Hello from Hawkeye, IA

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jjpoor

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Sep 23, 2009
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Hawkeye, IA
My name's Jeremy Poor. From Hawkeye, Iowa. Mid 30s. Married. 2 kids, 2 dogs. Hunt. Fish. Drink. Eat. Experimental cook. I'll try anything once. I have a 36" Cabelas vertical LP smoker and Chargriller grill. Lived in Abilene, Texas (Dyess AFB) for 3 1/2 years and became a huge fan of brisket. Cooked my first two briskets mid-June. 1st one was a whole that went 14.5#s, smoked with a blend of apple, cherry, mesquite. Dry rubbed with a little of everything that sounded good. No moppin' sauce on it. It turned out better than I imagined it would with everyone complimenting the grillmeister. I look back and realize I made a couple of mistakes, mainly not wrapping it and letting it rest in a cooler for a while. 2nd one was a flat cut that was maybe 5#s. I dry rubbed it with a garlic, cracked pepper, and Cavender's greek seasoning. Smoked it with the same blend of woods. After the first 2 hours I sprayed it with Welch's Orange pineapple apple. Wrapped it and sent it to work with my wife. She's a nurse and fed it to her coworkers. Big round of applause. One lady called and told me that "If I knew beef could taste like this, I'd actually eat it" Going after the 3rd try this weekend. I've smoked wild turkey too. Need to change the way I did that though. Done a few fatties. My favorite was bratwaurst meat with a spicy alfredo shrimp in the middle. Done chickens many different ways. Still waiting to do some pork butts and ribs. Those will probably be for the holidays though. Just a little about me.

JP
 
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Welcome from a fellow Iowan. I'll be damned...... I had no idea there was actually a Hawkeye, IA. I swear I've been thru about every town, but had never heard of it before.
 
Jeremy, welcome to the best smoking site on Mother Earth, SMF that is. Nice introduction, looking forward to your next smoke and Q too.
 
Wow, I great up in Lake Okoboji Iowa (Iowa's tourist trap). Here is a history lesson for all your smokers.....Lake Okoboji is one of only 3 blue water lakes in the world....thus the tourist trap. I have been through a lot of towns in Iowa..but honestly never heard of Hawkeye....where aboot is it?
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Hawkeye is an hour away from the Minnesota border and and hour from the Wisconsin border in Northeast Iowa. 2 miles south of Hwy 18. Pretty much, it's right by nothing.
 
jjpoor;362701 said:
Hawkeye is an hour away from the Minnesota border and and hour from the Wisconsin border in Northeast Iowa. 2 miles south of Hwy 18. Pretty much, it's right by nothing.

Wow.....Highway 18....hmmm that goes through Spencer, Algoona, Mason City? Traveled that road a lot. Is Hawkeye by a town call St. Ansgar? I think I was at some festival there once where they pride themselves on being able to drink 2 or more semi trailers full of Old Style beer on a weekend.
 
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