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  1. irwinwd

    My favorite food judge

    Well, after many years of searching I think I've received the best review of my smoking endevors. My very soon to be 9 month old started clapping and then shaking uncontrollably out of excitement when I entered the house Sunday with a tray full of brisket. She devoured an almost unbelievable...
  2. irwinwd

    a little help with a BIG turkey

    My wife got us a big turkey for free with points at the grocery store. She figured why not get the biggest one and smoke it. I like her general line of thought here! The question comes how long does it take to do a 21 lb turkey in a mes that will max out at 275? I wanted to have some others...
  3. irwinwd

    near miss

    It's been an interesting couple days here in South Central Pa. We rarely have ice storms here, but this week we had two in four days. Sunday's storm was followed with winds gusting up to 60mph overnight. I walked outside around 7 am Sunday to find a tree down over the driveway landlocking us...
  4. irwinwd

    Good start to the day

    Today is beef rib day and off to a perfect start. My 1 week old daughter gave me enough time to start the smoker. I figured I'd share the day. I got 4 racks from the butcher yesterday. after trimming prep & applying Jeff's rub loaded & ready to go more to follow
  5. irwinwd

    living vicariously no more

    I've been going through withdraw the last month and dooling at what I've seen on the site. My wife gave birth to our first on Wednesday which has meant I haven't been able to know I had time to run the smoker. Mom and baby came home healthy on Friday and we kicked off the smoking yesterday...
  6. irwinwd

    first chicken

    I am attempting my first whole chicken Sunday. I've got some general guidelines, but any recommendations for a brine. Some brining instructions would be helpful as well as it will be my first time for that. Thanks in advance, Bill
  7. irwinwd

    brisket question

    I'm doing my first brisket tomorrow. It's about 7 lb and is going in with 7.5 lbs of beef ribs. It is preped and ready to go, the fat has been trimmed per the directions I found on the site, and it's I just put the rub on before covering with plastic wrap. I'm going to be running 2...
  8. irwinwd

    new masterbuilt owner

    First hello, my name is Bill and I'm new to the smoking family and the site. I somehow missed this site, but read a lot of reviews on smokers and decided to go with the '07 model masterbuilt in black with the door latch and vent. I feel I've learned more on this site in a couple of hours than...
  9. irwinwd

    Hello All

    My name is Bill from Elizabethtown, Pa. I just purchased my first smoker over the weekend and I'm looking to learn everything. After much looking around to find what I think I wanted I bought a Masterbuilt electric smoker. I bought the basics woods with it and made my first batch of ribs on...
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