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  1. rattlin_ram

    Labor day butt and chops

    Had a family get together at my grandma's house Sunday so volunteered to smoke a couple pork butts for some pulled pork for everyone to eat on Sunday, and a lil extra for the freezer for the future. Since I had the smoker on and going I threw on some Iowa chops for supper Saturday night. I was...
  2. rattlin_ram

    1st smoke on my Cookshack

    Had a chuck roast and an arm roast in the freezer, along with a few chicken legs so decided this weekend to try out my new (to me) cookshack....  Everything went pretty well except I think I should have cooked at a lil lower temp.  I set it at 250 and my gauge inside read just over 200 on the...
  3. rattlin_ram

    New to me Cook Shack

    So a friend of my grandma's found out I like to do a lot of smoking.  So he decided he was going to give me one of his old smokers.  He said it's electric and works pretty good but you can have it... So I said ok, thanks... I went and picked it up and I had never seen one before so I looked it...
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    Double smoked bone in ham for Easter....

    Mom wanted me to smoke some ham like I did for Christmas, turned out pretty well!  Despite being about 30 min late, and the wind and cool temps causing me issues... But since I was bringin the ham n cheesy potatoes, I didn't have to worry about them starting without me...  Started out in my...
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    Christmas dinner.... Double smoked hams

    Had a ham shank in the freezer my wife purchased while grocery shopping a while back, and also a ham I got from work.  Both fully cooked and smoked.  The one from work we get every year, while it is good, not as good as I would like...  And it does seem a bit processed... The other seemed like a...
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    Not sure what I should do...

    I made a comment to my grandpa one day if he ever wanted to get rid of his home made grill I would take if off his hands.  So after I did some work on his lawn mowers this spring, he told me to  take it as he doesn't use it anymore.  He is 92 and getting pretty hard to get around.  I always just...
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    Overnight smoke last night.... Lots of morning Q View....

    So a friend of mine asked if I would smoke a couple bone in hams from a hog they butchered themselves for a fund raiser Saturday night.  I said sure! But then my Friday evening got busy that meant I had to do it Thursday night.  Well I got everything on the smoker about 7pm. I have never done...
  8. rattlin_ram

    Is water in the water pan really needed?

    So after my weekend smoke with my new Char Broil CB600X I got at wal mart I am now figuring out what I can do to make it work better... I only found a few threads about this smoker on here and not many mods....  What i found during my smoke was the water pan boils the water out fairly quick (2...
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    Wife got me a new smoker for my birthday!!!

    My old propane smoker had seen its better days so after fighting with trying to replace the bad regulator today my wife decided to buy me an early birthday present. Went into menards but I didn't like any there so went to wal mart and we found a charbroil I liked. I wanted something with a...
  10. rattlin_ram

    My first butt's! And smoker failure...

    I've done pork loin, ribs, chicken, turkey, beef roasts, ABT's, bacon, and sausage but have never attempted a butt.... I normally use a Chargriller Smokin Pro to do all my smoking, but I also have a propane smoker I use when temps are low outside or when I have overflow on my Chargriller. So...
  11. rattlin_ram

    Smoking un cooked ham

    Recently got a whole hog with basic processing from a local locker.  Basic processing I believe just means there is nothing smoked.  We have no bacon, but we have side pork.  Also the hams are not smoked.  I was going to fire up the smoker this weekend and smoke the hams and maybe the side...
  12. rattlin_ram

    Beef Butt Tip????

    My father drives semi for a living and just called me saying he got a case of "Beef Butt Tip" that was damaged on a load.  By damaged he means the box got damaged and fell apart, it was refused at the dock.  So anyway long story short he has this case of beef that says it's Beef Butt Tip.  But I...
  13. rattlin_ram

    Used the Char-Griller as a grill on Sunday....

    Sunday was my first anniversary with my wife, so instead of going out and spending a bunch of money on a meal I may or may not really like.... I decided to cook us up a meal at home.... T-Bone Steak we get from a beef we buy from the neighbor, sprinkled with a little Lawry's, Tony Chacher's, and...
  14. rattlin_ram

    iGrill

    Anybody have one of these????? http://www.igrillinc.com/ or even heard of one???
  15. rattlin_ram

    Doing first chicken quarters this weekend...

    Smoking some chicken quarters for the first time on a camping trip this weekend.  I have a Chargriller Smokin Pro smoker, and I've been reading on here about how to smoke chicken quarters... Everyone is saying to smoke at higher temps, like around 300 to avoid rubbery skin...  I can't get my...
  16. rattlin_ram

    My Turkey Day smoke, q-view

    Actually this was a day after turkey day smoke, smoked Friday, ate on Saturday.  We had our Thanksgiving dinner on Saturday as it just worked better for everyone... I think this is my first q-view post I believe.... But anyway smoked a 13lb bird and 6lbs deer summer sausage....  Many got many...
  17. rattlin_ram

    How long for chops?

    Just wondering how long a 3/4" or 1" pork chop would take to smoke? I've always done loins, roasts, atb's, ribs, etc... but I have some chops and pork steaks I may try this weekend... wondering when I need to fire up the smoker... Thanks!
  18. rattlin_ram

    Firebox Thermometer?

    Anyone put a thermometer on their firebox on a horizontal smoker? I have a char griller that I got for my birthday. I added 3 thermometers to it, two in the lid close to the grates. and one in the firebox. But the one in the firebox gets too hot and reads well past the 475* mark that my...
  19. rattlin_ram

    Hello from Iowa

    Well I read somewhere on here it is tradition to say hello here.... so after a few posts, and LOTS of reading, I'm saying hello... :D I'm a newbie to smoking, I'm currently using a smoker that my Mom gave me. I think she said she found it in the garage when she moved into her house... anyway...
  20. rattlin_ram

    Horizon Ranger

    First post here on the forums, been using 2 ECB's now for about a year and just looking to upgrade, or build myself a homebuilt. Saw this and wondered if anyone else has seen or used one? http://horizonbbqsmokers.com/prodpages/1.html
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