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I usually use brisket, but we had this chuck roast in the freezer left over from a Kroger two for one sale. Mrs. Smoke wanted it gone! Best way to do that is invite some friends over for chili! This is my first swing at smoking a chuckie like a brisket. I found a lot of good info here. I...

We have been visiting Virginia during the last two weeks getting ready for a wedding. I know there are a few folks on here from there. You certainly live in a beautiful state!

I am hosting a dinner for church council I serve on. Like a lot of churches, we are seeing a decline that if not arrested soon could be the demise of the church. If funding for Headstart is cut at the federal level, we are toast. None the less, this team has been working hard and is pretty...

We’ve had the Broilmaster for over thirty years. This is the second rebuild and I’m amazed that I can still get all of the parts. I really like the cast aluminum kettle, it holds the heat evenly and cooks beautifully. But, the burner was rusted out and the valves were weeping a bit. I replaced...

We just returned from the Netherlands visiting our daughter and the cutest 2.5 year old granddaughter on the planet! I can prove it, I have pictures! So back to the real world. A friend is having a shop raising party Friday and asked if I could make some pulled pork for the crew. You bet! I...

I just can’t leave well enough alone. My smoke generator fed into the lower part of the cabinet that houses the burner. When I shifted from normally aspirated to forced induction, adding too much boost upset the flame. So I relocated it higher in the cabinet where the racks are. I should have...

Something different tonight. Tried a recipe for Bœuf Bourgignon. Krogers had a sale BOGO on chuck roast so there was no putting it off. The recipe uses a lot of French wine. So does the cook. It came out very good and is really pretty simple. Like my chili, I made it the day before so the...

Chili night came and went. The cast iron skillet cornbread with honey butter was done just right, and the rhubarb pie was perfect! The smoked brisket chili is something special. The post-dinner bourbon was pretty good too. The gathering was to support a friend whose wife has been diagnosed...

As promised, I smoked a 3.5lb chuck roast today. Seasoned it with Bang Bang taco seasoning, smoked it for four hours, then put into a Dutch oven with a tomato-chili sauce and braised for another four hours until it started pulling. I’ll run the sauce and drippings through the blender and use it...

Getting ready for chili night with old friends. I just pulled the brisket I will be using. It is a bit more done than I was shooting for, but wow, it tastes so good! It is a shame to put it in the chili! Nibble, nibble, nibble. While the smoker was running, I had time, so I made spaghetti...

We have been traveling since August and just got back. Home for two days and smoked a ham to work out the cobwebs! I used an apple-honey basting sauce, smoking over apple. So good! Most of it is being given away to friends going through hard times. I have a bit of brisket rubbed and ready...

I’m still around and annoying folks. Been on the road a bunch visiting our daughter in the Netherlands and a month long road trip to Montana. Our son in law is visiting from the Netherlands Wednesday so we decided to make ribs which are uncommon there. It is nice to be cooking again! I think...

So, let there be ribs! The smoker is getting a workout!

My daughter is arriving tomorrow so I made a pot of smoked brisket chili. I’ll also make cast iron frying pan cornbread to go with it. I still need to work on my brisket skills. It got to 190 and I started probing. I wanted it less than what you might do if you were serving it. I don’t want it...

I’m making some gift bags for our neighbors. I will include smoked cheddar, Gouda, jerky, and trail mix. And a nice bottle of champagne. We are blessed with great neighbors! We were on a trip and picked up some smoked cheese for a picnic. It was so disappointing after smoking our own. I...

I picked up a nice 8lb spiral ham at Costco. I like the honey based basting recipe I found. I baste it then coat it with a brown sugar and spice rub. I’m smoking it using apple At 235. In between rain storms. It seems the atmospheric rivers have painted a target on Oregon. About three...

We are finally back home! We left at the end of August for a month of sailing, went to the Nederlands for October to visit the most beautiful granddaughter in the world, then San Francisco for Thanksgiving. We returned last week. We had a few days in between trips and I smoked up a killer batch...

We just returned after spending a month with our daughter and year old granddaughter. Man, it is hard having them so distant! In Utrecht, in the neighborhood where they live, is this windmill. Originally from the 1600’s, rebuilt in 1913, and still operational and used to mill grain...

I haven’t disappeared, I just messed up my back picking up our very cute granddaughter. I couldn’t move propane tanks around and it got too darned hot anyway. It is cooler now and company is coming to dinner tonight! It is so nice to cook again! The first step is bourbon BBQ sauce and jerky...

I just made a batch of bourbon bbq sauce for the pulled pork dinner tomorrow. I have learned, to make dishes like pasta sauces, bbq sauces, chili, etc, a day or two before serving to allow the flavors to meld. After at least overnight, the sauces get much richer and complex. Foe example, the...