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  1. scmelik

    Need some rib rub help!

    Guys (and Gals), I am in charge of our christmas dinner this year and we are having ribs.  Since it is for Christmas I want to make a rub that is a Christmas themed rub and I have been thinking about using gingerbread in the rub.  I have a couple of question for you more experienced and good...
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    Looking for a glaze for ribs

    I have been trying to come up with a glaze for my ribs and I haven't come up with anything that I really like hopefully you all can help me.  I am looking for something that is on the sweeter side that will "candy" and go well with the spicy rub that I use.  I use a pineapple spritz during the...
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    First short-rib attempt

    A friend of mine gave me a package of short ribs since he had no idea how to cook them.  This was going to be my first attempt at short ribs so I didn't have much for expectations going into it.  Rub was simple:  kosher salt, black pepper, cyanne pepper, garlic powder, onion powder.  while they...
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    smoker will not heat what the heck

    I hoping that you all can help out.  I am trying to smoke up some short ribs and my smoker has been going for almost 2 hours now and I cannot get it up to temp.  I have gone through three full chimneys of coals and I hit about 170 on my maverick and it will not go higher.  I have never had so...
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    New Gardener-Planning for 2011

    I have been thinking about doing this for the past few years, and now that I own my house this year I am going to make it happen.  The only problem is that I have never grown a garden before and I am not really sure where to start.  I am going to be doing raised beds since I think I am going to...
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    Anyone in Biloxi MS???

    I was wondering if anyone here is from Biloxi MS?  I am currently stationed here with the Air Force going through some tech training and am seriously craving some real BBQ.  Anyone know of a good BBQ restaurant that I can try over the next few weeks?   Over the past 9 weeks I have quit tobacco...
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    Which Tel-Tru?

    I am in the process of doing some mods on my Brinkman Smoke N Pit (okay I am not, mecmelik is since i am currently incompasitated down in Mississippi) and I am trying to decide what to do for thermometers.  I have decided on the Tel-Tru's but I don't know which one or if I should go with just...
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    Smoken Pit-Reverse Flow??

    Over thanksgiving my sister said that I could take their Brinkman Smoke n' Pit since her and my brother in law don't really like smoked food. I am going to be doing some mods to it, we my old man is going to do some mods to it while I am away this summer. I have read through a couple of mod...
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    First Smoke Anticipatoin

    I have to admit I am as giddy as a school girl because I get to fire up the smoker tomorrow for the first and probably only time this spring/summer. I have three butts that I picked up dirt cheap this winter that need to get smoked, one will get done tomorrow and then maybe the other two at a...
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    Minion Method problems-Advice wanted

    Okay I have attempted to use the minion method three seperate times now and all three times I had the same outcome: all the coals and wood lit almost immediately and my temps went WAY above 300. With a big smoke planned for the weekend I would like to attempt this again but I am not sure what I...
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    Serious smoke this weekend-I have to be crazy

    Well since I am not going to make it home to spend time with the family and help my dad with his smoke I figured I would have a smoke myself. Since I have no other plans I figured that I am going to do this right, I have a 13lbs brisket, a 3.5lbs corn beef for pastrami, a special fattie that I...
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    My first experience with corn beef and some spare rids

    First off I want to apologize for not having any pictures, I do not own a digital camera. I tried to get some pictures with my blackberry but they were really bad Anyways thanks to Dude I wanted to try my hand at a corn beef pastrami this weekend. I am not a real big fan of pastrami but have...
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    Order Wood?

    Here in South Dakota, as I am sure many other places as well, we are stuck to using what is available in our area. Here is South Dakota that means a lot of apple and hickory (because thats what they sell in the store) maybe every once in a while you will run into someone who might have an oak...
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    Weekend Brisket for the Family

    So my grandma turned 80 this weekend and we decided that on Saturday night everyone was going to come down to my mom and dads house for supper and a get together. Well what a perfect opportunity to smoke something right, and my grandpa had asked us a couple of weekends ago if my dad or I had...
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    Minion in ECB

    I have been reading alot lately about the minion method and how great it works especially for longer smokes like a brisket or a butt. Anyways after reading over and over how to do it there is one things that i am getting hung up on and that is that he says when you dump your lit coals on the...
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    Brinkman Mods?

    Guys I was hoping that you might give me some suggestions on some mods that I could make to my Brinkman Gourmet. I have done three smokes in it now and am finding that my charcoal pan is getting full of ash and choking off my air flow and I have a hard time holding heat, and when it goes it...
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    Fatty In A Blanket w/ Qview

    Last night my roommate and I decided that it was a nice night to smoke a fatty so we commenced to coming up with an idea. We decided that a breakfast fatty would be a good idea but we wanted to take it up a notch so we started racking our brains on how. We decided that since biscuits and gravy...
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    Butt--Need All the Help I can Get

    Okay, I am going to attempt to smoke my first butt this weekend, my first smoke on my new smoker (Brinkman 852). After the help I have recieved from you guys on the rub I think I have something to try on this one. I have read the sticky at the top of the page about doing a butt and have...
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    Rub???

    I have been looking on here for awhile now and for some reason I cannot seem to find a rub recipie. I am going to try and do a butt or two this weekend and am good on everything but what to put in my rub. I know this is a trial and error type of deal but what do you guys use for a rub?
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