The trick is to smoke the meat and not make the meat smoke
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January 2010

Kingsford Competition Briquettes - Second Thoughts

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A few weeks ago in the oh so cleverly titled blog entry: Kingsford Competition Briquettes I wrote a blog giving my initial impressions about this new (to me) charcoal. I’ve cooked with them a couple more times now and this blog will be a follow up to those initial impressions. Read More...
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Measuring Up

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The combination of some free time on my hands, the desire to grill, together with some cold and windy weather has seen me find some new ways of using two of my thermometers. The thermometer shown above: the Bonjour Laser Probe Combo Thermometer is proving to be very useful indoors as well. This short blog entry will describe the new uses I have found for both the Bonjour and the Maverick Redi-Chek ET-72 dual probe remote read thermometer.
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Expect the Unexpected

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I had a very strange cook yesterday, and I think the only explanation is sometimes you just have to expect the unexpected. To begin at the beginning: I decided almost on a whim to make a smoked chuck roast after reading some posts on the Barbecue Bible message boards. I love pot roast and I love smoked food so the combination of the two should be great, right? Well I’d tried it in the past (see PIT POT ROAST) and the results were mixed. I decided to try it again using chuck roast. The recipe I found on the Virtual Weber Bullet web site had three things that gave me hope this recipe might be the one. The first was it used chuck and not bottom round and I’ve used chuck for other things in the past and it was quite good. The second was the rub used here: A blend of powdered brown gravy mix plus powder ranch dressing & Italian dressing mix. Lastly this recipe had you cook carrots and potatoes in with the roast for the last couple hours, just like a New England boiled dinner. However this is where things started getting interesting. Read More...
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iPhone BBQ Buddy - Weather Bug Elite

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It is amazing how much information our smart phones allow us to bring with us, wherever we go. WeatherBug Elite is a 99 cent iPhone app that turns your iPhone into a portable weather information station. While this can be really handy for cooking related tasks, the weather impacts just about every aspect of our lives. I wanted to do a log of my pork roast cook recording time, temperature and weather conditions. The air temps were in single digits and I knew this would be an important cook to log for future reference. Weather Bug Elite makes it easy to see current and future conditions.

There are other weather apps for the iPhone, so why did I choose Weather Bug Elite. Read More...
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