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I have been searching for beef belly to try my hand at beef bacon and found a site with Wagyu beef belly and brisket. Given the market has treated me well in August I went for it. I always like to go big on the first game of the season so figured that would be a good time for the brisket...

Went to pick up a 1/4 cord of split almond wood today from a guy on craigslist. He lived in a rural area where houses are going up all around him and we were talking bbq. I told him about this site and we were discussing smoking woods. He mentioned they were cutting down olive and pistachio...

The house next door has been remodeled and the for sale sign went up last week. An open house was scheduled for Sunday which seemed like a good day to smoke brisket. Costco had prime brisket for $3.99/lb so bought one for me and one for my neighbors. One was 18 lbs and the other 15 lbs. I...

I got an email that Double 8 Cattle is closing. They are already sold out. I bought a Wagyu brisket from them and was really impressed. Would have bought another one for the freezer but alas it's all gone. Sucks losing farms like this. As we prepare to say farewell, we'd like to thank...

https://www.cnn.com/2021/09/21/business/chipotle-brisket/index.html I guess we can all retire from smoking brisket since Chipotle on it. "Chipotle described the brisket as "smoked to perfect tenderness" and seasoned with a blend of spices and a Mexican pepper sauce. It's also topped with a...

I heard my neighbor talking with some people as I was loading up my smoker with pork butts and she said they were cutting down a couple of trees including the old plum tree. I asked if I could get some of the wood. I now have a 1/4 cord of plum wood. Need to split a few rounds but most is the...

I made a brisket and was watching Man vs Food BBQ edition. They had a restaurant doing brisket burgers and the lightbulb went off in my head Beavis and Butthead style. I decided to make some. I typically use 93% grass fed ground beef for burgers, sliced up some brisket and my son and I...

Finally getting to taste the last batch of bacon and have the pictures to prove it. My process is putting a skinless pork belly in a cure of using Pops low salt cure for 7 days. I then slice into 3 pieces and season overnight . The 3 flavors I made this time were hoisin sauce, a friend's...

The last two days I have had a page hijacked from this site. Yesterday it was my Norton antivirus had expired (I don't use Norton) and today it was my McAfee subscription had expired. I closed window and checked my McAfee and it is not expired and will not for months. It hasn't happened on...

Luckily the food was more entertaining than the SuperBowl. Menu was bacon onion rings with home made bacon that have been making the rounds, Detroit style pizza and beef ribs. All cooked on my Horizon offset. With use of the deflector plate I was able to cook the pizza at 500 degrees and the...

Spent the day tending to the smoker. Finally filled it to capacity with 2 pork butts and 35 chicken legs. Feeding my mechanic and a few friends and leftovers good. Chicken legs brined overnight and smoked over cherry and walnut,

2 Days of football with 3 games a piece. Gotta love it. Today its primarily brined chickens going on between game 1 and 2 with a few sausages from my favorite local sausage shop as appetizers. Making 4 and having a friend pick up 2. Tomorrow will be a ribs day.

Here are 12 things to consider as we closed the door on one of the most horrible years of our lifetime: 1. The dumbest thing I ever bought was a 2020 planner. 2. I was so bored I called Jake from State Farm just to talk to someone. He asked me what I was wearing. 3. 2019: Stay away from...

Since buying my stick burner I have been working to acquire a variety of smoking woods. I have now gotten to 10 kinds of wood (oak, almond, walnut, apple, pear, cherry, citrus and avocado and today madrone and maple). All told, it is a bit more than a cord so I should be set for awhile but...

I ordered a 20+ lb Wagyu brisket from Double 8 cattle last month. It arrived 21.89 pounds. It was $189 and shipping was free for orders over $200 so got a pound of ground beef to qualify. Planning to smoke it next Saturday for the 49ers Cowboys game finishing late night, wrapping and resting...

On Monday I picked up 3 11 1/2 to 12 pound fresh turkeys ordered online a Sprouts Market. No line so that was easy. Tuesday night I put them in a brine made from water, kosher salt, 6 bottles of hard cider, granulated garlic, black pepper, cayenne pepper, bay leaves, fresh thyme and rosemary...

I just smoked my second brisket on the offset. A prime brisket from Costco $3.19/lb. Started it at 6:30AM and it finished in 9 hours at 275 to 300 degrees. I used Oak, Walnut and Apple. Also had a nice piece of albacore that I needed to cook so that was lunch. Very happy with the results of...

One of the reasons I did the smoker upgrade was for Sunday football bbq. Today the 49ers play the Seahawks and like the old days tailgating it means cooking birds. We often did turkeys (vegetarian Seahawks) so I have a spatchcocked, brined and injected turkey and chicken on the offset over...

My Horizon arrived Monday, seasoning on Tuesday, ribs and chicken Wednesday and planning on smoking a brisket Saturday night for Sunday football viewing. I bought a 20 lb choice untrimmed packer for $2.89/lb. I plan on trimming and then cooking at 225 starting it around 8 or 9. My son will be...

Doing 2 spatchcocked chickens on the Weber. Brined with brown sugar, garlic powder, thyme, cracked black pepper and paprika. Garlic rub on both sides. Smoking over maple and apple chunks.