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  1. zdave

    Any feedback on Globe meat slicers?

    Plenty of restaurants use these, and in general, all brands of slicers are pretty reliable. Keep in mind that in a restaurant or deli, they get several hours of use every day. Get something you feel safe and comfortable using. Some of the older slicers are pretty spooky. If you are fortunate...
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    Graziano Brothers Sausage

    It's good stuff, I got it at the Hy-Vee while I lived there all too briefly. Great story too.
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    i am doing a mexican 6 or 7 layer dip fattie on saturday

    This is a neat idea and I like the suggestions from Fire It Up regarding the chips afterwards and the lettuce. Using the chips inside would be a good idea if you needed to keep something moist (like using bread crumbs in a meatloaf). It will be like reverse nachos--having a meat base instead...
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    ribs....What method

    Unless you need to cook them all at once, you probably have about 10 times to practice and decide what you like best. Have fun and nice score on the ribs.
  5. zdave

    First Smoke Questions

    Hi Bill,Good luck with your smoke. Controlling temperature on the Brinkmann's (ECB's) is a bit of a guessing game unless you've modified it. I always had trouble getting my charcoal one to warm up enough with water in the pan. Dry, it ran a little better. Recently I bought an electric ECB...
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    Spares on sale in Denver $1.49 a pound

    I am downtown at 15th and Blake. The Rancho Liborio meat specials came out again today and there is a special today only for $1.27/lb spares. I went and got two racks--they are monsters. One of them is about 11lbs and the other was right around 14lbs. The 14lb pack looked like it might...
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    trimming spareribs St.Louis Style

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    trimming spareribs St.Louis Style

    Do you guys usually smoke the "brisket" whole and then chop it into tips afterwards? Or do you chop then smoke? I've always chopped first, but my local BBQ shop chops after and they are mighty tasty. I've found out here that it costs basically the same for a rack of St. Louis style or a rack...
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    Spares on sale in Denver $1.49 a pound

    Since I moved downtown I've started getting the weekly circular for Rancho Liborio, a hispanic market with 5 or so locations around Denver. The front page special this week is pork spares for $1.49 a pound. This is 50 cents cheaper than the best I've seen locally and $1.50 cheaper than Safeway...
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    Want a BBQ business?

    Wow--with rent that low and utilities included you would not need to do much to break even. Utility bills even for a small restaurant can approach $1000 on their own. I would guess if you could do $500 a day you would be in really solid shape. Use the shop to cater out of too and you would be...
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    Free Apple Wood in IA

    I remember there was a big IA contingent on here so I thought I'd post this up. I've been in Iowa since November but am already moving back to CO after a layoff. I saw this on Craigslist--it's not mine, but it's free and near my hometown of Marshalltown...
  12. zdave

    Whiskey soaked wood chips?

    I would recommend drinking the whiskey for maximum effect. If you insist on cooking with it I would use it in the mop or a sauce.
  13. zdave

    Building an italian offset smoker

    What an awesome post. If someone were considering building a reverse flow smoker, I would assume it would be important to calculate how low to put the drip pan. I would think that a smoker with more space below the drip pan would be capable of higher temperatures limited by how much you can...
  14. zdave

    Looking for the best BBQ in Charlotte?

    This thread will come in handy for me as well. I will be heading to Charlotte later in March and in April. More suggestions are definitely welcome. I'll make sure to check out Elliot's.
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    Good Cook Precision digital thermometer, Safeway in CO, $5.00

    Good luck, it was on a shelf above a display cooler in the meat department.
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    Good Cook Precision digital thermometer, Safeway in CO, $5.00

    I found a Good Cook Precision digital thermometer at Safeway (Quebec and County Line) in the Highlands Ranch/Littleton area. I know there's a few other CO people around that may be able to take advantage of this. I bought two and there appeared to be a dozen left. The regular price was...
  17. zdave

    55 gallons about complete!!!!!!!!!

    That looks like a nice piece with a TON of capacity. I like the three thermometers--good thinking. It will be interesting to see if your drum holds temperature as well as the folks that do not have the side door. I definitely see the attraction in the side door but I wonder what the...
  18. zdave

    3-2-1, more like 3-2-0?

    My ribs (separate thread here) were actually about 4/2/45 minutes. I think that my temperature was a little low because they didn't really pull back from the bones. They came out perfect--you still had to tear them a little from the bone. I was pleased
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    First try at spares

    Here's the final results. The tips came out real nice and only about half of them made it to the fridge--lunch tomorrow. I just unwrapped the ribs and re-mopped for the final hour. It will be too dark and i will be too hungry by the time they are ready for photos, so here they are. Sorry for...
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    First try at spares

    desertlites, you are in Phoenix, yes? Pretty soon I bet you'll be able to smoke without charcoal.
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