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    St. Louis Ribs Part 2. Started late!

    Round two of Costco St. Louis ribs. This time, no pan - direct on the grates. Saturday it took about 6 hours to finish at 225 with the pan/bakers rack. I meant to start today's cook at Noon, but got delayed then managed to let the smoker run out of pellets while I was preparing the ribs. I set...
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    Smoking some spare ribs this afternoon

    I bought the St. Louis pack at Costco a couple weeks back when they were on sale for $1.99/lb. for the first time. I opened the back today and was surprised to find they were already trimmed. So much for rib tips, but that's ok. I put some rub on them and put them in the smoker on my new...
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    Corned beef from the freezer

    Hey everyone, I took a package of corned beef out of the freezer today to slow cook later this week. The packaging is expanding which concerns me and leads me to believe this meat is bad. i had another corned beef in the freezer which was bought at the same time post st. Pats last year (use by...
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    Vac pack Pork shoulder from Costco

    Hi everyone, I picked up a pork shoulder in the vac pac a couple of weeks back when it was on sale. It's about time to open and cook. I got the smallest I could find. 12lbs.! Is it going to be one or two? Anyone know? I have a bag of Lumberjack cayenne pepper pellets I plan to use to smoke it...
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    Brisket time.

    Thanks to everyone who offered their advice in my thaw timing thread. The brisket is on and hopefully we will be done by 1 PST tomorrow!
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    Thawing brisket - time?

    I was gifted a brisket from Snake River Farms. It arrived frozen and I put it in the chest freezer. How long should I plan for it to thaw in the fridge? Do you think it’s too late to thaw to smoke on the 23rd?
    • DougCA
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    Costco - Prime Beef Loin whole NY $25 off

    Costco's Black Friday ad usually has the $8 off Pork Loin and $25 off prime NY whole loin. The latter was missing from the ad, but when I went to the warehouse, they had it in store. Of course I had to pick one up. Here in SoCal, this was $12.99/lb and I picked up at 13 lb. cut which came to a...
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    Pork belly ideas

    Costco has the Swift vacuum packaged boneless pork belly for $4.50 off today and I picked one up. I have never smoked one of these. I have done the smaller trimmed pork belly they sell in the styrofoam once. This piece is 9lbs (smallest I could find). Need some suggestions here. Should I smoke...
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    LEM Maxvac Pro

    I picked up a LEM Maxvac Pro at Costco the other day. They have had them online for quite some time (https://www.costco.com/maxvac-pro-chamber-vacuum-sealer.product.100536866.html) and I never could get myself to pull the trigger. I have a Foodsaver that works alright, but as we all know the...
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    My favorite part of a brisket cook

    14 hours in and alarm.
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    So this showed up today unexpectedly...

    I knew I had a gift coming, but wasn't expecting a brisket! 10lb'er trimmed. I guess I'll be cleaning the pellet grill tomorrow as my freezer is packed to the limit already! This will be my third brisket and I can't remember what wood I used before. Probably mesquite or hickory. Fortunately I...
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    Signals vs. Smoke?

    Hello, Has anyone here upgraded from the Smoke to the Signals by Thermoworks? I have the Smoke and like it, but that gateway is a finicky thing that just gets me irritated. I forget what the status lights mean and last time it did not report anything to my app. Thinking of getting the Signals...
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    Smoked some cheese last night in the LG 900 w/cold smoke cabinet - lessons learned

    I am a bit late in the season to cold smoke cheese here in CA as it's still "chilly" at night but warming up. Last year I used an Amaze N tube in the cold smoke cabinet. This year I wanted to use the hopper and generate smoke w/o the tube. I started in the late evening when it was 55 out and set...
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    Thanks, Dicks!

    Ready for the new year!
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    Thinking about turkey on the pellet grill this year...

    I've only smoked beef and pork on my LG900. I was thinking of making a brisket for turkey day this year since I'm really over oven baked ham/turkey, but thought perhaps this would be an opportune time to try and smoke a turkey. It's just the two of us so a whole turkey is a lot of meat, but...
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    Do I need to burn off pork belly fat?

    I made some pork belly strips today. I turned off the LG900 when they reached temp as I had to leave for an appointment. The grill is now cool but am wondering if I should heat it up to high temp to burn off the grease fat from the pork belly. I've never really had any wet looking grease so far...
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    First go at pork belly strips

    Today I did my first pork belly strips smoke. They're in the fridge now cooling getting ready for a few to get seared for dinner. Smells great so far!
    • DougCA
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    Tomahawk from Costco

    I cooked a 2lb tomahawk today. Started at 180 for about 90m, them upped the temp at it was 7pm and I was hungry. Pulled at 126 and seared for about 90 seconds in each side. Came out to a medium in the center which is a bit too done than I prefer but there’s always next time.
    • DougCA
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    Cheese packaging expanding

    I bought this 3 alarm cheese at Sam’s last year. The packaging is expanding. If this was meat, I’d toss it. I’m guessing this is caused by bacteria since it has peppers mixed with the cheese. Should I toss it?
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    I think I ruined a batch today...

    It was about 55 and overcast most of the day and decided to try one last smoke before it warms up. I put the amaz-n tube in the barrel and the cheese in the cold smoke cabinet. One hour later there was no smoke on the cheese. I put the tube in the cold smoke cabinet and checked 90min later and...
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