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  1. fatmcrat

    Cleaning smoker and possibly upgrading

    So I am cleaning my grates for my smoker, and need to clean the inside too. Not sure what I should use to clean the inside.  I haven't fired up the smoker in over a year, and there are cob webs and wasp nests in it.  Gonna lend it to a family member to smoke some hams this weekend, and I'm going...
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    new smoker

    ok i haven't posted in a while but i need some help asap I bought a off set Char-Griller off set smoker yesterday and I put 2 boston butts on about 7 1/2 hours ago.  They slowly warmed up and are at 138 right now.  My internal temp of the smoke area is 150 and has been there all day.  The...
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    Gonna try a fattie sometime soon

    Ok, I've been looking at these fatties on here and I love sausage and bacon.( but then again....who doesn't) I've smoked Boston Butt 2 times and they both have turned out awesome. So I am going to move out of my safe zone. I'm going to attempt a fattie sometime soon and I'm thinking of...
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    Grilled Portabella's

    These aren't very hard to make, but I experimented with them one night when we were having hamburgers and we had no fries. Take sliced portabella caps and brush olive oil on both sides. Sprinkle with either garlic salt and black pepper......or just garlic pepper if you can find it. I have only...
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    I think I have something like the swine flu!

    Ok not really but since my first successful smoke of boston butt the other day, I have thought of little else cept smoking another one. Does anyone else have this problem? I have 3 more boston butts in the freezer and they are taunting me constantly.
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    1st time a failure, going for a 2nd attempt

    I've been doing a lot of research, and I have bought 2 boston butts and I'm going to start smoking them tomorrow. I made the rub that I got from the 5 day smoking course last night and I do enjoy the taste of it. I had to substitute light brown sugar because walmart was out of dark brown. I...
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    I'm not stupid, just would like some help

    Ok I'm doing the 5 day smoking course and I got a question about day 2 ~quote from e-mail~"The first thing you want to do is take the charcoal pan and using a drill motor with a 1/8 inch drill, create a hole pattern in opposite sides of the pan. the pattern should be about 4 inches in...
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    Wireless Digital Grill Temp Meter

    I went to Wal-Mart to try to find something to let me reat the temperature in my ECB better and found this and thought it looked interesting so I'm going to give it a try. The probe goes into the meat and you leave it with the grill while you can take the display up to 100 foot away. So...
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    What did I do wrong?

    So I bought my smoker yesterday, and decided to smoke some ribs maybe 1/3-1/2 rack cauz it was just for 3 people. I read the instructions and was going to let it smoke for about 4-5 hours. I put them in about 12:15 and went to a birthday party at 1. I checked them about 3 when I got back home...
  10. fatmcrat

    Howdy

    I have never smoked any kind of meat, but I love to grill. I'm looking at buying my first smoker, and since its my first, I'm not gonna go big. I have been debating on charcoal, electric, or propane. I think that I will get the best flavor with charcoal and I have found one at Home Depot I think...
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