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  1. brandonb

    Vertical New Braunfels Smoker - Opinions?

    Looking to finally buy a charcoal smoker to go with my gas and electric ones. Found this one on craigslist for $175 and would hope to get it lower. Anyone have it or know anything about it? Thanks!
  2. brandonb

    Smoking Thanksgiving Ham - Cured Raw vs Pre-Cooked?

    I want to smoke a ham for Thanksgiving. I've been reading around on the forum and realized that it's a bit too late for me to cure my own so my options are now to either smoke a cured raw ham or a pre-cooked ham. I see a lot of posts about smoking a pre-cooked ham. What is the difference...
  3. brandonb

    B-School BBQ Blowout - 95lbs of pure goodness - QView

    A friend and I are throwing a BBQ this Sunday for our class. Most of those in attendance have never had real southern BBQ or even BBQ at all! I've done single butts and briskets and even a butt and brisket at the same time, but never this much! We're doing 4 briskets (8-9lbs each) and 8 butts...
  4. brandonb

    2 butts at once, different sizes - Any changes?

    Having a big football watch party on Saturday so I needed a lot of pork. Largest butt I could get was 9lbs so I will be doing a 9lbs and a 4.5lbs butt. Is there anything I need to do differently with these since they'll be in the smoker together? Can I just start the 9lbs butt 18 hours before...
  5. brandonb

    20lbs Turkey Q-View

    20lbs bird...soaked in Tip's brine for about 30 hours. Garlic pepper butter rubbed under skin with a light oil pepper, garlic, and paprika rub on the skin. Used a basic spritz of apple juice and cider vinegar. While it cooked faster than I hoped, a short little plateau at 155 gave me about an...
  6. brandonb

    Cooking much faster than thought...how to hold until dinner?

    I'm doing a 20lbs turkey and have had it at 250-275ish. It's cooked MUCH faster than I thought. We're having dinner at 3pm so I started it at 8am thinking it would take 5-6 hours. Well, 3 hours later and the breast is at 150' (checked it in 3 places). Since dinner isn't for 4 hours and this will...
  7. brandonb

    Simple Savory Spritz/Sprays for Turkey?

    Turkey is in the smoker. Brined it in Tip's brine and did a light rub of butter, pepper, garlic, and paprika. I want to spritz it however all of the spritz I have seen are sweeter (apple juice, cider vinegar, etc.) and my wife doesn't like sweet turkeys (will be a little sweet with brine)...
  8. brandonb

    Smoking 20lbs Turkey - Yay or Nay?

    I've read a few places that do not recommend smoking a turkey over 12lbs since it will be in the danger zone for too long. I have a 20lbs turkey I was planning to smoke for Thanksgiving. Am I okay to smoke it?
  9. brandonb

    Smoking butterflied pork butt...any difference?

    So I bought a couple of butts from Costco. I brought them home and realized they are butterflied (completely cut open so that it can lay flat). I'm going to smoke one this weekend and was wondering a couple of things. First, will it be as moist? I thought it may not be since it's not all...
  10. brandonb

    Spare ribs question - post smoke foil or not?

    In honor of college football kicking off today I'm smoking my first slab of ribs (spare ribs st Louis style). I am doing two slabs, one with the 3-2-1 method and the other straight up with no foil for 6 hours. After the ribs are done should I foil and stick in a cooler like you do for butts? If...
  11. brandonb

    PP - 190 and sit for hour or 195-205' and no sit?

    Well, I thought I planned ahead enough but the dreaded 4 hour plateau killed me. It's 2 hours until dinner and my 9lbs shoulder is at 181'. Let's say it hits 190' at 7pm (dinner at 8pm), should I pull it, foil it, and put it in the cooler for an hour or keep it in the smoker until it gets to...
  12. brandonb

    First Butt/Smoke - Wood catching on fire - Please help

    Hi All, I have an ECB gas propane smoker. I'm doing my first butt today. I wrapped 3 chunks of hickory in foil and placed them on the lava rocks. After about 30 minutes, I noticed the temp was too low. I turned it up and noticed that it kept going up. The wood chunks caught on fire. I sprayed...
  13. brandonb

    PP - Missing out with no finishing sauce?

    I'm about to smoke my first butt this weekend. My wife and I love pulled pork, however she doesn't like vinegar based sauces. I'd like to do a traditional finishing sauce, but I'm worried she won't like it and thus reduce her enthusiasm for me smoking in the future. However, I've read that the...
  14. brandonb

    New Smoker - ECB w/ Gas - Wood placement? Soak?

    Hi All, I bought a Brinkmann propane smoke n grill yesterday. I'm looking to smoke my first butt this weekend. The owners manual says to put the wood chips/chunks on the lava rocks. Is this the best placement? (there's not a lot of room for a box due to the water pan) If so, how many wood...
  15. brandonb

    New to Smoking - ECB vs ECB w/ Propane

    Hi everyone, I'm a huge BBQ fan and have decided it's time to get serious and start smoking. I'm about to start grad school ($$$) so my budget is pretty low. I'm debating between the $39 ECB from Home Depot or a $50-60 ECB gas smoker (http://www.amazon.com/Brinkmann-Smok...9742601&sr=8-5) I...
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