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    Bitter taste / creosote... Help!!!

    How seasoned is your wood? I normally have issues with clean smoke when either my fire isn't hot enough to catch the wood on fire or the wood is too green or damp.
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    Are budget smokers any good ?

    There have been a lot of good suggestions about sealing the chamber, adding mass or tuning plates, and running the offset with the vent open. The biggest issue I see with that model is that the only way to feed the fire is through the door on the top of the fire box thus allowing all of the...
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    WSM 18 or 22?

    Thank you all for your advice. I think I will end up going with the 22 because of the capacity. I have a OK Joe Highland but you can always not use available space but you can't ever get space you don't already have. I tend to always max out my current rigs when cooking so I think I just need a...
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    WSM 18 or 22?

    So 7 years ago I purchased a Brinkmann Gourmet charcoal smoker and heavily modified it. IMG_20170520_062819427.jpg by boardgames4bbq posted Aug 3, 2017 at 8:41 AM Last weekend I noticed after cleaning up, that the cooking chamber and charcoal pan had developed holes from rust. I have convinced...
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    Brisket Prices

    Costco had whole packers for the first time in it seems forever.  They had 3 choice (14lb, 16lb, 17.5lb) for $5.69/lb and the local grocery store had flats only for $6.99/lb. As I said above the best I can find anywhere here is $4.99/lb for choice.  I am very envious of all of the rest of you...
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    17 lb. Packer Brisket- now what?

    I think I carved off about 2+ lbs.  The only thing to remember with my time is that I think I blew through the stall because of wind problems.  If I had it to do again I would have gone a little lower in temp and started closer to 1am and given myself a little more room with the stall and the...
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    17 lb. Packer Brisket- now what?

    I just did a 17lb brisket last weekend (because that is what I could get).  I got the meat on at 3am and it was at 207° at 3pm but the meat wasn't as tender as I was looking for.  During the smoke I did have some temp issues because of 15-20 mph winds but I tried to keep it between 250 and 275...
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    Monster Brisket Questions

    Choice, I am still looking for an economic supply of prime. The last quote I got from a butcher was $13/lb which is too much for me.
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    Monster Brisket Questions

    Here is the data in a nice graph.  Temp of my smoker and temp of the brisket. Brisket in blue Started at 40 degrees and ended at 207 degrees Hope this helps.
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    Brisket Prices

    You are so lucky, is that for choice?
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    To trim or not to trim...

    I don't trim mine but it might already come trimmed from the store.  I do score the fat before rubbing.  Normally the fat cap renders down enough that when I pull it it distributes throughout the mass of meat. Mostly before and after from Saturday
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    Brisket Prices

    Where I am, Northern Virginia (DC Metro), it is just stupid high.  Cheapest I can find for a packer is $4.99/lb but some butchers charge $6.99/lb or even $8.99/lb.  This is all for USDA Choice, the $8.99 butcher told me I could get prime but that would be $12.99/lb.  He also told me another time...
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    Smoking ears of corn

    I will add my two cents even if I am a bit late. We smoke corn and find that the flavor does coat it.  We shuck and clean the corn and then coat lightly in oil with salt and pepper and then on the smoker or grill until cooked (20 minutes on a 350 grill, longer on a 250 smoker) I turn it by 1/3...
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    Smoking Several different things!

    If you are getting short on cooking area I would consider using my oven for the ribs after the initial 3 hour smoke.  They won't take any more smoke in foil and the oven will free you up to smoke other things.
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    Brisket Purely Perfect

    That looks really good, well done.
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    Monster Brisket Questions

    Thank you Ed and cksteele. I think I pulled it off at at 207°. I will post my time temp chart for the smoker and the brisket later in the week when I have time to compile it.
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    Monster Brisket Questions

    So the smoke went mostly okay but I think the temperature my thermometer was reading wasn't the temperature at all so I need to look more into it.  The winds caused me hell for a while when they stated blowing 15-25 down the stack and out the firebox. But I have numbers and data which I will...
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