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Brisket
In category Pork
Written by billatq

I got my hands on a nice 5 pound flat and a 4 pound roast. I think the brisket will take approximately 8 hours to cook. I have read that people wrap brisket in aluminum foil after cooking and then store it in an ice chest. Why? Also I was thinking of trying to smoke some baked beans but have never tried this before. Can someone please help me out?

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re:Oh I love my ribs!
In category Pork
Written by mic

I have been cooking ribs for sometime now but I keep having a problem with them coming out too crunchy and black on the outside. They taste fine on the inside though. I am using a smoker with an offset firebox. For wood I am using hickory as well as some charcoal. They are cooking at about 235 with a nice rub. I would really appreciate any advice you can give me for getting my baby back ribs

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re:New Charcoal Site customcharcoal.com
In category Barbecuing
Written by mic

Just wanted to let everyone know bout a new site that has been opened for [b:4c473c96b0]Custom Lump Charcoal[/b:4c473c96b0] in Northern California. http:/www.customcharcoal.com

Custom Charcoal is located in North Eastern California in the forest near Mt. Shasta. Mt. Shasta's pristine mountain lakes and rivers, majestic forests, and miles of backcountry provide plenty of timber of all kinds for

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re:credentials after a judging course
In category Barbecuing
Written by Been_Drivin_Crazy

Hi all, I took the judging course at Molalla and have not heard from the KCBS yet. This was a month ago and also their newsletter did not arrive via post, so I am afraid I got lost in their system? I really want to try for a judge in Vegas, any ideas with whom I should talk?

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Preparing pork loin.
In category Pork
Written by jog

I need some instructions as to how to prepare pork loin please. I've got it marinating but need to know how much smoke it will take and what kind of wood chips to use.

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Do you soak your wood?
In category Barbecuing
Written by Spaceantelope420

My father always soaked his wood in water for a few days before using it, so I do the same, seems like a good idea. The idea behind the water soaking is that the wood burns slower, possibly at a more consistent rate to aid in temperature control, and smokes more. Any opinions about this? Pro`s? Con`s? Is this common?
I start out burning charcoal until I have a good fire base, then I add th

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Need help with Char Griller Professional
In category Barbecuing
Written by IamHydrogen1

I picked up a Char Griller at Lowe`s and mail ordered the side fire box. I did three batches of ribs in it before adding the fire box and was fairly satisfied with the results. I had difficulty keeping the temp below 150 though. The ribs took about five hours and weren`t bad. I figured that the fire box would give me more control. It didn`t. The hottest I was able to get my fire up to today w

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Need help with Char Griller Professional
In category Barbecuing
Written by IamHydrogen1

I picked up a Char Griller at Lowe`s and mail ordered the side fire box. I did three batches of ribs in it before adding the fire box and was fairly satisfied with the results. I had difficulty keeping the temp below 150 though. The ribs took about five hours and weren`t bad. I figured that the fire box would give me more control. It didn`t. The hottest I was able to get my fire up to today w

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Spanferkel/roasted pig question
In category Barbecuing
Written by MsBrownsTeahouse

This weekend is German Festival in Milwaukee and they were roasting pigs over lump charcoal (Grove Charcoal, Cedar Grove WI) on turning spits with the charcoal on the ground and temporary walls holding up the spits and turning arrangement. Question is this-one of the guys said the whole dressed pigs were supposed to be under 30# but they ranged from 40-70. DO pigs of this size have any specia

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How many pounds of Charcoal
In category Cooking
Written by Dave Graham

I have a Char-Broil American Gourmet Smoker / Grill, which I believe is one of the smallest offset smoker/grills, question is I would like to know appox. how many pound of lump charcoal will I go through coooking a full rack of ribs using the offset firebox. This is my first usage of the smoker & just would like to get a idea, my guess is about 8 lbs for 4 hrs of cooking at approx 250 degrees

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How much wood chip
In category Pork
Written by Dave Graham

How many cups of hickory wood chip do you put on a side fire box Barrel type smoker??? I use lump charcoal as my fuel.
I am coooking right now so this message reply might not get back to me in time. For right now I what I did was soak about a cup or so of chips in water I started the bbq with my chimney starter then when hot enough I put the charcoal in the bbq then put the wood chip in which I

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