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  1. cocoafloridaboy

    For You Smokers near Gainesville, Florida....

    Hello All, At the Home Depot at 13th and 63rd in Gainesville, Florida, there is a WSM 18.5 for 179 bucks! Good deal. I'd get it, but I don't need it. They have one. I was just there. Kevin
  2. cocoafloridaboy

    The smoke was a boiling.....

    Driving down the road today and I saw all this smoke in front of me. A black Tahoe was pulling a 6-8 foot smoker on a trailer and the smoke was just a pouring out of her. I shoulda followed him. kevin
  3. cocoafloridaboy

    How to use Lump Charcoal...

    Hello Guys, Always used Kingsford Briquettes, gonna use some B+B Oak Lump Charcoal tonight on a couple of butts from Sam's. Do I use it the same way or what? Thanks for any help. Oh yeah, smoking on an 18 inch WSM.  Thanks for any advice and have a great Independance Day!  .Kevin
  4. cocoafloridaboy

    Oklahoma Joe Longhorn on sale...

    Hey Guys, On sale at Lowe's till the 5th of July. Thought some people might be interested. Happy Fourth of July!!! Kevin
  5. cocoafloridaboy

    First time making Sausage!

    Hello, All! I've always been a sausage lover. Buy every different kind I find in the store and at farmers markets. All of them good but not spicy enough. Just all the same, more or less, but good. Sausage for the masses. The wife has a KitchenAide and the kids bought me the grinder and stuffer a...
  6. cocoafloridaboy

    Have an excellent 4th of July!

    Hope you have a great one and thanks to all vets for their service to keep us free! kevin
  7. cocoafloridaboy

    How to place charcoal in WSM 18...

    Hello, Ladies and Gentlemen,  The Digi Q directions say to pile up the charcoal and dump 25 burning lumps on top and let her go. I always did the circle of charcoal and lit one end. Any advice on that subject? Will it work either way? Thanks for any reply. Kevin
  8. cocoafloridaboy

    Drowned my brand new DigiQ DX2....

    Hello all you 'Mokers, Got my new DigiQ the other day. Took it and the smoker to Gainesville, gonna do an all night smoke for everyone. Set it up, got the DigiQ running with no problem. Working with the blower damper. Got everything running nicely in just 30 minutes or so. Pretty amazing how...
  9. cocoafloridaboy

    What is Ramp on Digi Q DX2?

    Hello All! Haven't posted in a year but smoking occasionally. Went to a small "Barbecue and Blues" contest the other day and got to see how the big boys do it. Everyone had some sort of blower so I got me a DX2.  Thing is, I don't know what  the ramp setting does! Can you fill me in? I've been...
  10. cocoafloridaboy

    Cajun Pork Butt, a process....

    Hello All, 0500 here in Cocoa, FL. Butts are on! Temps 243. 18" WSM. About my 20th butt. Refining my Cajun Recipe. Of course, I'm not Cajun, been there for a few months, a long time ago. Made an injection of 3 cups apple juice, a little more than 1/2 cup Tony Chachere's, 1/4 cup onion and...
  11. cocoafloridaboy

    Happy Memorial Day and Thank You!

    To all of those that served to keep this country free. I turned 18 in 1973. War was over. I remember going to get my draft card. My Dad told me to go. I wasn't really thinking about it. I was chasing girls and smoking cigarettes. I do remember watching it on tv and since I lived outside of...
  12. cocoafloridaboy

    Brisket too big....

    Hello,All you Smokers! I bought a brisket and it's too big for my WSM18. What are my options, please? I could just squeeze it in. It's an inch or so too long. What do you think? Kevin
  13. cocoafloridaboy

    Wagyu Beef? Anybody try any?

    Hey, Guys and Gals, Noticed that the BBQ Guru sold "competition meat" way down at the bottom of the web page. Looked nice. 10 bucks a lb for brisket. Then again, read an article by some big time smoker in Texas that he couldn't tell the diff in a blind taste test and actually picked the cheaper...
  14. cocoafloridaboy

    We Be 'Mokin...With Q View..

    Ok, Lets see if I can do this......    Unwrapped in am after I get home from the night shift...    On the 'Moker, WSM 18, loaded up with Kingsford and Hickory chunks...    Ok, lets see if this works... Kevin
  15. cocoafloridaboy

    First 2 smokes completed.....

    Hello, All, Started with an 8.5lb chicken. Split in half and placed on WSM 18 on top rack. Kept temp about 225-250 with built in thermometer. It was good. Nothing spectacular, just good. Took 5 hrs to come up to temp 175. Few days later put a 9lb boston butt on it with a Maverick 733 or some...
  16. cocoafloridaboy

    New Guy....

    Hello All!  New to this great forum and I appreciate all the stuff I gleaned/learned in the last month or so. Had a hankering to smoke something since I saw the guy at the marina smoking butts on a Pitt's Spitt that was twenty years old. Boy, them butts looked good! So, started checking it out...
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