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I wanted to smoke some pulled pork but the weather super stars said we were in for some snow this weekend here in Delaware. Guess what? thats right the weather was beautiful.

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haha, that one's on YOU, I smoke in any weather......;)

Granted I don't necessarily ENJOY the process, but if the food is called for,
then a man must smoke.

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Smoked a fatty on Saturday. Fresh, hot sausage stuffed with spinach, mushrooms, onion and cheese and wrapped in bacon. Made up about a dozen jalapeno poppers on the smoker, too.

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Hey guys...it's been a while! Lots of fun catching up on the thread. I've been on a goat kick the past year or so...soooo tasty!

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Did you hit a dog, Luke??

Oops, I see, you claim it's a goat, lol...

I can get leg quarters of goat at el supermercado, maybe I will
brave the goat/mutton barrier one day.

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haha yeah maybe I should have bolded the goat bit :D

You should try it out Brad...I just do salt and olive oil...couple of hours on the smoke...couple of hours in foil...perfecto!

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Cabritto!!!!! :dr:

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:intrigued:

I have a local butcher that slaughters about 100 goat a week and I've always wanted to try it. My dad suggested years ago that I cook one. He has since passed and I still haven't done it. Now I can't wait.

Couple questions. So do you keep this low and slow the whole time and do you take it to 165 or 190? How big of a goat is that dog, ehhhem, goat you have there? Do you prefer any specific smoke?

Thanks!

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They are young goats and are about 8 lbs for a side. The pit is at normal smoking temp...220ish. I don't take the temp on the meat...just smoke it for 2 or 3 hours then foil it for another couple. Once it is sealed in the foil you can't go wrong...it is very forgiving. I may even throw a dash of beer in the foil when I seal it up for extra moist deliciousness. I've used oak, hickory, apple, mesquite...all with success. If you are using mesquite or something heavy like that you may want to keep the smoking time closer to 2 hours. It's a fairly delicate flavor and you don't want to overwhelm it too much.

Do it up...you won't be sorry. Make some cabrito tacos! Corn tortilla, lime, cilantro...mmmm!

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Smoked a couple pounds of pork loin on my grill tonight for dinner. Enjoying the 70* weather in MN.
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I got an apple tree in my yard that I cut chunks off of to smoke with. One of the main branches died and I cut it out and take my chips from the stump. Soak them for a while in water and put them right on the burner. Works pretty good. I put the loin in foil with a little apple juice for the last hour. Turned out great, juicy and fork tender.
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Picked up a 7-bone chuck on Saturday, coated it with a cayenne chili rub and smoked it Sunday with plum wood.

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Nice looking chuckie Adam. Those are one of my absolute favorites!!

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That's where the flavor is.

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That chuckie looks delicious! :tu It's still on my list of things to BBQ.

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Nice Job Adam.

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That looks awesome Adam!

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75 degree weather all week, on vacation = time to fire up the smoker.
15lb brisket, this is the my families favorite.
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Brisket by Jeff Carroll01, on Flickr

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:tu:tu :dr

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Looks ridiculosly delicious.......

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That briskett looks awesome Jeff. I haven't smoked one since Christmas and it was an overwhelming success. My new favorite. I do have to say I am now intrigued by the Chuck roast. Never done one, but that too looks incredible. Thanks and let us know how your briskett turned out.

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Hey Adam, how long do you smoke the chuck roast and what temp do you shoot for? Never done one of those, but your's looks awesome too. Thanks. Steve

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Thanks guys. Like you gator, it's one of my favorites too.

Steve, they're easy, I do them exactly the same as if I were cooking a pork butt.

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:tu Me too!!

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Thanks Steve, it was good, not my best, I think it was the rub I used, wasn't the best one I've used. My mom and in-laws and family loved it, so I won't complain to much.

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Tonight I am gonna cook out some lamb chops, chicken legs, chicken wings and beef ribs. I am never going to lose
any weight, I guess.

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(2) 8lb Boston butts right now. hovering at 209*. Need it to stay there +- 1* for an hour before I go to bed.

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Last Sunday's smoke was an 8 pound pork loin. Apple and cherry wood smoked. We ate half, drank a ton of booze, and went to sleep. Woke up in the morning to find out my brother's dog somehow got a hold of the other half. I'm still pissed about it lol.

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Just finished prepping nine racks of ribs for today's herf. Also putting on about five lbs of my homemade sausage for snacking.

I'll try to take some pics...

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If you are willing to share, Brent, please post a recipe or two of your homemade sausage. I have just begun getting into home sausage making and I would love to hear from a veteran.

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:dr:dr

I can already smell the yum!

I'm going to be cooking for the church in a couple of weeks, and I just recieved some nice venison, so I think some deer sausage may be in order!

