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    I have always wanted a Weber 22.5 Kettle

    Like the title says I have always wanted one not sure why i guess it is because it seems to be the essential charcoal grill.  It is an American icon in my opinion and from what I have read the best buy for your money.  Well years and years of well that is kinda pricey when I have three UDS...
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    Two butts on the drum q-view & Pulled Pork Enchiladas

    I own several drums and they can take a beating.  My favor tie to cook on is an old rusty one it was the first one I ever built and it keeps temp like a champ...proof positive that you do not need a $10,000 rig to produce good cue this old ugly drum has one me several trophies in the past/...
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    What should I cook?

    I am wanting to BBQ tomorrow but have no clue what to cook.  Should I pick up a brisket?  Maybe some Yard bird?  Ribs anyone?  I have to pick it up on the way home from work so help me decide.  I will be cooking for my family and one more and would like to keep to just one meat.  Of coarse there...
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    Texas Salt and Pepper Brisket smoked over Red Oak Q-View as I cook it....

    OK here in Texas it is no secret that we are very fond of out brisket.  As much as I enjoy burnt ends and sauce nothing beats a good salt and pepper brisket slow smoked. Here we go Still using my freinds rig.... Got a good fire started Nothing but the thin blue stuff And now the...
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    First Baby Backs in a long time....With Q-View as I cook

    I am a spare rib guy but the local grocery store had Baby Backs on sale you can't beat 2 racks for 8 bucks... These are being smoked in my UDS over pecan with cheap charcoal.  The rub is Hog Waller coated with Olive Oil cooking at about 230 degrees.  Lets see how this winds up I am thinking...
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    Ribs and Yard Bird for 50 on a strangers pit....

    OK I always see the word pit-master thrown around and in my opinion we are all masters of our own pits.  Well today I think I mastered another mans pit.  A friend of mine asked me to cook for his kids birthday party and I said sure then he said lets cook enough for 50 people and I said no...
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    My Texas BBQ Crawl Pic Heavy and full of HIstory

    My kids are up visiting family and the wife and I were sitting at the house.  We are coming up on 10 years married so she suggested we take a little get away and go on a trip.  Then she suggested we hit up some of the historic Texas BBQ joints in the Hill Country and like always I knew I married...
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    Long time no see Pulled Chicken Sliders for the 4th...

    Well folks it has been just over a year since I started me new job.  The good thing is I love it and it is much better money than teaching.  The downside it I don't have near as much time for cooking but today we are making some time.  I am going to walk through this one as the day goes by with...
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    My new BBQ patner...

    Introducing Smoking "Trigger" Garcia...named after the Godfather himself.  Well the kids picked Trigger and I added the rest. We have been a Basset Hound family since 2002 we recently lost T-Bone to old age and with the boys being perfect puppy age could not resist that face. 
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    Beef Bones....

    Ok my camera man has been on hiatus with a new baby and a project they are pitching so my wife helped me with this one.  I am just doing these for fun and good eats. 
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    It was a long week at work and this is what I come home too....

    My wife is stealing my smoker and my thunder at home.... This was her first time cooking Pork Butt I was at work she did everything by herself.  She needs to just create a account on here. Now for some finishing sauce...
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    14 pounds of American Beef now with Q-View

    Picked up this beauty at Sam's Club today...Tomorrow we are going low and slow.  The wife and I are doing a practice run and we are experimenting with a larger cut of brisket this weekend.  Expect the usual from us lots of Q-View.  This is a 14 pound Select Grade Brisket going to b cooked...
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    Third Annual NAPA Autoparts Cook Off Houston Texas

    Ok last year I scored my 1st , 1st place at this cook off.  I just recently started a new job so I could not cook in it this year.  The officials called me and asked me if I could judge the finals I said oh yea!  This has become a big event in just three years with 60 teams this year the Grand...
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    My wife just cooked her first cook off with Q-View

    OK so a local Ladies Auxiliary VFW here had a sanctioned cook off through the IBCA for women.  My wife has helped me before but never cooked any of the meats at a comp.  She wanted to do this one and I thought it would be fun ti sit and watch one time.  The only thing I was allowed to do was...
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    The best part about cooking comps...

    is sometime you just get a package out of nowhere.... I am gonna need a new spice closet.
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    Not sure what to call this Q-View Heavy

    But it was good. First we slit a chicken breast.  Flatened it out a bit Took Some Shrimp and some Garlic Add Butter and cook Take some Boudain and spread over the chicken add shrimp Roll up the goodness Add some Bacon Place on Grill at 350 for 30 minutes...
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    Some Video from my last cook off

    We got a little too drunk but I thought we did ok the judges not so much we still had a blast.
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    Tommarow I have to take the day off...

    For an doctors appointment.  My wife wants me to teach her how to BBQ so she can enter an all women's cook off next month.  So we will have q-view tomorrow of her very first BBQ.  I will be giving pointers but nothing else I am worried that she is going to be a way better pit master than I am...
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    Running power on my Trailer Pit?

    OK so here is my question I am wanting to run my BBQ trailer with out a generator. We have a set of shop lights an electric knife and a few other things. Our music is provides by a battery operated BOSE and we currently have no need for heavy power that a generator would supply that I can think...
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    Grilled Prok Steaks

    OK we had a few goodies for dinner tonight.  Smashed potatoes Garlic Mushrooms And the Pork It was delish...
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