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  1. bigsmoken

    bratwurst recipie?

    I was just wondering if anyone out there had a decent bratwurst recipie. The wife makes amazing pretzel buns for our burgers and sausages but I was wanting to do something that would blow her mind. 
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    ABT jalapeno substitute?

    So this next weekend I am firing up Big John with the new cold smoke generator I made...(works wonders if I may) and I am smoking up a 9lb pork butt and was gonna do some ABTs with it but the wife is a bit on the allergic side of jalapenos so I was wondering what kind of pepper would be a good...
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    pellet grill mod

    Hey I've seen someone mod a pellet grill by extending the exaust stack on the inside to the actual grill grate vs. leaving it where it was. what does this do? does it make it more efficient?
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    brisket and whiskey

    So I normally inject a stout into my brisket do any of you guys have experience injecting a whiskey into your brisket to let it sit for awhle and help break down the meat? if so which do you use and what kind of flavor profile does it help to give
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    pellet smoker build?

    So here is the deal. I built me a reverse flow smoker for a comp that I just got done with. Problem is I now realize its to small for what I need it to do. So now I get to build me another for my comp grill. I have a few designs as far as reverse flow smokers but I wanted to look into pellet...
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    pellet smoker build?

    So I"m going back and forth about a new grill that I would be using for competition. I have a few designs but they are all stick burning. I have never had a pellet smoker but I want to explore all possibilities when it comes to my comp grill. I'm just not sure where to start with one. Would it...
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    New reverse smoker build design

    Ok so here is the deal...I just got back from doing my first competition and the wife and I are wanting to do more of them the only thing is the build I did was hell and and a half getting it to and fro. It is a stationary grill that I had to put on a dolly and then on a trailor.  So I want to...
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    Just got back from comp

    So I just got back from my first competition and I gotta say it went better than what I expected especially since the big boys were there competing and it was my first. I was 22 overall out of 34 and my maple burbon bbq sauce came in 4th about .46 points away from third and my cherry bbq sauce...
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    Thanks to everyone for everything

    Hi everyone its been awhile since I've posted but I would just like to say thank you. This forum has done so much for me. I built my reverse smoker with the help from omar and ribwizzard and got a lot of recipies and advice from everyone. It has all come to a head as tomorrow morning I start in...
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    Fattie questions before I start tonight

    So I was gonna make a fattie tonight for the family in the morning...my question is it looks like in the breakfast one that the stuff gets cooked before it gets rolled in the fattie...am I wrong....also what is the temp that you cook it to? temp in the grill for about how long? Just wondering...
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    Brisket Woes

    So I did a brisket and it didn't come out tender it came out a bit tough and I was wondering if anyone could tell me what I did wrong.  It was a four lb flat. I injected it with a beef broth and put on my rub. I let it sit for like three hours in the fridge that way. I then smoked it at 225 till...
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    cherry wood mini logs?

    so I just got some hickory mini logs and they work great...I have looked everywhere I can think of and I cant seem to find cherry mini logs. does anyone know of a brand that has them?
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    low and slow for chicken?

    I know that a lot of people like to go hot for chicken but has anyone done low and slow for chicken? does it work? Just curious.
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    safety concern with new RF smoker

    so this is my smoker that I got operational not to long ago and my concern after thinking hard about it (and I proably produced more smoke than this does) is that I bought the metal, welded it together, did a test run with it. Is there anything on the metal that I should worry about getting off...
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    First Pork Butt Competition Box

    So I am practiceing for my first competition the end of may. This is my first box I have ever put together. It is a pork butt box I was just wondering what ya'll thought of it. I cant get better without critisism so dont hold back....I'm gonna get that rino skin, keep the feelings out and...
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    swaps?

    So I know my wife belongs to a knitting forum that conducts swaps. They pick a theme and people sign up then you sned each other stuff...do we do stuff like that?
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    how does the throwdown thing work?

    I was wondering how do you get in on a throwdown? I would love to give it a shot
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    Box maple wood good for smokin?

    So we have this ginormas box maple in the front yard by the road and last night we had a branch the size of a medium tree fall off of it. Anyway my question is I know smoking with maple works because they sell it and I've used it but I'm not sure which kind of maple that is...has anyone used box...
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    excited about new thermometer

    So my birthday came and went this past Sunday and I turned the big 32...sigh....(the old timers call me a baby and the youngins call me old). Anyhooo I got a custom made mossy oak apron. Me being such a tall guy this thing comes to the middle of my shins and is made of dang near tent material...
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    Can a firebox get to much air?

    So I am building a grill right now and I have this question. I am ready to build the firebox and designed it with a slope at the bottom and a one inch hole running the front of the firebox for two reasons. One it will allow the ash to fall out of the fb so that way I dont have to worry about...
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