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  1. Mr. Zorg

    Brazilian Moqueca

    Looking forward to seeing this recipe, followed by testing it myself! It looks & sounds extraordinary!
  2. Mr. Zorg

    Pellet vs charcoal smoker

    I've never owned or used a pellet smoker because IMO they only provide a "tease" of smoke flavor in the finished product. But I'll qualify that as having grown up in South Texas using charcoal and mesquite, or all mesquite, for grilling and smoking with a very occasional bag of hickory chunks...
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    Bad smoke day WSM

    I too give wood first shot at incoming oxygen. Any reasonably carbonized hardwood charcoal won't have enough volatile compounds content remaining to negatively affect the food. There is one exception to this, large pieces of some lump charcoals can have trapped pockets of unconverted resins...
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    Pernil - Puerto Rican Roasted Pork

    I've been researching Sofrito for a few months, got derailed by some health issues. So far it seems one ingredient not easily found in supermarkets is a chili pepper in the same family as habaneros and scotch bonnets, but without the pepper heat of those varieties called aji cachucha. I found an...
  5. Mr. Zorg

    Which charcoal brand do you use?

    For those who use Expert Grill lump, the stuff in the 30 lb. bags comes from Duraflame and is Made in Mexico. The website printed on the back of the bag is for Barbeque Wood Flavors. Duraflame now also owns B&B Charcoal and Western in addition to having owned Cowboy Charcoal for quite some time...
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    Which charcoal brand do you use?

    Here's what I'm using these days. I typically use lump in my offset smokers as ash management is more of an issue in those, and briquettes in my bullet style vertical smokers. If I need to add charcoal during a cook session in my vertical bullet style smokers, in general I find it easier to add...
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    Favorite woods for smoking

    I grew up, went to school, and started my career in South Texas using mesquite for everything, with an occasional bag of store bought hickory chunks for something different. IMO mesquite is a universal a wood for cooking as is oak. During the course of my career I lived in rural Southeast...
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    Which size offset smoker?

    I own two offset sokers. One is a 16" diameter Brinkmann Stillwater, likely built by some folks at Horizon. I added a Horizon baffle plate and charcoal basket, then had an ell fabbed to extend the stack to grate level - just a friction fit gasketed by some heavy duty aluminum foil. The other...
  9. Mr. Zorg

    Royal Oak Charcoal

    Yep, look on the back of that 30 lb bag of Frontier lump you picked up at Sam's Club and take a look. It appears the current Royal Oak overall strategy is for all imported charcoals to be under the Frontier name. But even before RO purchased Frontier the Frontier lump charcoal had gone to Made...
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    Royal Oak Charcoal

    FYI Royal Oak, who purchased Frontier from PSC in 2016, has updated the Frontier charcoal website to reflect the current products with the Frontier label under Royal Oak ownership. Two varieties of lump charcoal - one from Mexicoand one from Argentina, one variety of hardwood charcoal...
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    Royal Oak Charcoal

    The best Royal Oak charcoal briquettes IMO / IME are Royal Oak Chef's Select I used to be able to purchase these from DoItBest.com for around $22 for a 40 lb. bag, but not any more. Royal Oak lists these food service companies now...
  12. Mr. Zorg

    New Member

    Welcome from San Antonio Texas! I'm pretty new to this forum also.
  13. Mr. Zorg

    Kingsford Briquettes vs. Royal Oak Ridge Briquettes: Burn Temperature, Time, and Ash Comparison

    Frontier lump in those 30 lb. bags at Sam's Club are a great value IMO. It's been my go-to lump since 2013. My nearest Sam's Club stocks this, but two others in my area don't. Here's a web link for the Members Mark charcoal briquettes, not every store stocks this stuff...
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    Kingsford Briquettes vs. Royal Oak Ridge Briquettes: Burn Temperature, Time, and Ash Comparison

    Y'all that (formerly) liked RO "Ridge" briquettes might want to check out the Members Mark charcoal briquettes rolled out at Sam's Club earlier this year. I purchased some but I haven't cooked with them yet. https://www.samsclub.com/p/mm-charcoal-2x20lb/prod24770717?xid=plp_product_4
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    Any Charcoal Sales

    Home Depot KBB Sale $3 off 20 lb twin pack https://www.homedepot.com/p/Kingsford-20-lbs-Original-Charcoal-Briquettes-2-Pack-4460032107/307596627 Lowe's B&B Lump Sale $2 off 15 lb bag https://www.lowes.com/pd/B-B-Charcoal-15-LB-Band-B-Natural-Lump-Charcoal-Imported/5000240043 Academy Vision...
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    Hello! I'm new to this forum, but not to smoking meats. I started grilling & smoking in the...

    Hello! I'm new to this forum, but not to smoking meats. I started grilling & smoking in the 1970's with an original Portable Kitchens cast aluminum grill (that I still use) and a Cook'n Cajun smoker, similar to the Brinkmann Gourmet. For patio smokers I have two bullet style and one horizontal...
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    Charcoal Pellets

    I don't have a pellet smoker, but I've read up on the new Royal Oak Hardwood charcoal pellets. One of the primary advantages cited is resistance to swelling with moisture which sounds great for longer cook sessions. I've always enjoyed being able to custom tailor the smoke wood to charcoal ratio...
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