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  1. gator

    New member

    Welcome to the best Smoking Meat site on the innerweb. Glad to hear you're going to start cooking outdoors and congrats on your first house. The folks on this site are a wealth of information. Spend some spare time flipping pages around here and If you come up with a question, just ask. I look...
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    Lump charcoal vs Briquettes

    I go lump for almost everything. I use the same brand every time and learned how to work it. I don't like putting the glues and fillers into my food. Now with that said I do keep a bag of briquettes around for dutch oven cooking so I can have a more evenly spread heat and know my temps better.
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    How did you come up with your screen name?

    Mine started back in the mid-80's. At Boy Scout Camp the summer I went from Cub Scouts to Boy Scouts. We had a draught in northern Michigan, even some wild fires. Well a bunch of us were walking on a dried pond and thought it was kinda cool, until I took that one step that got me chest deep in...
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    Modifying my Pig Rig question

    I do probably 12-15 pig roasts each year. I go low & slow and take between 18-26 hours to roast them, depending on size & weather. My issue is how long it goes and how often I'm out there and how little sleep I get. I'm thinking about adding a gas burner into it to make it easier. I've love how...
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    Modifying my Pig Rig question

    I do probably 12-15 pig roasts each year. I go low & slow and take between 18-26 hours to roast them, depending on size & weather. My issue is how long it goes and how often I'm out there and how little sleep I get. I'm thinking about adding a gas burner into it to make it easier. I've love how...
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    Smoking two 8 # Briskets need some time advice

    I always have good luck running my Brisket at 250 degrees and figure 1 hour per pound. Half way through I wrap in foil and shoot for an internal temp of 195. I also inject & rub while the coals are getting lit.
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    200 person cater all appetizers job?

    I've done it before for a wedding reception. Had servers circulating with trays & staff setting them up in the back. VERY labor intensive, more expensive to do due to so many ingredient's.  Most expensive wedding I've done, but also most profitable. My advise... Bid it right, do your best, don't...
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    Have to put my smoking on hold this season

    Thank you for your service & Stay safe!
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    Setting up shop at local stores

    You'll need to get a STFU license. Google it & you can see all that is required. I've had one for a couple years now and you need 2 inspections a year and to do more paperwork. Other than that its easy. Just need a good set
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    2014 Michigan Get Together ( July 19 2014 )

    I will try to stop by later in the day. I have a small cook to do for a gaggle of pilots at the Mason airport that day.
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    Below Zero Pig Roast

    I've been roasting pigs for a while. Never done one under 40 degrees or so. Well, I wasn't thinking when I agreed to a February Wedding and who knew that we would be setting weather records. So, last weekend I had to do it. I went to Dan's ( my pig guy) after work and got her. She was 307 lbs...
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    gloves to pull pork

    Ok Ed, you are on to something. That puller is way cool & reasonably priced. I see one of those in my future
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    gloves to pull pork

    Thanks Guys. I knew this is the best place to go for good advice. This will give me a few things to try out and see what works best for me.
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    gloves to pull pork

    ok guys, I need your help. I've been doing hog roasts for about 6 years now and have a few scheduled coming soon. About 3 months ago I was on my regular job & had a refridgerant line go in my hand. It burned (froze) about 70% of my hand and I lost most of the skin. The good folks at U of M...
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    Wild Game Dinner

    $15 per person, I'm looking forward to seeing you there.
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    Wild Game Dinner

    Hey Guys, The Okemos Masonic Centers 'Blue Smoke' cooking crew is having another Wild Game Dinner Friday March 22 at 6pm. stop by for some wild game like you've never had before. 2175 Hamilton Rd. Okemos, MI 48864 Nobody has ever left hungry and everybody loves it.
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    Gator is in Michigan

    Hey Kingfishcam. We dont have a location and currently dont plan on getting one. We do catering and festivals. I do some event dinners at the Okemos Masonic Center with a group we call Blue Smoke. Our next scheduled event is a wild game dinner in March. Folllow us on facebook to see what we're...
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    Gator is in Michigan

    Ok, I'm Gator, Been called Gator for the past 26 years, and ya I have a diffferent name on my tax return but thats ok. Im in Michigan, Grew up a little north of Detroit, now in the Lansing area (a town called Okemos).  I'm a bit of what you call a Renaissance man. Yes I have a regular job...
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    Thanksgiving Fish

    That looks Great!. Any type of Asain Zing style sauce always goes good with light fish. And you smoke on it kicks it up a notch!
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    Great Salmon Smoke

    Good on ya'! Salmon is one of my favorite's, and you do it right!
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