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Fresh Fruita Peach Wood!

By on November 1, 2012 in Equipment, Tips and Tricks

Came home from work today and had my first order of smoke wood from Fruita Wood Chunks sitting on my front porch.  Fruita is one of the largest and most popular online smoke wood retailers.  I normally get smoke wood from local wood vendors or chain stores like Lowes or Home Depot, but I’ve heard [...]

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The Smokenator

How to turn your Weber charcoal grill into a smoker

By on July 1, 2012 in Equipment, Tips and Tricks

I’ve had a lot of people on my YouTube channel ask me various questions about slow smoking on my 26.75″ Weber One Touch Gold Charcoal Grill.  Up to this point, my current setup has been fairly straight forward and I generally follow this process: I place a few chunks of my favorite smokewood along one [...]

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How To Slow Cook a Boston Butt on a Weber Charcoal Grill

By on May 7, 2012 in Pork, Tips and Tricks

A lot of you out there that may love to BBQ, but might not be super serious about it and probably don’t have a smoker of some kind, but you at least have a trusty ol’ Weber charcoal grill (or “kettle”) sitting on your back porch.  A while back I posted about the 26.75″ Weber [...]

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Operating a BBQ Guru DigiQ DX with a Weber Smokey Mountain

By on February 25, 2012 in Equipment, Tips and Tricks

In a previous post, I shared a video of me unboxing a BBQ Guru DigiQ DX temperature controller.  In that video, I briefly walked through the various components to the DigiQ DX setup and discussed various options with building the kits out.  I also mentioned that at a later date I would post a video [...]

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Boston butt injection marinade

By on January 21, 2012 in Boston butts, Equipment, Marinades / Brines / Glazes, Pork, Tips and Tricks

I’ve been reading a lot on the forums about how a lot of the competition guys inject marinade into pork shoulders, briskets, hams, turkeys and chickens.  A lot of the feedback I hear is that while the rub is good for the outside bark and certainly provides a ton of flavor, injecting marinades deep inside [...]

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Baby back ribs: From start to finish

By on January 8, 2012 in Ribs, Rubs, Sauce, Tips and Tricks

Most of you that know me well know I prefer baby backs over any other BBQ out there.  I’ve had some amazing brisket, pulled pork, spare ribs, fish, etc…but when I’ve had a long and stressful week, there is nothing quite like throwing some baby backs on the WSM and sittin’ back with a beer [...]

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