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    Well...what do you know, I made it!

    This post is a milestone post for me...Post # 1000. I made it to 4 digits. Smoked a bunch, helped others a bunch, Won a fattie throwdown, built a smoker (or three), cussed and discussed everything from Charcoal to spray bottles. It has been quite a ride.
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    Why Men Should Never Write Advice Columns

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    The Smallest Fire I have Ever Made.

    I have never smoked cheese, but this last weekend I had some free time and decided that I might give it a go. I bought something cheap to experiment with, and I happen to like smoked mozzarella anyway. I don’t have a smoke generator (I plan to build one…stay tuned for that) so I will be using...
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    What's your favorite name for a BBQ Team?

    Hi Everyone, I have to tell you that the creativity around BBQ team names is amazing. Last year, me and Mrs. Engineer were at the American Royal walking around, and taking in all of the sights, smells (and a few beers), and checking out some of the party's. Some of the names were hilarious...
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    Pumpkin Cheesecake

    Use an 8 inch spring form pan for this recipe. If you don’t have one, you should get one. They’re great for thick cheesecake and other delicious deserts. If you don’t want to use a springform pan, this recipe will also work with two 9 inch pie plates. The Cheesecakes will just be smaller. Here...
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    Cutting boards - How long to use, when to discard

    Hi Everyone, I have a question on cutting boards. I have many HDPE type of plastic cutting boards (used these when I cut meat at IBP the summer between high school and college, so I figured they were good to use as they will not dull knives). I have had them for many years, and some of them...
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    SMF's Dude Abides inspired stocking stuffer

    Merry Christmas everyone. When I started posting to the SMF, I met a lot of great people, and always thought that "The Dude Abides" was a peculiar user name. Then one day I was in a neighboring college town and saw a bumper sticker that said "The Dude Abides". What gives? I immediately came...
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    Mrs. Engineer's Christmas gift to her co-workers

    My Wife decided that she would have me cook a bunch of stuff and then throw a luncheon at her work for all of the poor bastages that had to work Christmas Eve Day. I have the day off and can set them up nicely with a table of BBQ. Mrs. Engineer looks like a Rock Star, and I get a draft pick to...
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    My experiment with Hanging Tenders and Clod Tenders

    I picked up some Hanging tenders and Clod tenders at Restaurant Depot because I was unfamiliar with them and wanted to give them a go. They were really cheap too...The hanging tenders were $1.89 a lb and the Clod tenders were $2.54 a lb. They were pretty scary looking but trimmed out pretty...
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    Anyone have experience with hanging tenders or clod tenders?

    Hi everyone, I was at restaurant depot this last weekend, and they had two cuts of meat that I was unfamiliar with. They were hanging tender and clod tender. Does anyone have experience with these and are they good smoked or grilled? I have since learned that the hanging tender is also called...
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    Pic from the Houston / Jacksonville game. Now that's funny!

    This is a picture taken this past Sunday during a timeout at the Texans/Jaguars game.
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    Mrs. Engineer thinks I'm Crazy! With Qview

    Hi Everyone, It is cold here...really cold. In fact the wind chill is supposed to be -20° tonight and it is probably -5° windchill right now. We are having a holiday potluck tomorrow at work, and a lot of people have been wanting me to bring in some 'Que. Sooooooo, I fired up the smoker and am...
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    The Best Cinnamon Rolls You'll Ever Eat

    Hey Everyone, Last weekend Mrs. Engineer mentioned to me that I was making cinnamon rolls for her to take to work this week. To this I promptly responded awesome, I have been wanting some of those anyway. I made two different batches of this, One is Wheat and the other is white. Here we go...
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    Take your Engineer to school day - Help with Sausage Casings

    Hi everyone, Since I got a new grinder, I have made a batch of breakfast sausage that turned out great. Now I want to expand my repertoire and make some links. If you sausage experts could help me out with some pointers and answers to some of my questions, I would appreciate it. First off...
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    The answer to a neighbor's gawdy Christmas lights

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    A Colossal Failure!

    OK...it has been a long time since I have absolutely been disgusted with something that I have smoked...but this is one of those rare ocassions. Let me start out with the meal plan. I think I have been pretty honest about my general apathy for meatloaf. I have never really liked it, and I...
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    An Amazing Success

    Next, gs for bulk. Here is cooking Here is some of the final  
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    3 Cheers for Mrs. Engineer!!!

    Well, here it is, that time of year where everything kind of bunches up on me...Between now and the end of the year I will have a birthday, and anniversary, and Christmas. I no sooner than this morning said that I might be able to eek out a grinder...go ahead, check the record here...
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    Friday Funny Pictures

    Joe, the middle guy, is dressed up as a doctor so that he can take care of these guys when someone beats them up later. McDonald's Mexico WTF #1? I bet this photo was not taken in a church A dog's gotta do what a dog's gotta do Mother of the year Gotta love a business owner with a sense of...
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    Christmas Music already

    Is it just me...I hated scanning through the presets on my radio this last Monday, and there were 2 stations already playing Christmas music...WTF?? They started on November 1st. Now don't get me wrong, I am not a scrouge by any means, I absolutely love the holidays and am more generous and...
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