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[michael.spearman]

Hello, my name is Mikie, I have been BBQing for about two years now and have a 250R Bubba Grills Offset smoker and I love it. It is a stick burner and at times can get furstrating to use, but I love the results it produces. Last week I entered my first competition with it and placed 12th overall out of 38 teams. I did 34th in chicken, 13th in ribs, 17th in pork and 4th in brisket. I thought my chicken turn in was one of the better turn ins but I guess not, and my brisket was the worst brisket I have ever had, I spit it out, but I guess the judges loved it... weird. I am hook on competing and can’t wait to do more. I plan on becoming an active member in the SLBS and hopefully moving up to KCBS in a couple years. I am originally from Elizabeth City, North Carolina and grew up on NC pork. I feel the vinegar and pork of NC is embedded into my DNA. Everything I have learned so far has been self taught and I am always looking to improve myself and my BBQ. One of my goals right now is to find out how to make my competition chicken shine like a candy apple. I hope I can reach out to this forum and get some great help. I hope I can also provide the best help to newer BBQers as well. Well I hope to meet everyone and learn a lot! Please let me know about the chicken if you have the answer and please ask me any questions as well, I am pretty good at ribs and pork, brisket not so much, just lucky.

 

[BigBobBQ]

Mikie, Welcome to the Brethren!! There is a wealth of knowledge and experience amung the members. If you have a BBQ or cooking related obsession or hobby this is the place to be. Sit back, soak up the knowledge and jump in there and be sure to share yours as well. If you can't find or get an answer to the question here then there is probably not an answer available.

 

[IamMadMan]

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Welcome to the forum Mikie, glad to have you join us and hopefully take part in the other forums.


We have many different forums here.... Below are just a few of them.

For discussion on BBQ/Smoking related topics, we have the "Q-Talk" Forum.

For those who are interested in competing, We have a "Competition BBQ" forum.

We also have a "Catering, Food Handling and Awareness" and "Catering, Vending and Cooking For The Masses".

We also have a trading forum where members can trade sauces and rubs available from different areas around our country.

For general non BBQ related talk we have "The Wood Pile" forum.


I hope to see you in the "Q-Talk" forum soon. You'll find help on almost every topic from cooking your first Pork Butt to curing and smoking your own ham and bacon.

If you can't find the topic you need help with, or have questions about a specific topic, just start a new thread in the related forum.

There are many members with years of experience that are willing to answer your questions and share their knowledge to guide you in the right direction. Collectively there is a wealth of experience and knowledge among the membership, including you. Don't be afraid to jump in there and share your knowledge and experiences as well.




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[JDM46]

Welcome from North Dakota.

 

[toymaster]

Welcome to The Brethren from New York

 

[bluetang]

Welcome, come on in, take your shoes off and sit a spell.

 

[Ron_L]

Welocme to the asylum!

 

[Blythewood BBQ'er]

Welcome to the Brethren from a fellow Bubba Grills owner!

 

[cowgirl]

Welcome to the forum!

 

[BBQ_MAFIA]

Welcome from NJ!

 

[jakel]

Welcome from Ohio

 

[michael.spearman]

thanks everyone for welcoming me!

 

[michael.spearman]

Welcome to the Brethren from a fellow Bubba Grills owner!

have you done any mods to your bubba grills, I am looking into a BBQ guru but I'm not sure how well it is going to work on a stick burner, but i would love to be able to walk away from the fire and not have to worry about it for a minute...

 

[Blythewood BBQ'er]

No mods on my BG. There's a big debate in the world of bbq about gurus on stick burners. Personally I don't think it would work on the BGs due to the size. I saw a guy hooking up a temp controller on a lang 36 at a comp we did first weekend of October. He didn't run it while I was there, but my teammate Brethren awscwi was talking about getting in touch with him to see how it worked. I think you would need a huge basket of charcoal, probably one bigger than our firebox door to get any length of burn time worth leaving it.