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    Smoking a chicken using the Smokey Joe/Brinkmann "hybrid"

    Some of you may remember my MacGuyver post a while back from when I was smoking a 9lb shoulder and found out that morning that the element in my Brinkmann electric smoker had burned out.  I improvised by setting the smoker body on top of my Weber Smokey Joe.  12 hours later it worked out really...
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    What do you get when you cross a Brinkmann electric with a Weber Smokey Joe?

    Ask and ye shall receive: This one doesn't really tell you much besides the Brinkmann is missing it's bottom. You can barely see the legs of the SJ peeking out from underneath. Here with the access door open you can see the body of the SJ with the water pan resting directly on top.
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    What do you get when you cross a Brinkmann electric with a Weber Smokey Joe?

    So today was to be the big day-the day I tackled my first pork shoulder after having purchased a Brinkmann Electric Gourmet smoker at a yardsale for $20. Upon bringing it home washed everything, coated the inside with vegetable oil, etc...but never thought to plug in the element... Let's just...
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    First attempt at smoking-9lb shoulder tomorrow!

    You mean keep an eye on it as in keep it filled? I was going to boil the cider first before I add it so as not to cool off the smoker too much.
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    First attempt at smoking-9lb shoulder tomorrow!

    Hmmm...will I need to stay up with it the entire time or can I get it going, nap for two hours, get up check it, nap again, etc...?
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    First attempt at smoking-9lb shoulder tomorrow!

    Hehe...my wife thought I was nuts when I first starting talking about wanting to start smoking. Now she's in on the fun helping make the sauce, etc...and telling me, "better get to bed early tonight!"
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    First attempt at smoking-9lb shoulder tomorrow!

    *I apologize if this ends up getting posted twice-I tried to post about 15 minutes ago and it never showed up on the forum. Tomorrow I'm having my folks over for an early Mother's Day dinner. My wife picked up a 9lb shoulder yesterday (it was all they had left and at $1.10 a pound it was...
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    Basic BBQ sauce needs help for inaugural smoke this weekend!

    Gotcha-so in other words when you're using ketchup you get sort of a "baseline" sweetness before you even add any brown sugar, etc... I only used the strained tomatoes because my wife buys them in bulk and uses them for lots of different things, plus I wanted to really be able to say that this...
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    Basic BBQ sauce needs help for inaugural smoke this weekend!

    Last night I took my first crack at homemade BBQ sauce for my upcoming smoke of a 9lb pork shoulder this weekend which will be my first attempt at smoking anything. I'm using a $20 yardsale acquired Brinkmann electric with hickory chips and apple cider in the water pan. Anyway, here's my sauce...
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    Sauce ideas

    I'm just getting into all of this having just purchased my first smoker last weekend (yard sale Brinkmann Gourmet electric) and joining SMF only recently. My first attempt will be to tackle a Boston Butt and I'd like to come up with a sauce. I went through a couple of bottles of BBQ sauce we...
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    Newbie who loves beef brisket and wants to make it at home

    So I just picked up my first smoker-a $20 yardsale special Brinkmann electric...you can stop laughing now. I know that they're not really considered pro quality, but nonetheless, I'm going to make the best of it. I've been boning up on modifications (temperature controls and whatnot), but I...
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    Picked up a Brinkmann Gourmet for $20-what should I make?

    My dad (the yard sale king) calls me up on Saturday and says, "you want a smoker for $20?" I figured I couldn't go wrong so he grabbed it and I picked it up yesterday when we went to my folks' for Easter dinner yesterday. It's in good shape, doesn't even really look like it was used very much...
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    New guy-looking to get started this summer

    Hey everyone-I was referred by jerseyhunter because I was asking questions about smoking venison on another site we both post on. I never knew such a forum existed but I'm glad I found it. I'm a real do-it-yourself hands on type person and I've always wanted to learn how to do this myself...
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