How long are you smoking them? Grill or actual smoker?

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3.5 hours or so with mesquite wood chips soaked overnight.

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Nice. Are you using indirect on a charcoal grill or an actual smoker?

Just asking because I'm thinking about developing a quicker method than using my smoker - maybe using my gas or charcoal grills for a quicker slab.

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My grill is a bit bigger than this one but you get the point. Bought the grill a couple years ago and got the side smoker as a gift from the wife.

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Thanks. Enjoy.

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I really wish I would have taken a picture of the ribs. Started the grill around 3 and they came off around 6:30 due to time restraints(i.e. a waking baby). Not much of a smoke ring but I could taste the smoke in them still. Might have been the best I have ever made and quite a bit better than the new BBQ place that just opened down the street. So good.

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I'm sure many of you have grilled brats/sausages in beer. Well, last night I decided to use an IPA. An IPA I didn't like to begin with. Figured I would cook with it, rather than just dump it down the drain. Bad choice. The onions that cooked in the beer tasted so bad. Never again.

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The same as cooking with wine - you have to make sure it's something you would actually drink.

Lesson learned. I quickly figured out why the sixer of Bridgeport IPA was on sale for $5.

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I like Bridgeport IPA...

I'm thinking of picking up an electric smoker. Anyone have one? Recommendations?

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I have a Masterbuilt that I picked up at Cabelas which does a nice job. It has 4 racks and will control heat very well.

http://www.cabelas.com/product/Camping/Outdoor-Cooking/Smokers-Accessories%7C/pc/104795280/c/104754780/sc/104582880/Masterbuilt-30-Electric-Smoker-with-Meat-Probe/1316456.uts?destination=%2Fcatalog%2Fbrowse%2Fcamping-outdoor-cooking-smokers-accessories%2F_%2FN-1100709%2FNs-CATEGORY_SEQ_104582880&WTz_l=DirectLoad%3Bcat104582880

A very timely bump...me likey...

Had some folks over for steaks on Saturday...add two more people to the list of those who say I've ruined restaurant steak for them...I've tried telling all these people it's all about getting a good cut and sticking to a system for the preparation, but they insist I have some sort of magic touch or something.

Now, hamburgers...I'm the suck...did some Sunday and they turned out pretty average at best.

Works that way with pop too.

Oh yeah. My steak and chicken on the grill are amazing. Make me cook burgers, and I look like it's my first time.

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really? Burgers are easy...slow and medium low, allow it to cook...don't heat rape your ground meat.
High heat will destroy a burger. I only high heat at the end for 30 seconds a side to burn off the grease. then low heat and cover to melt the cheese.

That should be your mission this summer. Grill a better burger.

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Well, in my defense...

1) I've never done a burger...ever...
2) The GF wanted to try this idea where you place the burgers in a pouch made of aluminum foil...stuff it with onions, mushrooms and bbq sauce. Good idea...until you realize you can't see the burgers and since I've never made burgers, I have no idea how long they are supposed to cook....and neither did she...even though it was her idea.

So yeah...I accept this mission.

I usually char mine. I will take on your mission and report back with my burger results.

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that actually sounds quite tasty.
but as a proud member of the just created 1k burger grilling club...i wouldn't even attempt that without a back-up plan.

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Please, for the LOVE OF CHRIST, don't press the patty while cooking a burger.
That shit gets you spatula slapped at the Estates.

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and by spatula, he means burrito, and by burrito, he means penis...

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And by penis i mean WHOOO DADDY!


I see you've been penis slapped before.

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It was Bridgeport Hop Czar, so I was wrong. It's an imperial IPA. Nasty stuff.

http://beeradvocate.com/beer/profile/43/43886

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This is borderline off topic but I grilled again tonight, and I was already looking at a steak and some potatoes left over from Saturday, mushrooms and onions left over from burgers on Sunday, in addition to the peppers that didn't get eaten tonight, so I'm working on a batch of some breakfast hash right now...debating whether or not I even want to add eggs at this point because what's already in the pot smells really good....

I once made a rotisserie spit out of two dry erase whiteboards, a coat rack, and an LCD projector.

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Goggles + Alton Brown = MATCH!

In a completely non-grilling related but cooking with beer related story. In grad school I tried to make some beer cheese soup. I've had beer cheese soup before and its pretty damn tasty. I blended a bag of cheddar with a silo can of OE. It was as revolting as one could imagine.

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That's my purse! I don't know you!

Your thread got killed quick. What happened?

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If anyone ever finds themselves in southwest Wisconsin, make a trip to the Potosi brewery. Beer cheese soup to die for!

Ribs tonight.

Made kabobs on Friday night.

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