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Every so often I enjoy to make my own bacon. I've taken a costco's slab of belly and cured it for 12 days. Today is smoke day. This is my first attempt at a cold smoke. I want to keep the smoke under 80f. Being cured, the belly should be food safe at these temps. First stab at this...

Hey guys, wanted to share a photo of a re-purposed gas hot water heater...my brother made this for me for my birthday a couple of years ago...it's an awesome grill and I very successfully used it as a smoker last night! The chimney is the steel tube that went down through the middle of the hot...

Well, I finally pulled the trigger... actually two triggers. I finally joined my brethren in the forums and this will be my first post. :bow: The other trigger is constructing my own Weber Grill Table after viewing so many great projects online. I'm sure many of us are into the hobby of 'low...

Got this one from a good friend that came over for a BBQ this past Sat. One of the best Mac and Cheese recipes I've had yet. Soooooooo good. I took a pic too to share with you to get the drooling started... Enjoy- Steve Ingredients Salt and Pepper 1 lb elbow macaroni 1 (28 oz) can petite...

My buddy just finished up his first offset cooker project: a 250 gal beast named "Big Jake". We celebrated by having a bunch of friends over to his place and threw on a ton of food to test Big Jake out. My part was handling 3 racks of spares. One was rubbed down with Simply Marvelous Apple...

Just wanted to stop in and say hello. I have had a large charcoal grill for a long time and buy a side of beef every year. The beef quality has always been good but my cooking technique has left the end product hit or miss. I started reading some recently and trying some new things and the...

Hello all! I have built one cooker with my ex brother in law, and selling out of half of it to build a bigger, better one, with a GRILL on the opposite side, so I can stop fussing when he uses it as a grill... Anyway, how many of you have built your own? I am using propane tanks (already...