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Beef-rib or strip roast. Sick of brisket
Chicken- I'm extremely happy with simple spatched-smoked chicken.
Pork- Definitely Ribs. Pork butts and loins are awesome but pretty fool proof. Thanks to Disco's method I've dialed in ribs to where I can just about nail the texture every time, but it's still a work in progress.
Sauce- my brother makes and sells "Carolina pig polish" so why mess with perfection?
Other: Bbally's smoked lox. I've made it several times and it's far and away the best lox I've ever had.
Beef - Brisket, it's my favorite item to smoke, but my leat favorite to eat. Why perfect it then? My family and guests love it!
Chicken - Brined and smoked whole bird. Love the stuff!
Pork - Rolled and stuffed pork loin. I do this a few times a year and it's great. Always tweaking it.
Sauce - I use my Grandmother's sauce recipe and probably won't deviate much from that.
Other( anything you want it to be) - Barbacoa/lengua (whole beef head with tongue). I've done this MANY MANY times, but it's always missing something! I am trying to get it to the flavor I had as a child! I have a feeling that the old timers added a few items I'm not aware of, so I may be perfecting this one for a long time to come!