexia showing again
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    Piro's first smoke

    Just had a feed of Smoked brisket, roast spuds and Brussels sprouts. I put the brisket in a tray and covered it with gravel and popped it in the oven for ½Hr. Good grub, very tender and the wife liked it, so next time in am at the cottage I will be smoking again.
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    Piro's first smoke

    Gave my new offset smoker its first run yesterday, it was a very steep learning curve. I had bought a brisket and steeped it in sea salt water most of the previous day then dried it of. I then marinade it in sweet chilli sauce and condemned it to a night in the fridge in a sealed bag My rub...
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    Piro’s New Side Box

    On the box it claims that it is a Portland and the brand name is Dazzlers, but I suspect that is was manufactured in the Orient. It is defiantly an el cheepo, it’s hard to get decent smokers this side of the pond. I have spotted the same model under different names, some at rather inflated...
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    Piro’s New Side Box

    Spent most of the morning assembling my new smoker When I unpack the box I started to worry, to many parts Got all the packing of and things looked better Legs came together and confidence grows Smoke chamber goes on No problem with the side box Lids on Ready to go Only 2...
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    I am ready for a puppy – what breed is best for me?

    We have had dogs all our days, I was brought up on a farm with Border Collies as best friends and the wife’s family were into Springer spaniels.When we got married the Springer’s came as well, our 5th Springer past over just before Christmas, all B’s , Bracken, Boo Boo, Blaze, Bandit and Boston...
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    Home Brewing

    Would that be Newcastle Brown, back in the 60s I herd tell that they had a special hospital ward in Newcastle for people suffering the effects of the stuff. When I was a young fireman we entertained Newcastle’s Auxiliary Fire Service unit, they turned up with crates of the stuff, every locker...
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    Posting pics on SMF.Tutorial

    Thanks Flash I got that cracked, bad move , now every one is gona get bombarded with the Piros pictures.
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    Posting pics on SMF.Tutorial

    Looks like I have cracked the problem by saving to clipboard in Potobucket and inserting in the text screen. I am going down to the cottage on Friday and in tend to build my smoker and do my first smoke. Hopefully I will be able to give a blow by blow account of the proceedings with Pics.
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    Posting pics on SMF.Tutorial

    Upload Test Retiral cottage From the porch
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    Posting pics on SMF.Tutorial

    HI Folks I have been trying to insert image in my posts but I get a “fault on page “ message in the bottom left of the screen
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    What's your occupation?

    4 Years to go and then its of to the retrial cottage beyond the back of beyond, fishing, shooting, swimming , beekeeping, smoking, brewing, cant wait. Until then I will have to be content being nice to the good people of the city that employees me to work with their more testing itinerant...
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    Purchasing wood

    Living in a country that doesn’t have a great history of home smoking or barbequing I thought I was going to have mega problems getting wood. Walked into my local gardening mega store this morning and found they had a selection of chipped wood on display. A bit pricy at £3.90 for 3Lbs but at...
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    Home Brewing

    Been a home brewer since the 60’s and brewed some pretty ruff stuff back then. Exploding bottles, sore gut, the lot. As the years past I got into using pressure barrels rather than bottles, brewed most things, the beer that you brew today is defiantly a vast improvement and can be as good as...
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    Is your beer vegan?

    For many years it was nothing but African Lager (Guinness) for me, but I have become a fan of reel ales like Bitter & Twisted. My local in the southwest has 3 different reel ales each week, beer heaven. I still wouldn’t drink the aptly named Skull Crusher from the Orkneys, I hear it is 12% and...
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    Neighbors honeybees swarming again in spring

    We got hit badly with colony claps in the UK; I lost most of my Bees. I am in the proses of sorting out the 2 colonies that I have left and will move them down to my retrial cottage at the back end of the year, can’t really run a smoker without Honey. Regards to the old gentleman, I hope I am...
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    North Florida Gathering II Pics

    Makes a UK caravan club rally look like a Girl Guide sausage sizzle, well done, and much respect.
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