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  1. wwdragon

    1st time trying beef ribs, need advice

    Hey all, Been a while since I smoked anything and I decided enough is enough, lucky me I got beef ribs on sale. However I have never tried this before. Any ideas, hints, are they like baby back pork ribs in cooking time ect..... I shall post of course the qview this weekend when I do them but I...
  2. wwdragon

    Finally some sunshine after a week of rain, time for a beer can chicken, Q-View will come

    Over 1 week of rain and finally sun. I can't smoke a beer can chicken as the lid is not high enough but it is on the grill off heat and wood chips in a foil pouch. :)
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    Smoked 2 slabs of cheese for my first time

    Well 2 weeks ago today I cold smoked my first cheese, I smoked a colbert and a marble, while I was at it I smoked a slab of bacon. Well the bacon came out super yummy and I had to wait 2 weeks to finally taste my cheese. I have just now tasted the marble and I swear it tastes like a smoked gouda...
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    Great writup about the new ways to BBQ

    Sorry if this has been posted before but I found this a great read, Funny enough, most of us are already doing most of what is says is new..... http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424127887323716304578482970210059326.html?mod=WSJ_article_EditorsPicks Barry
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    Trying my first cold smoke

    Been reading and I decided lets try this. Bought a new iron just now and bought a chunk of marble cheese and a chunk of bacon. Just put them on and we shall see how it goes. Qview to come. Barry
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    Going to make my 1st fattie today, qview incoming

    Well so far everything I have smoked has turned out so good my grill is getting jealous, been reading a lot about fatties and they look too yummy to not try one. I got a brand new bag of RO lump, 1# beef and 1# pork, onions, mushrooms, mozzarella cheese and cheese and bacon sausages to cut into...
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    Was supposed to smoke a brisket but got a palet, qview

    Well as I said in my other post the store didn't have any brisket left so they sold me this pallete of beef saying it was either close or a part of the brisket. Took 2 of them and hoped for the best..... Not to toot my own horn...ok yes I am...this is guuuuuuuuuud eatin. Rubbed with SPOG and...
  8. wwdragon

    Help, pallette de beouf

    Hey all, Went to get my brisket yesterday but they were all out of the full packer :( So they sold me this pallete of beef, said it is cut from the brisket??? Looks good and has nice fat running through it, so my question is, do I treat it as a brisket when I smoke it? I got 2 pieces about 2...
  9. wwdragon

    How to convert a charcoal smoker to electric?

    Hey all, I have a vertical water pan charcoal smoker and am wondering how to convert it ti electric. I have only started to smoke but I see myself doing this all summer and the lump coal I use will really add up. So is there a way to convert it to electric? This is the smoker I have...
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    Brisket help, Fat cap, up? down? sideways?

    Hey all. I finally found a place that sells brisket, had to special order it, so if all goes well I will be trying for my 6th smoke a brisket. A wee bit nervous as this will be my first time and the in-laws have asked for half of it uncut so they can have smoked meat. Pressure...
  11. wwdragon

    What a difference summer makes

    WOW, since I am off work today I decided to smoke some chicken. Got my camera working again Red so yes qview will be there. I am finding it amazing how easy it is now to keep the temps up. I bought my smoker a little over a month or so ago and in the cold have been chasing my temps, right now...
  12. wwdragon

    Weekend is here, time to smoke :) Q-View to come

    2 chicken quarters for today tomorrow who knows, pics as always to come soon, Also finally modded my smoker a bit, ok just the thermo for now:P I really need to drill a few holes in the firepan, no way for the ash to go away. Barry
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    Boneless beef sirloin roast, Q-View to come

    Well weekend if here and yesterday was no good for smoking at all, so today going to try a beef sirloin roast, Never tried one of these before but so far 3 smokes since getting my smoker and all came out well. I am shooting for a IT of 140 for nice med-rare and will start in about 30 min.I will...
  14. wwdragon

    Going for a pork rib roast this afternoon Q-View incoming

    Well after my first try with chicken, and yesterday enough ribs to feed 10 people (sorry forgot my camera no Q-View) this afternoon I am going to try my 3rd attempt at smoking. I tell ya I am hooked, I think the only thing I will be using the grill for this summer is to start the chiminy.  As it...
  15. wwdragon

    Pork rib roast help?

    Hello all. I have a vertical smoker, the Canadian version of the ECB I guess. I saw a great pork rib roast on sale today and bought it to smoke. It has a nice fatty layer and 4 bones, since I only bought the smoker last week and am now hooked like a fish I have to try this. Any help to make it...
  16. wwdragon

    How much wood to use?

    How much wood do you put on and do you soak them first? I ask cause last weekend when I did my first smoke I didn't have a nice blue smoke, I had bellows of smoke coming out of the vent on top.(Check out my first smoke post for qview) I tried dry chips and wet chips, nice smokey flavor but it...
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    Doing my first smoke now

    Well after buying my smoker yesterday I decided to fire it up today, I might have not left the coals in the chiminy long enough as right now the smoker is only sitting at 150, then again with the cheap thermo on it I highly doubt it is acurate. Smoking 2 chicken legs with back and also for the...
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    Hello all from Canada

    Hello all I have been smoking with a smokebox in my BBQ for years but finally decided to try the real thing, going to start small at firth then we shall see. Tomorrow I will be picking up aMaster Chef174 Vertical Smoker, and once I seal it a bit (already know it will lose heat and smoke) I will...
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