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    Issue at COSTCO today

    Been going through a real hard time recently with a sick child who is receiving care out of state with my wife right now. They’ve been gone for over five weeks. H s had issues for 7 years now and it has really worn me (and my wife) down to the bones. Just feeling bad and stressed out so I...
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    Fried turkey breast question

    Been doing fried turkeys for many years. Probably over the past seven or eight years we’ve just gotten a 7-8 lb turkey breast and deep-fried it. Usually takes about 45 minutes or so to cook. I’d like to have it done early this year and was wondering about something. Do you think it can be...
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    Normal for a Blackstone?

    Had my griddle for a little over 2 years. Have a top and keep it covered too. Was out cleaning it up today and noticed the storage shelf underneath looked real dirty. After wiping it down I noticed the paper towel looked orange. The rust was on the storage shelf but the shelf wasn’t rusting...
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    Ribs today - first

    No, not the first time I’ve done ribs. But the first time I’ve done St. Louis ribs. I’ve probably done two dozen racks of baby back and just have never done St. Louis. After watching a lot of YouTube videos, mainly mad scientist BBQ, I decided to give the St. Louis a try. Got a pack of three...
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    Filet mignon

    So I’ve cooked many steaks on the Blackstone Griddle and love it more than any other way. Taste is subjective though, so I won’t tell you it’s the best. I’ll let the pics do the talking. I’ve done plenty of steak dinners with traditional sides but changed it up a little. Steak salad, and it’s...
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    Best wings I’ve done

    Did these on the Rec Tec 700. I’ve tried them several different ways over the past month or so. I can say with certainty the ones yesterday were the all around best. And when I say all around best, I am talking from the meat itself being juicy and tender and the skin being crispy, as well as...
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    First time butt with pellets

    So I have cooked plenty of pork butts on my weber smoky mountain. Have always turned out great. Now that I have gotten a recteq, I am still new to it. I have done ribs, chicken thighs, wings and they’ve all turned out good. Want to do the pork butt and have a question. I still want to get a...
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    First time wings on Rec Teq 700

    Have watched several videos on YouTube posted by guys at rec teq and I’m kind of confused. It seems depending on which video you watch, they give you different temperature and cooking instructions. The one I am going with is one of the first ones I watched. I was wondering what you all think of...
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    Which pellet smoker is a good one?

    I have had a weber smoky mountain for about five or six years now. While I really like it, I’m just looking for something a little more convenient as life has gotten busier. More of a “ set it and forget it” type of smoker. I was in Costco last week and they had a special on Traegers but I...
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    Did I mess up?

    So I smoked some chicken breast on my WSM a few hours ago. I got it up to around 425 because I had the door open on the side before I put the chicken on so it got hot. Ended up smoking chicken around 325 after I closed the door. Shut all vents down while eating because I am smoking a butt...
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    Help with bone in chicken breasts

    So I haven't had real good luck with chicken grilling or smoking not sure what I'm doing wrong or maybe I'm expecting too much. I've had chicken from barbecue restaurants and was really tender and just awesome all around. Can't seem to duplicate that experience so I'm going to try again, I was...
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    Wings....brine them or no?

    I'm going to do wings on the smoker. One grate will have the wings injected with Frank's red hot and sprinkled on the outside with Cajun rub. The other grate will have wings with just a sweet dry rub. Is it a waste of time to bribe wings since they are so small? Just wondering if it would...
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    Using a rack?

    So my wife bought me one of those racks that you can stick the jalapeños in straight up-and-down. All the recipes I've seen online show the peppers being cut in half and then wrapped. If I were to use that rack when everything is done would you slice them in half lengthwise or just eat them...
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    First time using WSM this weekend

    So some of you might have seen the thread I started a week or 2 ago.  My wife surprised me with a 18.5" WSM for an anniversary gift.  Put it together and it's been sitting in the garage for 2 weeks.  I've been wanting to try it out so bad but I have a full time day job and then have a landscape...
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    Free pecan wood....should I get it?

    My wife just found someone on Facebook had a pecan tree cut down. She sent me the pic and it looks very recent. Huge pieces of the trunk have been cut into stumps about 2 feet in length. Is it worth going to get some of it for free? I imagine it needs to be seasoned like firewood before you...
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    Surprised with a new WSM

    Wife got me the 18.5 inch for our anniversary. Just got into smoking about 1 year ago and had been using the webber kettle grill.  What a surprise, I'm really excited to have so much more smoking space and I'm assuming the temp is a little easier to control.  Been doing a lot of reading on this...
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    Adding charcoal?

    I just want to make sure of something.  When I am doing a short smoke, like an hour or so for wings and I'm using lump charcoal, I usually need to add more charcoal before the wings are done.  From starting the full chimney and dumping it until the temp. settles in then putting the wings on...
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    My first "long" smoke

    So as some of you all know I am going for my first  boston butt this coming weekend.  Several of the guys on this site have been VERY helpful posting in the thread I started about 4th of July boston butt.  Gotten some good info through PM's too.  I thought I was all set but then got to thinking...
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    Boston butt over 4th of July

    Will be my first attempt. Don't have a true smoker,will be using a 22" weber kettle grill. Is a 5 lb butt too small? Any tips would be appreciated.
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