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  1. oscar

    Beef... Whole- Half- Quarter

    I just read back up this thread more carefully and did up a cut sheet. Great idea. Don't know that the butcher will follow it, but we'll try. Anybody else finding butchers several months out in other parts of the country after the brief meat scare?
  2. oscar

    Beef... Whole- Half- Quarter

  3. oscar

    Beef... Whole- Half- Quarter

    Here in upstate NY, we're $2.50/lb. hanging weight, and .55 for cut and wrap for beef, which beats the hell out of the $9.99/lb. I saw for chuck roast last month. Question for those who have done this often: what do you ask for or get for ribs? Never done this before. Now if I could only find...
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    60 gal Reverse flow build

    Looks good to me. Don't recall how others did it, but I left the corners attached until I had hinges installed. That door may be heavy enough to need a counterweight. Go poke around in the "build" section for ideas. There are some pretty creative fab guys on here.
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    60 gal Reverse flow build

    No, an oversized fire box won't hurt a bit. I built mine a bit longer than originally planned so I could use my firewood in the smoker if need be. Throw some pictures at us. We love to see other builds.
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    New grill first cook

    "Feeling the pissyness in the air......" I like it. Might use it. We had that at our house a few years back. My wife doesn't like waiting for the smoked/indirect cooked dinner during the week. She walked past with a plate of burgers. She: "Where the hell is the gas grill?" Me: "Gave it to...
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    Do you strap down your MES?

    I only strap her down if she's being naughty...oh wait, different forum.
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    My chili always finishes bottom of the barrel. :(

    Whoa....the smoker crowd gets carried away? Blasphemy!, but I agree. I do chili in the crock pot and give it a whiff on the smoker, but to take it start to finish on the smoker is too much. And btw, the further you get from Texas, the more beans you're allowed. Beans judge just fine up north.
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    Pocket knife suggestions

    Three things a man ought to carry every day: a lighter, a bandana, and a pocket knife. Mine's an old Case.
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    Who can tell me what kind of wood this is?

    Judging by the bark and straight grain, I'd call it ash. Good way to tell: a six year old can split ash by hand. Up north where we heat with wood, ash keeps you warm because you have to run back to the pile as soon as you throw a piece in the stove. Nothing you want to smoke with, if it turns...
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    Co-Worker wants me to smoke ribs - How much should I charge?

    My first thought was that you should insist on using the ribs that YOU want to cook. I wouldn't want my name on a cut I wouldn't otherwise put in my smoker, because someone didn't know or wanted the cheapest. Around here, and this is among friends, the fee is a 30-rack of Pabst, another if...
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    First smoking weekend

    Nice looking fattie. You've either moved elsewhere and maintained your Orange roots, or you're very brave....'cuz it's WAY too cold to do any smoking here in CNY! (Five below this morning....)Go Orange!
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    Goin' to hell

    Sometimes you have to use other than the smoker.  Put on a crock pot of chili this morning and can't even give it a hint of smoke without the use of a snowblower or tractor bucket.  Will have to atone for this with a few Our Fathers and an extra rack of ribs when Mother Nature allows. Two feet...
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    A Hunting Story

    I'm always curious as to what others do with their deer.  Chili, I assume you process your own.  What do you do with the neck and with the round butt roast? Our crew has a 90 year old who thinks everything is steak, including that roast.  "You can't smoke that.  You'll dry it out and throw it...
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    This is why I make my own sausage products

    Joakim's right.  It's messy fun, and yes, it's cheaper.  We can get pork butt for $1.30/lb.  Average store bought cased sausage is $2.99 a pound in these parts, and those with a reputation can push $4.00.....so, a group of six or eight of us get together three or four times a year and crank out...
  16. oscar

    Keep original for smoke or chop for a Santa Maria?

    If you'd be paying someone to chop it, why not pay someone locally to build and attach a firebox?  You may have to show them the calculator and go over exact opening and location, but it should easily be done for a lot less than $700, at least in these parts.  As for RF, that requires moving the...
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    Stack thickness?

    Hello all.  After a few years of lurking here, I'm finally partway through an RF build.  It looks a bit like a Lang patio, which I found on their site weighs in at something like 640 pounds!  So now I'm starting to find ways to cut that down a bit....can I do it with the stack?  I have a 48"...
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    Removable RF plate?

    Actually, it's going to look a lot like the one in your photo, right down to the round FB.  The CC will be 20" diameter x 33" long.  The firebox will be of 18" pipe, and there is debate about oversizing it (lengthwise), cutting a top load door and using the FB for direct grilling.  So if we go...
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    Removable RF plate?

    Can't say as I have....started out with, how you say?  Cheap A%& Offset.
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    Removable RF plate?

    I've been lurking and learning for a year here, and the materials are all gathered for a first build. I haven't decided on tuning plates or RF, but my question is this:  Can either be done so as to make them easily removabale?  I'll be using this as a direct or indirect grill (heresy, I know) as...
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