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    Newbie - South Jersey

    Here's my thread on the smoking I did yesterday...still have some things to learn apparently http://www.smokingmeatforums.com/for...ad.php?t=76105
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    First Leg Quarters and Turkey Legs

    I lost the temperature cord so I don't know. I don't even know if it WAS in the danger zone. I'm going to pick up a couple more thermometers this week and see if they have spare cords... One last thing, the rub that I used was really spicy and that's not was I was going for. The prominent...
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    First Leg Quarters and Turkey Legs

    Well, the chicken and turkey didn't turn out exactly how I would've wanted, but it has been four hours and I am tired! I will finish them in the oven tomorrow and see how it comes out. They don't taste horrible, but don't blow my sox off. Not as tender as I would've thought.
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    First Leg Quarters and Turkey Legs

    Things look ok, but the temperature was dropping so I threw on a couple more pieces of lump charcoal and added some more hickory...I'm at almost two hours. How long should it be for these?
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    First Leg Quarters and Turkey Legs

    Some bad news... The foil packet caught fire and flamed my bottom rack consisting of the turkey legs and one leg quarter. They aren't totally charred, but what I did was put the burned wood chips and some fresh soaked chips in the water pan and stuck that directly on the coals. I also moved...
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    First Leg Quarters and Turkey Legs

    Forgot to give a shout out to thespicehouse.com in which I got the awesome fresh spices... this is the backyard rub: We gave this rub the name "Back-of-the-Yards" in honor of the area of Chicago south of 39th Street, between Halsted and Western Avenues. This part of the city has a proud history...
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    First Leg Quarters and Turkey Legs

    I decided to play off of the Slaughterhouse Poultry Brine. Here's my recipe: 1 1/2 Gallons of Water 1/2 Cup Brown Sugar 1/2 Cup of Kosher Salt 2 1/2 Tsp of Backyard Rub 2 Tsp Rosemary 2 Tsp Thyme 1/4 Cup of Soy Sauce 1/8 Cup Worcestershire 1 Garlic Head Chopped in Half Hopefully it turns out...
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    Not getting hot enough?

    Thanks for all the advice!
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    Not getting hot enough?

    I plan on smoking some leg quarters and turkey legs tomorrow so I thought I would give the smoker a trial run. I tried cooking some burgers with my bullet and it really wasn't getting that hot. It wasn't until I lowered the grate directly on the pan that I was cooking. How much lump coal are...
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    Smoking Corned Beef

    Thanks everyone for their responses! We'll see how the leg quarters do this weekend and work from there. Thanks for great step by step instructions as well!
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    Smoking Corned Beef

    I am a sucker for good corned beef and pastrami. From what I've read pastrami is just smoked corned beef right? There is a KILLER deli in New York called Katz's Deli. I absolutely love their pastrami. Has anyone eaten there or can look at some photos and possibly figure out what they are...
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    Newbie - South Jersey

    Hello all... I've been reading the forums for a little while and recently acquired a smoker... I am going to read a bit more before I smoke my first chicken leg quarters and possibly some pork ribs. I'm from South Jersey (not joizee). I don't have an accent... I am closer to Cape May than...
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