Over the past three years I have been competing with the Pork Barrel BBQ competition team. However, last year I moved to Richmond and started a family. Since I am not available for all of the contests and my new locale is farther away, I decided it was time to move on and compete on [...]
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Ever since I got my first smoker, I have been smoking everything but turkey. I never had the guts to try to smoke a Turkey for Thanksgiving. Thanksgiving is one of those meals that you can not screw up. However, after this year of competitions and gaining more experience with my smoker, I wanted to [...]
Posted in All, BBQ, Recipes, Smokers, Turkey Tags: best turkey, how to smoke a turkey, recipe, smoke turkey, smoked turkey, Thanksgiving, Turkey 23 Comments »When I started grilling I grabbed a bag of kingsford charcoal and lighter fluid. I doused the charcoal with the fluid lit a match and watched as my eyebrows dissapeared in mushroom cloud. I knew that there had to be a better way. Adding lighter fluid causes crazy fires and further adds unpleasant flavors to [...]
Posted in BBQ, Smokers, Tips and Tricks Tags: Barbecue, BBQ, chimney, grill, how to barbecue, how to smoke meat, lighter fluid, smoker, starting a fire 7 Comments »It has finally reached 60 degrees out here in DC and yes, it is time to BBQ. This winter I have made a few modification to Old Bessie (Yes I named my BBQ). I was searching all over the internet for good mods to make to the Char Griller Smokin Pro and I have found [...]
