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    Full Service Catering for 150. Pricing advice needed

    Hey all I need some pricing advice for a wedding I'm being asked to give a quote on. This is a wedding for 150 guests, and they would like Full Service catering. I still have more details to get, but they are looking to do Brisket, Pulled Pork, and Chicken for meats, and sides: Baked Beans...
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    Summer Sausage with Recipe and pics

    Been doing a bunch of summer sausage lately, and really been enjoying and perfecting the process. Here is my most recent run, which was so tasty, and pretty simple. Recipe at bottom. First off, be aware that this summer sausage is not shelf stable. It can be refrigerated for a couple weeks, or...
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    Sous Vide Summer Sausage

    Alright, So this week I decided to try my hand at summer sausage. I was so excited about the process that I jumped the gun without consideration for timing. I started the sausages yesterday in the early afternoon, and they were into the fridge curing by about 2. Anyway, I have too much stuff...
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    Why refrigerate summer sausage?

    I’m whipping up my first ever batch of summer sausage. I picked up a “Backwoods” (LEM) cure/seasoning packet and followed the instructions there. Currently the stuffed casings are curing in the fridge over night. One weird thing is that the packet says “Rifeigerate or freeze finished...
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    Smoke Hollow SH3616DW ???? Anyone use this?

    Hey, So I have been doing some catering on the side, and I am looking to add a cheap yet effective unit with a good amount of real estate. A sort of "Best Bang" situation until I can start making enough money to get something more commercial. I currently use a YS640 and a Traeger Pro 34, and I...
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    Decided to grab a couple Pellet Smokers

    ye everyone, Been cooking on charcoal smokers for a long time, but started to do some catering and needed something to make that a bit easier since I also work a day job, and cant be manning a pit all night, or even having to deal with charcoal. Anyway, after a bunch of research and time I...
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    BBQ Fundraiser for hurricane Harvey Relief

    Well this was a few weeks ago, but the site was undergoing the maintenance at the time. Figured id share now. My competition team/Catering co sponsored a fundraiser to make some money for the Huston Food Bank for hurricane Harvey relief. Was able to get Traeger Grills to donate the rubs, a...
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    Need advice on what to serve for boutique event

    hey guys, BASIC QUESTION: I’ve never done any type of local vendor type event yet (just catering so far), and just trying to mainly get advice on what food offerings I should consider doing. MORE DETAILS: I recently started catering, and got invited to a Chamber of Commerce hosted “Holiday...
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    Hot and Fast Brisket (5 Hours Total!)

    Lately I have been exploring hot and fast techniques, because I have started a catering business on the side, and I just cant manage a 12+ hour cook when I already work a full time job. Anything over 6 hours just wasn't gonna cut it, so I searched and searched and found a few people doing it in...
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    Ribs 3-2-S-H Method, recipe and pictures!

    Okay, okay, so I stumbled on this new "method" by accident, or rather circumstances, and turns out its awesome! Not sure if people already do it this way, just out of making BBQ easier, but I may start to employ this method in competition, if it is legal by KCBS. 3-2-S-H = 3 Hours on smoke, 2...
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    Smoker build Welder under $500??

    Hey guys, I'm gonna start building an RF rig, and probably will build a few after that over time. I'm looking for something that can plug in to 110V that can still get the job done (even if its not ideal). Have no preference for stick/mig ​Otherwise am I way off base and need to get an...
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    Posting photos and Emojis goes to the top of my thread???

    Okay, so over the last few months when I am writing a thread and I want to add a picture or even the little included emojis, say I'm one paragraph down and want to add a pic, it always loads the pictures into the very top of my post instead of where my cursor is at so I have to drag them down...
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    Reverse Flow smoker build need help including calculations

    hey everyone, I'm a long time smoker, but only built UDS smokers up to this poing, and looking to build something on to the back of my trailer that I used for competitions. Okay, so initially I have toyed around with just buying a Oklahoma Joe's smoker and cutting the legs down to mount it, but...
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    Help! How much Brisket and Pork for a party of 30

    Hey everyone, I've skimmed other posts regarding quantities, but not found one that's a combo of Brisket and Pork, so just wanted to pose the question here. I am providing the meat for a friend who is having a party of about 30 people (mostly adults w/some teenagers). He wants Brisket and Pork...
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    Smoked then Sous Vide Boston Butt and Sausage, with Pics!

      Been watching the youtube channel "SousVideEverything" if you haven't seen it, check it out, they are great! Anyway, they do a pork butt where they smoke it for 3-4 hours, then SV for a few days. Anyway, it got me in the mood to try it, so here you go:   So first off, they put theirs in...
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    Weekend BBQ competition lots of Pics

    Been competing in Pro comps for a few months now, having a great time. Thought id share some of my turn ins, and such from the most recent comp this weekend which was a Jack Daniels World Championship, and American Royal qualifier. Please feel free to follow me on Instagram and Facebook, my BBQ...
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    UDS Weber Lid Mod/ Shim Ideas W/Pics

    Wanted to show people what I used as a lid shim to make the Weber Kettle lid fit onto my UDS. Couldn't really find any posts dedicated to this, so wanted people to share what they did for this. (IF YOU WANT TO SKIP OVER MY LONG WINDED TENDANCY, THE PARAGRAPH STARTING WITH  GETS TO THE MEAT OF...
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    3-2-R Method, Ribs Recipe with Q-View.

    Some may have followed along with my recent post when I mentioned this method, but this is my new favorite method for smoking Ribs! I borrowed the basic idea of the method from competition teams.   3-2-R (3 hours on smoke, 2 hours wrapped, R=Rest). The ribs will be tender and juicy, pull from...
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    Brisket and Ribs on the UDS lots of pics along the way!

    My sister is having a party for her kids birthday this tomorrow, so I'm firing up the smoker tonight to do some brisket. Im also gonna thrown on just 1 rack of ribs cause I'm practicing for a competition next weekend, and just wanted 1 more run.  Anyway, so far I've just got the brisket and...
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    Anyone have any idea what this smoker is??? (picture) Please HELP

    someone selling this smoker on a local site. Claiming they got it off a competition team. Anyway, they aren't sure what it is and neither am I. This is the only picture they have up for it and no other description. Want to know if its worth anything??? It looks like it could just be a custom...
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