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    First Brisket/Burnt Ends

    Had some people over this past Sunday and the weather has been awesome so I figured it was as good a time as any to smoke my first brisket. I had seen this recipe from Malcom Reed (HowToBBQRight on YouTube) for burnt ends and have been dying to try it. I highly recommend any of his recipes, they...
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    Dyna-Glo 36" Vertical - 2 Smokes In

    Quick review of my new smoker after the first two smokes. First thing I did was seal up all the seams with high-temp RTV and the doors with LavaLock gasket. After I seasoned it, I added a small cooling rack to the charcoal grate to keep the smaller coals from falling through and then a small...
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    Big Weekend for the Final Smokes on my Cheap Offset

    Thank you, already feels like the rest is history for me as well. By the way, I see you're from Mt. Lebo. I grew up in Peters Township haha, small world.
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    Big Weekend for the Final Smokes on my Cheap Offset

    Thanks! And the baking sheet is actually staying with the smoker, ha. I bought duplicates from Amazon to use in the house 
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    Big Weekend for the Final Smokes on my Cheap Offset

    Hahaha, I actually hope his wife knows what he's getting into... Although she pointed out after the meal on Sunday that she couldn't get enough of the ribs and mac 'n cheese despite being lactose intolerant and rarely ever eating pork haha!
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    Big Weekend for the Final Smokes on my Cheap Offset

    Haha I'll be giving it to my brother and teaching him how to use it, so it's not exactly going into retirement. It'll probably get used less by him but I'm off to bigger and better things.
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    Big Weekend for the Final Smokes on my Cheap Offset

    After years of wanting to get into smoking, I finally bought one after moving into a house at the beginning of this summer. Went onto Amazon and bought the cheapest one, knowing that I was going to just learn with it all summer. What I didn't know was how much steeper I made the learning curve...
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    New Dyna-Glo vertical offset smoker

    I just bought the Dyna-Glo 36" vertical charcoal smoker, no offset. I figured it was time to upgrade from my cheap Char-Broil horizontal offset after learning/playing around with it all summer. Seems like a great deal on Amazon, really looking forward to it coming. Unfortunately, shipping as...
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    Easy Way to Light Unburned/Leftover Charcoal?

    Cleaning up after a few smokes, I realized I was ending up with a decent amount of charcoal that went unburned during the smoke. Most of them come from underneath the bottom grate in my firebox. This last time around, I decided to save most of the bigger pieces (anywhere from marble to golf ball...
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    New Smoker from NE Florida

    Born and raised in the Pittsburgh area, I grew up for the first 20 years of my life thinking "BBQ" was just anytime you threw something on the grill. I started watching Food Network and saw what actual BBQ was and tasted it for the first time after moving to FL. Ever since, I knew it was...
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