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Meal for the gf, kids and I tonight. Went on a while ago. A couple small chunks of Texas style beef ribs and a chuck roast:

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I really don't have a recipe... that being said what I do is really simple and if tonight is any indication it doesn't suck. (I had a bunch over for a herf tonight and the ate about 5 pounds of sausage like it was candy).

I use pork butts or whole shoulders, natural casings, and Leggs Hot seasoning. Leggs is available at any mom and pop butcher around here, but it is also available online. I use is a little heavier than the recipes calls for because I like my sausage a little spicier.

Once you stuff it, let it sit out a little to sweat. Then smoke it on about 150 heat until it is about 145 internal. Then I seal a meal it and use it whenever I need to. All you have to do is heat is up.

As I said tonight... I hate making sausage, but I sure do like eating it:tu

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Thanks.
:)

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No pics from my weekend smoke out. I need to promise myself not to get the big chicken legs again.
They seem to be a specialty of el supermercado, but they are too big to smoke and enjoy. I'd hate to
see these chickens that give up these legs. The beef ribs were the best I have done, and the wings were
phenomenal. I ran out of heat when I was in the middle of cooking my lamb chops, so I ended up finishing them
in the broiler inside....superb, dredged in olive oil, balsamic vineagar, rosemary, garlic and salt and pepper then
seared on a hot grill. Super sweet and tasty.

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For once, the weathermen were right. The break in the rain came through last night as predicted, so I had both smokers fired up. Lox (sockeye) in the cold smoker and home made pastrami in the coal burner.

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9 days was too long of a cure on the pastrami, at least for me, came out kind of salty for my tastes, but it doesn't seem to bother some others. I think next time, I'll cut it back to about 4-5 days.

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Looks great, Adam. My poor smoker has been sitting unattended since the move. I think I will fire that bad boy up this weekend. I will either do a butt or a chuckie, just depends on how I feel at Sam's Club on Friday.:D

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Time for me to cure and smoke some salmon again this weekend.

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After stewing for months that I packed my smoker away for a winter that never showed,
I pulled it out of the shed a few weeks ago, ordered 400 lbs of pellets, and prepared to get my BBQ season underway.
Since then, I've been sick 2 weekends, away for 2, and this weekend looks like rain both days. :bh
I guess I'll have to wait for Easter, when I plan on smoking a turkey.

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Most recent cook was 5 racks of ribs, i did a raspberry chipotle sauce with my own basic rub...Wife made some roasted potatoes, and my sister law made roasted broccoli which was awesome... everyone was very pleased...

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This all looks awesome......so hungry.

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i know just posting it made my stomach punch me, to feed it...

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Care to share the Raspberry Chipotle suace recipe? Those ribs look so good Icould almost smell them.

T

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Most of you know I am horrible about taking pictures... well I didn't disappoint. I once again didn't take any pictures of the case of ribs I cooked last weekend for the Wood Splittin' Herf!!! However, Ogre snapped a pic or two and sent me this one:

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This was taken just before I put them in foil, so still no pic of the finished racks. Fail on my part once again:td

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tsk tsk tsk....I guess you're gonna have to cook up some more ribs til you get it right!...the picture taking part that is!! :D

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..and this thread reminds me....I gotta break the smoker out from winter hibernation!!....maybe Sunday if no rain!!

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This weekend I have on tap a couple of items...I am going to do a rack of beef ribs
that I somehow managed to find with some actual meat on them. Piggly Wiggly markets
2 products, their skinned down to shiners "beef ribs" and a "Boneless Beef Short Ribs"
which is what they call the meat that they stole from me then sold me a rib carcass for
$1.99 a lb. But the Boneless flankens aren't terribly expensive either, so maybe I can
combine the two cuts on the smoker for a nice variety of the same thing, lol.
I talked to the butcher and told him I was gonna want him to save me some actual beef ribs
in one piece later on in April, and he said, 'OK, that's fine.' SO finally I will get to actually
smoke the beef ribs I talk about all the time.....where was I??

OH, yeah. Beef ribs, and if the cool front actually produces cool temps, some Hamburgers and some chicken.
If it just stays hot, I am gonna stop at the ribs. I still have a triple rack pack of small bone spareribs in the freezer
that I need to get done soon, but they will stay frozen for at least a month. I need to start re-evaluating the freezer
and getting ready for Sprummer. I think I am gonna get off the baby back kick this year and go back to plain ol
spares.

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Keith... this time of year always reminds me how lucky I am to live where we don't put our cookers away at any time!! I hope you get to cook brother:tu

There is maybe nothing more disappointing than a rack of beef ribs with no meat on them... and maybe nothing better than a meaty rack. I hope your's are awesome. I have a rack in the freezer from the last cow I killed that I may have to cook this weekend!!

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"Away" for us is putting the smoker under a tarp.

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I'm going to put together an order for pellets from BBQr's Delight. With a 400 # purchase, it's then $7 for a 20# bag plus freight. Way better than $20/bag for Traeger.