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  1. txsully

    Good Morning!

    .......to the early risers putting their turkeys in.  My bird is in and it's kick back time. I hope y'all have a great Thanksgiving.
  2. txsully

    New Mods -Need Opinions Please

    I have done some mods to my NB offset and am a little worried about materials and introducing chemicals into the smoke in the cooking chamber.  I used some zinc nuts and bolts for posts to create a new grate level - will there be any toxin introduced into the cooking chamber by using zinc? ...
  3. txsully

    Boudin Casing Question

    I picked some pre-cooked boudin sausage from the grocery store the other day and thought I would throw it in the smoker towards the end of the turkey smoke on Thursday.  I'm curious how the smoke will penetrate the casing.  Will it?  Maybe I should puncture the casing? Thanks.
  4. txsully

    Finish on tuning plates?

    So I'm going to place some tuning plates in the cooking chamber of my NB offset.  I have available to me for free some 5 inch wide 1/4" thick plate material, but it has a prime coat on it, not raw steel.  In an effort to not introduce any chemicals into the cooking chamber environment when...
  5. txsully

    Brine at Butterball?

    My wife bought the Thanksgiving Turkey yesterday at the store and I had forgotten to tell her to make sure she bought one that reads it is a "Natural Turkey" as I am going to brine it before I smoke it next week.  She bought a Butterball, and I believe they add some sort of flavoring solution to...
  6. txsully

    Website down?

    Anybody else having trouble with the Smoking-Meat.com website? 
  7. txsully

    First Brisket

    Thanks to all of you regular contributors and also other newbies like me with good questions / posts. Yesterday, I did my first brisket ever, and I am happy with the final product as well as the process of smoking it. I would not have been able to do it as well without the great resource I had...
  8. txsully

    Looking to Learn

    Neat Forum! I have just jumped in to / invested-in the smoked meat adventure, and this looks to be a great resource. I have tried to do a little homework to get myself set-up. The NB Hondo was about the best in my low price range so I picked one up last weekend, and made a few mods based on my...
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