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    My Butt is Enhanced, Is that Bad?

    It'd be nice to come up with a list of sources of unaltered meat. This "enhanced" stuff has been run thru machines injecting it with liquid containing nitrates and related stuff. Makes it last long, tenderizes- makes it a lot heavier and bad for your heart. That's all I know.
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    Fresh meat ;)

    Hello! Glad to find my way here. I've been grilling on Weber grills for years now and improved on it a lot when I found real lump charcoal. Same for smoking, though I intend to get real good at it. The inexpensive vertical units with a bowl of liquid over the coals are great to start with, and...
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    Lump Charcoal At Sams Club

    Some pieces have tendency to spark a lot and those will burn your skin... or clothes, so watch out! ;) For a grill I'll stick the torch tip in the grates and walk away.
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    Parchment Paper VS foil

    No one mentioned the much debated "aluminium Alzheimers" problem. Food acids (not just vinigear or citrus juices) dissolve aluminium and digesting that stuff time after time is said to cause certain changes in the brain. Wrap foil is not the anodized (tough finish) cookware. But cheap raw...
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    Where are you from Poll

    Northwest suburbs of Chicago, but often boating, grilling and fishing on Lake Koshkonong in SC Wisconsin!
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    Lump Charcoal At Sams Club

    I have a propane soldering torch that works off the small blue bottles and has like a 2' long hose that I use to start my lump charcoal in grills and smokers. Works like magic, I use it right in the grill or smoker. Quick, no petroleum odor. Chimneys work too, but this is so simple and quick. My...
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