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    Alarm bells going off! No more Starbucks Ethiopean beans?

    I love coffee made in a Nespresso Verturo coffee machine BUT Nespresso no longer offers starbuck branded Ethiopean Vertuo cups. I'm freaking out, I finally find my favorite coffee in Verturo pods and now this! Starbucks shows no longer available when I try to buy beans direct. I can buy non...
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    Texas Twinkies and a question about freezing cheese mix..

    Funny you mention that, I just had some on a baked potato! It rocked.
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    Texas Twinkies and a question about freezing cheese mix..

    Too late, my daughter already raided the fridge..
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    Texas Twinkies and a question about freezing cheese mix..

    Saw these on YouTube and realized I'd never added chopped burnt ends to my "poppers". Cheese mix with Honey Hog dust added along with green salsa inside. Outside gets Honey Hog dust over the thick cut bacon too, followed by a wipe down with Killer Hogs bbq sauce. I cooked these in the oven, did...
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    New BBQ sauce offerings (to me anyway).

    Just found these at my local HEB in South Austin Tx. I love the Havana "flavor" and while the other two are good, I'm not a fan of liquid smoke flavors and both have some. Here's the ingredient listings, nothing too weird.
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    Three point cuts of brisket, want to do burnt ends

    The point is ALL I buy these days, best part of the cow, dino rib meat aside (ok maybe a two inch porterhouse too). After you cube it up, put the cubes back in the smoke for an hour or three to develop a good bark on the non exposed sides, then add sauce and pan, or not.
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    Temp is cooler near the surface than in the middle. What gives?

    As the internal moisture transfers to the ambient air it evaporates and that state change from liquid to gas lowers the temp where the moisture exits. Also sometimes the probes are too close to the bottom of the meat where you will pick up grate temps. I still struggle with probe placement, I've...
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    Heads up...Costco has Kingsford Pro Comp back in stock!

    My complaint with the Kirkland is it's terrible when trying to reuse half or quarter burned briquettes. The used B+B and Kirkland crumble when picked up to place in a starter chimney. Kingsford Pro/Comp briquettes can be relit over and over until the leftovers are too small to use, and they stay...
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    Heads up...Costco has Kingsford Pro Comp back in stock!

    I was surprised to find a palate full at the Costco in SouthWest Austin Sat, they had switched to Kirkland brand and after trying that variation, and I was very dissapointed, so I grabbed two combo packs. On second thought I should have grabbed more. A few months ago I called Costco corporate...
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    need some clarification

    Smoke is a natural preserative, that's all we had until the fridge was invented. Ice was also harvested and stored in bunkers for warm weather use but I'm sure most folks especially farmers and poor folk relied on smoke only.
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    Can hickory be too fresh?

    Hit Amazon for a moisture meter, they are cheap and very useful. You need internal wood moisture to be around 20%, less is better but around 14% is ideal. Too wet and it burns funny and creates denser coals that get too hot, which prevents adding more wood in an effort to create smoke. You want...
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    Smoking brisket advice please.

    If your oven has a low temp setting of 150, just wrap in foil and pan it to "hold" it until you slice. Most all BBQ joints hold cooked briskets for a LONG time before serving, overnight is normal. A Cambro works to hold cooked brisket too but they are spendy.
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    Perhaps off topic but hunters are dying from eating meat taken from deer with CHD

    Field and stream magazine put out an article stating that two hunters who consumed meat harvested from a buck with chronic wasting disease have died. Apparantly it's a thing.
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    Dumb question

    ACE can order in, at no shipping cost to you, bagged B+B post oak splits. That's how/where I get mine and it works great in my offset.
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    Best burger press ever!

    Just wait, money well spent.
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