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  1. smokinggator

    Cold Smoking: How cold is too Cold

    Move to FLORIDA!!
  2. smokinggator

    Help with Temp control On Used Pitts and Spitts

    I used the minnion method with just charcoal and wood chunks. I am planning to cook ribs for good Friday and will try wood spilts (I will assume that is logs split)> Thanks, Smokinggator
  3. smokinggator

    Help with Temp control On Used Pitts and Spitts

    I have a chargriller pro which I have been using successfully for a number of years. I had decided to get a bigger rig so I purchased a used Pitts and Spitts off craigslist. I then repainted and cleaned it up (new themometers ect.) . Did my first smoke this weekend. I cooked four butts and one...
  4. smokinggator

    Looking for a up-grade

    Thanks for the input. Chiggerbait, Could you post pictures of you Bell? Thanks, Smokinggator
  5. smokinggator

    Looking for a up-grade

    Thanks for the input. I will research the Lang and the Horizon. There are Bass shops in Orlando and I like the fact that I can see what I am buying before purchasing. Also, if I go that route, I will save shipping. I have looked on craiglist and other type sites, and nothing has really come up...
  6. smokinggator

    Looking for a up-grade

    Ok, I have reeeeaaaaly enjoyed my char-griller pro, but I am thinking of upgrade. I would like the new smoker to have more space and be made of thicker, longer lasting metal. I like the side fire-box way of cooking. Again I like my char-griller, but it is starting to get a little worn. Budget...
  7. smokinggator

    What's your occupation?

    Financial Advisor, Buy Low Sell High. Cook low and slow.....
  8. smokinggator

    Smoke Some Lamb for Christmas

    Msmith, Lamb, does not taste like chicken.... :) Growing up my Grandparents would make lamb for Christmas, so to me it is natural to have it. So to me Lamb tastes like Lamb. It has its own flavor that falls somewhere between beef and pork. The texture is that of a tender piece of beef. It...
  9. smokinggator

    Smoke Some Lamb for Christmas

    Smoked a 6# lamb and a 5.5# lamb for Christmas. Got the Deboned already tied type. Put a Ton of Garlic and Olive oil all over and then put Fresh rosemary into slots I cut into the meat. Cooked Fat side up. No Wrap. Used Mesq. wood chunks. Put on at 9:10am or so, took off at 3:30 that...
  10. smokinggator

    Want to Smoke Turkey and Lamb at Same Time, Possible???

    Ok, For Christmas I had told My wife I would cook the Turkey. Well, we now have more people coming over for Dinner on Christmas Day should be 14 adults and a couple of kids. I would like your input on cooking both a Turkey and a Lamb at the same time on the smoker. First, would anyone recommend...
  11. smokinggator

    Hello from FLA

    Wood chunks were added about 2:30, 6:30, 8:00 9:30 and the internal temp of the meat went over 140 after that so I stopped. Wrapped around noon, cooked until 4:00.
  12. smokinggator

    Is Smokin in the Snow kinda like Singin in the Rain

    Dickey, The other two already with mustard and Rub on them. Smoke went real well!! I will post pictures later. Thanks, SG
  13. smokinggator

    Hello from FLA

    Here are the Butts around 7 am . Note the big fatty in the right corner.
  14. smokinggator

    Hello from FLA

    Hey , Well not sure what my "name" was... Either something with Gatortuba or Omen, I was still getting updates via e-mail, but I was at work the other day, and I had no clue what my name was, we also changed computers a few weeks ago so lost that info also. Anyway on to the important things...
  15. smokinggator

    Is Smokin in the Snow kinda like Singin in the Rain

    Hey All, I just posted info on me on the roll call section. D, thanks for the tips. I am in Ocala, Fla. My wife's sister lives in Pem. Pines.. Anyway, here is a picture of the butts I am doing tonight. two 8.5# and one 9# . I am putting them on at 12:00 am and planing to take them off about 4:00...
  16. smokinggator

    Hello from FLA

    Hey All, Joined the ring a few years ago, but I changed computers and now have re-signed up. Live in Sunny Ocala, Fla. I have a natural gas grill, a webber kettle, and my pride & joy a Char-griller pro with side fire box. Mods include, extending the smoke stack , ceramic briqs. throughout and I...
  17. smokinggator

    Is Smokin in the Snow kinda like Singin in the Rain

    I will be smoking three large Butts tonight here in Sunny Fla. When I planned this smoke for the family, I did not know it was going to be 25 degrees out tonight!! I normally smoke for about 12 plus hours, but because of the cold I will be planning on at least 16 plus. I have never had to smoke...
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