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BBQ Gear

Charcoal Chimney Starter

June 17, 2009

If you read the BBQ Rules post and listened to JB’s rant, you’ll remember that one of his major issues was around the use of lighter fluid or self-starting charcoal. I happen to agree completely with him; the quickest way to ruin a meal is to have it smelling and/or tasting like petroleum products. In [...]

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WSM Thermometer Mod

June 12, 2009

After all these years of using a candy thermometer stuck through a cork and jammed in the top vent of my venerable pre-2009 18.5 WSM, I took the plunge today and performed elective surgery to add a “built-in” addition to the lid. But before we see how that is done, there must be a “before” [...]

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New Toy

April 29, 2009

Some of us really have trouble passing up a good deal, especially when it involves BBQ equipment of any sort. Given the state of affairs at our house, I would have to plead guilty to this one. A local sporting goods/automotive supply chain is going out of business after several years of being a mainstay [...]

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The new toy has arrived…

February 7, 2009

Those nice folks from UPS delivered the long-awaited 22 1/2″ WSM on Thursday, and I finally got around to unboxing it today. It came too late on Thursday to unpack, assemble, and still cook dinner, and Friday was pinochle night (nice pork chops Ron, even if they were done on a gas grill). I have [...]

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BBQ Inventory

January 17, 2009

I suppose before I get to many posts into this I should share some of my obsession as it relates to BBQ hardware. Over the years I have tried a lot of different grills, many of which are still hanging around somewhere, and many of which have gone the way of the dinosaur. My current [...]

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