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    Just a miserable time smoking this past weekend

    #1 biggest mistake I did was not start smoking earlier. Haven't used the grill in a long time so I thought I had charcoal. I go to start smoking at 8am and notice that I have no charcoal. So going to Walmart to get some set me back 1 hour. It's now 9am and I've just started to heat the...
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    Help me with a (salt, pepper, garlic, and onion) rub

    So I want to smoke a butt for some good ol fashion pulled pork. I've tried a bunch of different rubs in the past but I really think just a simple salt, pepper, onion powder, and garlic powder. I did a rub in the past using only these but I didn't write anything down. If you guys use this type...
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    Can I leave Butt in oven wrapped @ 200?

    How long can I keep it in there? I started smoking at 5am this morning and put it in the oven around 11am @ 200 degrees. I took it off the smoker around 160 degrees internal temp and wrapped it tight in aluminum foil. We are serving it tonight at 6pm. Can I keep it in the oven until 5pm and...
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    Help me get some knives

    So I'm ashamed to say, well no I'm not...I've been using some stainless knives that my parents used 40 years ago when I was a kid. They are passed on now so there's no way I'm tossing these knives. With that being said they leave a...lot on the table as far as cutting meat goes. I've looked...
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    Am I about to make Jerky or am I just cooking steak low?

    Well I sliced up some thinly cut Eye Round and I'm marinating it for 24 hours. Then I plan to dry it, put it on the wire rack, and use my air fryer's dehydration setting @ 180 degrees for how long...I don't know (help). This is my first time trying to make jerky so I didn't want to waste much...
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    What tools does a beginner need after getting an offset smoker? (BUDGET minded)

    Please do not recommend $200+ probes, thermometers, etc... What I have is a cheap $100 Amazon offset smoker which is very thin walled. BUT I would like to emphasize on how impressed I have been so far with how it smokes! But with that being said I don't really have anything else other than...
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    Smoking Meatballs...Anyone done it? What else should I do with it?

    Well I don't exactly know where this should go. But do you guys think this is worth doing or just oven bake them? Wife wants some finger food for Holiday decoration with the kids tomorrow night or maybe Saturday. She wants some BBQ crock pot meatballs and maybe weenies. I usually just do my...
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    How do you smoke bacon?

    Ok, the end product is bacon but how do you smoke a pork belly? Is this even possible in an offset smoker? I can't fathom trying to manage the fire and keep the temperature that low. So how are you guys doing it? Does it require an electric pellet smoker?
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    Critique my only method I've used for Boston butt smoking

    I feel I'm doing something wrong here...But let me say I'm not stating my finished product taste bad. I just want to hear opinions. So the main things I want opinions on is this: I smoke my meat on the rack but under it I have a drip tray with about 3 cups of Apple juice. I spritz the meat...
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    Should I stop spritzing my butts?

    I've always spritzed them with apple juice every 30 minutes and someone here suggested apple juice and apple cider vinegar 50/50. No complaints but I'm wondering if I should not spritz it at all? What is the benefits either way?
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    Salt, pepper, garlic powder, and onion powder is the best rub...Change my mind

    I've tried a lot of recipe rubs for pulled pork and all turned out to where I felt the rub took away from the meat. Since then I tried only salt, pepper, garlic, and onion. The outcome was much more traditional and just good pulled pork. Plus I prefer my BBQ sauce to complement the nice smoked...
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    I might have found my problem. Bad wood?

    Well last time I did any smoking it was a Chuck Roast. I used apple wood. Well I only smoked it for a few hours and went to the oven. Well it came out tasting HORRIBLE! The flavor was just such a strong smoke flavor, even worse than dirty white smoke. I chalked it up to beef vs pork as this was...
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    Been smoking pork butt for 3.5 hours...How would you finish it for dinner tonight?

    Well I took her temperature about 30 minutes ago and it was at 120 degrees. I need this thing pulled and ready to eat by 5pm. When would you pull it off, wrap it, and put it in the oven? And what temp should I put the oven at for a finish time around 5pm?
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    What the heck happened? First chuck roast turned out badly

    Well I've done 2 Boston butt pulled porks and the last one came out outstanding! So I had a very high bravery that my chuck roast would come out equally as good. I only smoked this chuck roast for 4 hours. There was a big stall at 145 degrees and I was running low on apple wood so I decided to...
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    How do you guys feel about this kettle?!

    I have an old Weber and it's ok, I cannot complain. But I just watched this video... And holy cow I was blown away by the add-ons! Especially the burger flat tray on charcoal. So anyways...What do you guys think of this Kettle? https://snsgrills.com/products/deluxe-kettle-grill
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    2 hours into my first offset smoker use!!! So far......

    Well I'm doing a 10lb Boston butt. I got some Hickory wood to use and I'm using a $100 Amazon special COS. This is labor intensive!!!! So far so good though. I don't have a digital probe to watch my rack temp (Would have been very nice!) but I did get an oven thermometer and noticed @ 500F my...
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    Need quick advice: Apple Juice or Cherry Dr. Pepper?

    Making a Boston butt this evening and will be using Jeff's rub on it. My plan is a dripping tray under the butt with a shallow amount of Apple Juice or Cherry Dr. Pepper, spritz the butt every 30 min or hour with the Apple Juice or Cherry Dr. Pepper. Then when time, place the butt in the...
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    Can I rest the pork in liquid overnight?

    Well I'm going to smoke a pork tomorrow evening but will not eat it until Friday. The last bit of the smoke I do the butt in a shallow pan of apple juice and it's own fat sweat. Will I be ok letting it sit in the oven on warm overnight with aluminum foil covering it?
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    Having to cook 1 Brisket and 2 Pork Butts in 1 day...Need some guidance here

    So this Thursday I have to cook a Brisket and 2 Butts but I only have 1 COS. I have absolutely no idea how to do this as this is my first rodeo but here is my plan, please tell me if there is a better way. I was planning on cooking the Brisket 1st and probably start Thursday @ 3am. That will...
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    What should I do? First time smoking and no probe!

    So I made a thread about I just got a thin COS. I ordered a Inkbird IRF-4S but it will not be here until May! I have to cook a Butt and Brisket in 3 days! The smoker has a thermometer on the lid of the grill but that will be all I have to use. What should I do now???? Only other option I could...
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