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  1. bluewhisper

    Involuntarily smoke-free for a month

    Among the things I regret leaving behind were a tub full of nice split oak, and an unopened bag of charcoal. I will have to start from scratch for fuel. But yes I will have a yard for smoking. Absence makes the heart grow fonder. I'm developing a hunger for something smoked. As for Q joints...
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    Involuntarily smoke-free for a month

    I sold my house but it took longer than I expected to pick out another, so we filled a storage unit and holed up in an extended-stay type place. "No smoking within 150 feet" and that just means cigs. (However they do have a sort of smokers' area, benches under a canopy, just outside the back...
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    New to smoking

    Welcome to the board! Yep you came to the right place, people here are happy to help. Use the Search here to look up that model of smoker and see how people use them.
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    Newbie smoker here

    Welcome to the board! You should have plenty of fun with that. I suggest you run it once with nothing in it just to get a sense of how it will behave. As for first cooks, many of us suggest chicken parts because they are inexpensive if you make mistakes and tasty if you hit it right. Use the...
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    $7.00 BAMBOO CUTTING BOARD WHAT!!!!

    Yes, there is more and more pretty bamboo showing up all the time. And it's "sustainable" meaning they aren't cutting old-growth timber to make it. Bamboo is basically giant grass.
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    Hello from Missouri

    Welcome to the board! What's your smoker?
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    Ready To Go

    The kettles are a great long investment. Mine is a 1990 (there is a date code on the top vent).
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    Just joined

    Welcome to the board, what's your smoker?
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    Newbie from Texas here

    Welcome to the board! Oh you have so much discovery ahead of you.
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    HOT DOG RECIPE

    Funny, one time I brined a pork loin roast and I added aromatics like coriander and mace. I got a pork loin that tasted like a hot dog.
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    New guy from Nebraska

    Welcome to the board! Yep There are a few recipes kicking around here. I'm burning wood and charcoal in a Weber 22 and an offset.
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    15 lb. Crown Roast trashed

    That's what I call the Deep Whiff Test. If it doesn't smell good, don't eat it.
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    Alternative to Assassin 17?

    There was Exterminator 17
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    High on the Hog

    In the international news, a drug-smuggling ring was busted in Italy when feral pigs dug up $22K worth of buried cocaine. https://www.newsweek.com/italy-drug-bust-wild-boar-hidden-cocaine-destroyed-smuggling-operation-1471472 I want a gun and some knives and a meat grinder and my best disco...
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    Thai peppers

    The term "mirasol" refers to any variety of peppers whose pods grow erect. Those are usually thin-walled and they dry well. They also pickle well. The heat level varies from one type to another but generally it's a quick and bright heat.
  16. bluewhisper

    Hello Everyone!

    Welcome to the board! Yes you can study a lot of things here but "learning by doing" is the way it goes with smoking. It's a mix of recognizing mistakes and discovering flavors. Use the Search here to look up your smokers and see what people do with them.
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    Little pocket scale for accuracy

    I got a similar scale to weigh out ground meat for making patties of uniform size. European recipes usually measure by weight instead of by volume.
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    Habenero Hot sauce

    Once I visited a guy in the hot pepper biz, he had several large home-made habanero drying ovens (kilns?) in his basement and the whole house smelled like habs. It was wonderful.
  19. bluewhisper

    Hello from Everett Washington

    Welcome to the board! Yes this is a place to share knowledge and information. That's good because you can see how other people use your type of smoker, and you can see how other people use other smokers. Use the Search here and look around.
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    Hello from Maryland Eastern Shore

    Welcome to the board! Oh to shop for seafood in Ocean City again ... we cooked chowder on the beach at Assateague.
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