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    Favorite beer while smoking and/or eating BBQ?

    No doubt! At my first time competing at The Jack Daniels World Invitational BBQ I almost got arrested for drinking in my cooking space!! Haha!
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    Favorite beer while smoking and/or eating BBQ?

    I hear that! Living in New England we have unlimited access to some amazing hoppy beers! Basically, I’m drinking all Trillium and Treehouse at this point, for IPA’s anyway.
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    Bone in Leg Question

    I figured I’d post some results on the cook. I ended up going with boneless legs and a lot of shanks. Seared off and then braised with roasted tomatoes, ancho chilis, garlic, cumin seeds, and beef broth. I cooked them till 200-205 IT, rested, strain and degrease the braising liquid, pulled the...
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    Any reason why not.

    I think you will have one real hot spot under the charcoal, and the rest of the grate wouldn’t heat up to where you would want it for searing steaks.
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    Bone in Leg Question

    I love lamb. Chops, leg, belly, I love it. A perfectly cooked leg of lamb can be spectacular! I always cook mine to mid rare. However, next weekend I’m doing pulled lamb for tacos. I had planned on using shanks or shoulder, but I’m having a hard time sourcing out the amount I need. I’ve seen...
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    Favorite beer while smoking and/or eating BBQ?

    Homebrewer here, too! Cheers!
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    My Brick Pit/Tuscan Grill Project

    Fantastic job! Seriously awesome. I’ve been to Tuscany a few times and that is exactly what the grills look like there! We rent a house when we are there and absolutely love cooking on one of those. You’ve inspired me to build one of my own! Thanks! Mike
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    Beef and Cast Iron

    Yeah, like @chilerelleno pointed out, it’s that beautiful, fatty, delicious outer edge of the prime rib roast. Most good butchers would be happy to trim it off for you, and will charge you a ton for it. What I do is buy a whole prime rib roast and peel it off myself. You can still use the inner...
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    Beef and Cast Iron

    Thanks, @dls1 ! I did not stuff the cap. I like heavy salt and pepper, and a little garlic powder on beef. Cheers!
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    Beef and Cast Iron

    The bone marrow butter is crazy good! I can’t cook a steak without it now. I think that’s why I like cooking steaks/roasts in a cast iron pan. You get to baste the meat with butter, rosemary, garlic, and its own juices, and fat. The recipe that @chilerelleno posted is pretty much what I do. I...
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    Beef and Cast Iron

    Rolled rib eye cap, bone marrow butter, rosemary, garlic. Seared on cast iron cooked over coals. Anyone else prefer cooking steak in a cast iron pan instead of on the grill? I like doing this way: in the cast iron, but I still get to use the coals. Cheers, Mike
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    Anyone still around in NE???

    Massachusetts here!
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    Favorite beer while smoking and/or eating BBQ?

    When I’m cooking BBQ I gravitate towards local IPAs from Trillium or Treehouse. There’s something about drinking beer from a can around a grill or smoker that just feels so right. But when I’m eating BBQ, or most foods actually, I drink sour beers like Cantillon from Belgium, or tart saisons...
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    Making my first ham..Need Help

    Tiggs, good luck on your first ham and your first Webber Kettle! Awesome stuff! Also, I’m sorry if I’m kinda hijacking this thread. After you guys pointed out nitrite degredation, I did a lot of research on it. And, of course, you guys are 100% correct. It’s also overwhelming how many...
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    Making my first ham..Need Help

    Wow, thanks for the info!
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