Learned a tough lesson

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9/7/2018 8:29pm Edited Date/Time 9/11/2018 5:14pm
I was smoking 6 racks of ribs, but couldn’t figure out why my smoker wasn’t working right. The air flow seemed ok with the doors open, but temps would drop if I closed them. Plus, the color of the smoke was off. Anyways, the ribs turned out like crap.

Lesson I learned was to check the smoke stack. A damn bird made her nest in there and messed it all up. Smoke was coming out, but not the right kind. If that makes sense.

Check the smoke stacks is my advice or you will be out of money
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SEE ARE125
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9/7/2018 8:33pm Edited Date/Time 9/7/2018 8:36pm
Sucks the ribs were no good, did the eggs taste any better? Grinning

Noticed a bees nest in the stack of my grill the other day. Nature’s way of saying I need to grill out more.
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9/7/2018 8:34pm
Had to give this one the thumbs down just for the suck factor. Six racks of ribs ain’t cheap.
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9/7/2018 9:07pm
Got a 18lb brisket on there (Texas style) trying to redeem myself at the moment
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9/8/2018 7:55am
JRT812 wrote:
Got a 18lb brisket on there (Texas style) trying to redeem myself at the moment
If your in Ohio I’d like to join for supper Grinning

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9/8/2018 4:33pm
That sucks about the ribs. I'm guessing your dog's weren't that sad though. How'd that big old brisket turn out?
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9/9/2018 11:33pm Edited Date/Time 9/9/2018 11:33pm
Man the thumbs down trolls are real.
That was me, and I said as much in my post (because it sucks JRT lost six racks of ribs).
9/11/2018 9:08am
JRT812 wrote:
Got a 18lb brisket on there (Texas style) trying to redeem myself at the moment
18 pounds?! That's huge. Brisket is $6 a pound here. I'd have to take out a loan to buy 18 pounds of brisket. Wink
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9/11/2018 1:01pm
plowboy wrote:
That sucks about the ribs. I'm guessing your dog's weren't that sad though. How'd that big old brisket turn out?
Came out pretty good. Smoke ring was decent and the bark had decent flavor. The wife hacked it up using the wrong knife and not knowing to cut against the grain on the point and flat. She was trying to help me as I was cleaning up outside, but outside of that was good. Long night cleaning my smoker and then throwing it on there after my disaster with the ribs. Went on at 11pm and came off at 12pm something the next day. Settled in the cooler for about 2 hrs. It started raining during it but I was set on maintaining the temps



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JRT812
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9/11/2018 1:07pm
JRT812 wrote:
Got a 18lb brisket on there (Texas style) trying to redeem myself at the moment
18 pounds?! That's huge. Brisket is $6 a pound here. I'd have to take out a loan to buy 18 pounds of brisket. Wink
She was the biggest I have done. I usually get much smaller but all the butcher had at the time was in the 17-18 pound range. I finished a pretty big landscaping job that week and decided to got for it. The plus side is I had some extra to try something new with my Brunswick stew I made this morning. Usually chicken, pork and beef is what I use but, I added some of the brisket to it as well this morning when I made it.


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9/11/2018 1:32pm
Looks good.

Chop some of that up and make a loaded baked potato. Or make some brisket quesadillas. Or some brisket soft tacos.

Yum!!
JRT812
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9/11/2018 2:07pm
TXDirt wrote:
Looks good.

Chop some of that up and make a loaded baked potato. Or make some brisket quesadillas. Or some brisket soft tacos.

Yum!!
Thanks my man! Did brisket tacos last night and they were amazing
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9/11/2018 4:59pm
I like to chop some up with onions, mushrooms and eggs all scrambled together. They kick bbq beans up a notch too. Good job buddy...and good eatin'.
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9/11/2018 5:14pm
plowboy wrote:
I like to chop some up with onions, mushrooms and eggs all scrambled together. They kick bbq beans up a notch too. Good job buddy...and good...
I like to chop some up with onions, mushrooms and eggs all scrambled together. They kick bbq beans up a notch too. Good job buddy...and good eatin'.
Outside of the mushrooms, that sounds amazing great idea and thanks for the kind words!
9/12/2018 3:23am
Where’s the burnt ends? Looks good. Never once thought to check the smoke stack, but i fire the pits up several times a month

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