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  1. lowcountrygamecock

    Bored with my pulled pork

    So I like the bark and like the texture of my pulled pork but I'm bored with it.  Anybody have any recipes for injections or finishing sauces that don't have vinegar in them?  I'm looking for something to mix it up a little and my wife despises vinegar so that's out.  We always top with sweet...
  2. lowcountrygamecock

    Bacon mishap?

    It's been a while since I've made any bacon but I found some nice pork bellies at my sams club and I was so excited because they have never had them and I check every time I'm in there. So I measured out my cure and figured the right amount of days. BUT I misread the recipe and did 1/2 TBS per...
  3. lowcountrygamecock

    MES tripping GFCI

    Long story short I have two gen 2 40" masterbuilts. I gave one to my brother and he gave it back recently because they weren't using it enough, only two or three times in a year or two. It worked last time he used it but when I plugged it in it heated until about 175 and then started tripping...
  4. lowcountrygamecock

    How long can a finished butt be kept in a cooler?

    I have a cookout coming up Saturday. Trying to see if I can time it so I can cook the butts all night and let them rest in the cooler wrapped up in towel for a couple hours. I've done this before for around two to three hours but this will be at least four or five hours. Anybody ever let one sit...
  5. lowcountrygamecock

    Big Green Egg Location Question

    Biggest thing in favor of the BGE is the dealer is 20 minutes away vs an hour to the closest kamado joe dealer.  Still looks like a better value and worth the drive though. 
  6. lowcountrygamecock

    Big Green Egg Location Question

    I've had my eye on a ceramic cooker for a while and am narrowing in on a big green egg or possibly a Kamado Joe but I have some questions.  One of the hang ups I have is location for this thing.  I want to build a table for it and put it on my patio beside my deck.  It will be located on patio...
  7. lowcountrygamecock

    Modified 3-2-1 for butts???

    I have always wrapped my butts and they turn out nice and tender with good flavor but little bark.  I tried this weekend to cook two butts without wrapping and was happier with the bark but they took A LOT longer and were a little dry.   I've always heard people say the third leg of 3-2-1 with...
  8. lowcountrygamecock

    Cooking for Large Group

    Thanks for all the suggestions.  We have asked around about opinions and long story short, I asked 10 people and got 10 suggestions.  The last few said, hey you're the cook, you decide.  We definitely have servers lined up and I agree it does help with portion control.  We also have all the...
  9. lowcountrygamecock

    Cooking for Large Group

    I have a pretty good size cook coming up for a group of 100-120 for a church fund raiser.  Planning on pulled pork for the main dish and baked beans, mac and cheese and banana pudding on the side.  Couple questions.  1)  Should we do pulled pork sandwiches or pulled pork and a roll? 2)  I'm in...
  10. lowcountrygamecock

    Smoker upgrade... Kamado?

    What does the big joe go for at the Costco roadshow?
  11. lowcountrygamecock

    MES design changes? Smaller wood chip trays, why?

    I have to disagree. I tried everything you possibly could with the amnps tray in my mes40 and it would not stay lit. I nuked pellets, I lit it until it was cherry red and I placed it everywhere you can put it and it always fizzled out. I added a mailbox and haven't had an issue since. Drafts...
  12. lowcountrygamecock

    Tips for smoking garlic

    I've never tried smoking it but when we roast garlic in the oven we squeeze it out into a bowl and then scoop it into ice cube trays. Once frozen we put the roasted garlic cubes in a ziploc bag in the freezer. Grab a couple whenever we need them. Works great!
  13. lowcountrygamecock

    MES Mailbox Mod! for use with AMNPS

    Mailbox mod is awesome. Tried mine for the first time Thursday cold smoking some bacon and it worked great. Had to tweak it and experiment with covering and uncovering holes to get the right amount of smoke. I smoked four Boston butts today though and had some issues. It burned perfect all the...
  14. lowcountrygamecock

    Cold smoking with amazn and mailbox mod?

    Humidity may have been the culprit. I was crazy humid that day. I still call test one a success because it stayed lit for hot smoking. I'll take the advice here and see if I can get the cold smoke working.
  15. lowcountrygamecock

    Cold smoking with amazn and mailbox mod?

    Anybody had any luck cold smoking with the mes and an amazn pellet tray using the mailbox mod? I couldn't keep the tray lit no matter what I did so I added a mailbox yesterday and it worked. Fired up the smoker and once it got hot it started drafting well and the tray finally stayed lit. But...
  16. lowcountrygamecock

    Issues with Amazen Pellet Smoker in MES model 20070512

    Reading up on it now while I'm home on the couch under the weather. Has anybody had success with the mailbox mod and my model mes?
  17. lowcountrygamecock

    Issues with Amazen Pellet Smoker in MES model 20070512

    Tried again last week with the modifications posted in the pics and still no luck. My chip loader is different from that one as the chamber isn't that big, only about a quarter of the length of the whole tube so I took it out completely. No water tray, microwaved hickory pellets from Todd, chip...
  18. lowcountrygamecock

    Issues with Amazen Pellet Smoker in MES model 20070512

    Used pit masters choice tonight and microwaved for a total of two minutes prior to lighting. One minute, tossed and then microwaved another minute. Pellets were glowing red hot and smoked good when I blew them out. Put in smoker and closed the door and within five minutes they were out. I'll...
  19. lowcountrygamecock

    Issues with Amazen Pellet Smoker in MES model 20070512

    I've had troubles with several different flavors of Todd's pellets. 
  20. lowcountrygamecock

    Issues with Amazen Pellet Smoker in MES model 20070512

    Yes it's the 40" electric with the side exhaust.  I left the water pan in last time but didn't put any water in it.  I pulled the chip loader out 2 inches and left the exhaust wide open.  As far as the bars go, this particular smoker doesn't have the bars like my old one did.  It has a metal...
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