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    concepts for homemade smoker, your thoughts

    That stumps design was interesting. I don't know much about the different designs. What keeps the whole stack of lump from burning at once? It did look like it was well insulated and I like the front door access vs a top door. I was thinking of something similar to this...
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    concepts for homemade smoker, your thoughts

    That's a good question. I like the size of my chargriller. So far, the most I have smoked at one time was two butts. However, I suppose once I get better at it, I would like to feed more people. So, I think at least beig enough for 4-5 butts ought to be adequate for my needs. What are the...
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    concepts for homemade smoker, your thoughts

    I have been giving some thought to making my own smoker. I currently have a chargriller w/ SFB. I have owned it long enough to see where mass production comes before quality. So, I want to build my own smoker. I know how to weld and I have access to a lot of metal fabrication tools. My problem...
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    Time for two butts?

    I hear ya on that one, Bo will get em going. The wind here is relentless! I put the butts on at midnight, 12 hours later they are barely at 150*. I just put em in the oven set at 260*, we'll see how long it takes now. I don't want to rush em, but I'm losing a bad battle here.
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    Time for two butts?

    Husker, Nice graph. Hopefully Big Red's wins will start to climb like your temps did huh?
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    Time for two butts?

    Capt Dan (and others), I modded it a little. I lowered the smoke stack opening to just above the grate. I made a baffle and a tuning plate system. Oh yeah, I also made a rack that supports the coals so I can empty the ash pan without having to remove the burning coals. Because I live in Idaho...
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    Time for two butts?

    Thanks for the replies. I'm using a Chargriller with SFB. I'm definitely going to use two digital thermometers, one for each butt. Actually, I will have three: one for each butt and one for the grate temps. So, I had planned on using temp as a guide and not time, I just needed to figure out how...
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    Time for two butts?

    I know the guideline of 1.5 hr/lb. What if I'm doing two butts? Do I plan for the weight of the two combined or just the heaviest one? Could make the difference of 10-12 hours.
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    Saint Louey style rib trimmings

    I'm going to do some ribs tomorrow, St. Louis style. What should I do with the trimmings? I was thinking of smoking them and since they will be done faster, I would then use them in Dutch's wicked bake beans recipe. What else have you all done with em?
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    Heat and Sweet Glaze

    That is a lot of ginger, but it sounds good. I'm after a sweet heat for some ribs. I might give it a whirl.
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    Baby Ray's

    Thanks for the replies, all those recipes sound great. I'm here in Idaho, should be able to find it somewhere out here. I went the first 30 years of my life not knowing what REAL que was like until I went to Kansas City for grad school. I was hooked then and still can't get enough of it...
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    Baby Ray's

    A few people have recommended that I get some Sweet Baby Ray's as I'm looking to smoke some ribs which will end up with a sort of sweet glaze on em. What I DON'T want is a perfectly good rack of ribs that have been covered with some ubiquitous brand bbq sauce, i.e. Kraft, Stubbs, etc. So, is...
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    How to get nice glaze on ribs?

    I'm trying to get a good moist glaze on my ribs, but not saucey. Like the ones in this thread: http://www.smokingmeatforums.com/for...ad.php?t=14558 Is that just from the sugar in the rub? Or, is it from mopping them with something? I want to do kind of sweet ribs using apricot wood so I...
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    Famous Dave's Cornbread

    Dave's Q is ok for me, just another chain resturant though. However, I have always enjoyed their cornbread muffins.
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    Couple of rib questions

    I'm here in Pocatello
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