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  1. marty catka

    MES + A MAZEN SMOKER = Great Jerky!

    My wife has been on me to make jerky for our group camping trip this Labor Day weekend.  I've been watching the threads about the AMAZEN Smoker for a while now and finally broke down and ordered one.  For all of you who have not gotten one for your smoking arsenal, get one now!  This thing works...
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    My first Comp

    Over the weekend we had a small BBQ competition at my boat club.  Started out we were going to have 6-7 competitors from amongst the club members.  Friday nite, the comp almost got cancelled because we were down to three competitors.  Discussion with the event chair convinced him to go with it...
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    My 1st St. Louis cut spares

    Going to enter in a rib and chicken cook off in late July at my boat club.  Been looking for an opportunity to try cutting the ribs St. Louis style and having the time to smoke them.  Time came on Monday.  The butcher shop I went too has a good reputation in the area, but I realized that all I...
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    "STUFZ" Burgers

    My daughter got me this burger stuffer for my birthday.  Tried it out and it worked pretty good.  Used 1 lb of ground beef for two stuffed burgers.  One was stuffed with onions, mozzarella cheese and mushrooms.  The other with onions, pickles, cheddar and mushrooms.  I took my one lb of beef...
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    Birthday Bonanza

    I celebrated a birthday over the holiday weekend and my wife gave me some of the best gifts!  She didn't understand it when I had to go out and buy my MES last November.  She enjoyed the food but still didn't understand when I bought the CGSP at Christmas.  She has enjoyed the food and I believe...
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    Newbie on a chuckie

    The wife picked up a couple of chuckies at the grocery store the other day (buy 1 get 1 free).  They are small, approximately 2 1/2 lbs. each.  I'd like to do them Saturday for dinner about 7 pm or so.  These will be done in a charcoal Brinkman Gourmet that I just got.  I screwed up on cutting...
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    Stubborn Butts!

    My wife and I volunteered to make pulled pork for our bowling league banquet/payoff night. The owner loves PP, but his wife says she can never make it right. Cooks it low and slow at 300* for about 6-7 hours. Always comes out tough. So we volunteer, our donation. Everybody brings in...
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    Maverick ET-73

    Got frustrated trying to find a local dealer for the Maverick ET-73. Keep looking on ebay, but the dealers there are all over the place with their shipping rates. And the costs are not consistent. I contacted Maverick Industries about buying for resale and got the following reply: Martin...
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    Smoked Appetizers

    Maybe I am in the wrong section here, but I need help! I have invited family and friends over the first weekend in June for an afternoon of creating, smoking and eating some smoked appetizers. I asked them to either send in their favorite hot appetizer recipes or bring something over that we...
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    ECB Rehab

    Came across a couple of used ECB's at the boat club I belong to the other day and figured we could rehab them for use this season. They could use some new grates and thermometers. One of them is missing the factory one, the other has it's therm, but is probably crap. My question is, will one...
  11. marty catka

    Two butts from a friend

    The chef at my boat club gave me two boneless pork butts that he had frozen on Easter Sunday. I told him that I would smoke them up and bring them in for him to put on the menu as a special. First of all sorry for no pics. I know, I know, no pics=no cook, but believe me, there was a cook. And...
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    Trouble with temps in CGSP

    Smoked a few racks of ribs the other day, about 73 degrees ambient temp, about a 10-12 mph wind. Had a lot of trouble getting up to temp, once there, could not maintain without help from a blower. Using Gordon Foods lump (RO in a black bag) in my CharGriller Super Pro w/sfb. Unassisted, the...
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    1st jerky on CG w/qview

    I've done jerky in my MES before. This is my third effort at jerky, first time with charcoal. Using Cabela's cure, black peppercorn. I have a vacuum sealer that came with a marinading dish. That is what I put my jerky in to cure. Sorry, I didn't think of pics for that. Sirloin tip all sliced in...
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    My first butts

    Started night before with Magic Dust recipe found here. Wrapped and ready for overnight On the smoker at 0500. Space blankets helped with temps, but still struggled at times. The temps were even across the cooker with the mods I found here. I added a couple of chickens at noon...
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    CG Super Pro Temp issue

    OK, did two butts over the weekend. When I get a chance to get on the home computer pics will follow. The point here is that with 35 degree weather it still took me two hours to get my Super Pro (with mods) up to temp. Using Royal Oak lump for fuel with small pieces of oak (roughly 1 inch...
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    How to for Competitions

    My boat club is toying (planning on it really, my idea) with the idea of having a bbq competition or throwdown this July. I have the KCBS rules and the rules for the Florida BBQ competitions. We are considering doing just ribs and chicken or another 2 meat combo, or possibly going whole hog...
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    A newbie

    Okay, my first smoked butts are going into the smoker this Saturday. Thawing out in fridge. Got my rub all set, "Magic Dust" recipe I got frome somewhere in this forum, but I can't remember where. I've been using it on all kinds of food and it is good. Got SoFlaQuer's finishing sauce recipe...
  18. marty catka

    Best Lump Charcoal

    I've been reading here a lot about using a good quality lump charcoal. What do you all consider "good quality" lump? So far locally for me, SE Michigan, I've seen Cowboy Lump and a store brand offered by Gordon Food Service. What is "Good quality" lump and what brands should I look for? I'll...
  19. marty catka

    Smokin Pro

    Just snatched a Char Griller Smokin Pro at my local Lowe's on sale for $99.00. Side fire box was available as well, not as good a deal, but picked it up for $69.00. Got a few of the items I'll need for the posted mods, but the rest of it will have to wait until after the holidays. Need to...
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    Oregon Scientific

    My wife bought me an Oregon Scientific AW131 remote meat thermometer back in the spring. This was before I really got the Smoking bug. I was about to have some surgery and be laid up for a while and she thought this would give me the ability to "assist" her in our grilling. Well, I have since...
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