Upon the glowing recommendation of PaulstheRibList awhile back, I finally ordered one of these gadgets and Brown Santa left it on my doorstep today. Man alive, what a handy tool! I have been trying much harder recently to get my logs to a more uniform length and thickness. Length is easy, but splitting them down to be thinner is more of a challenge at a certain point. The Kindling Cracker makes that part just as easy now. I found a better deal on eBay, but here is the listing on Amazon:
Started Low-N-Slow BBQ in 2012. Obviously, it's taken hold (in chronological order:
1.) A pair of Weber Smokey Mountain 22.5's
2.) #LilTex, a 22" Expensive Offset Smoker (looks like a Yoder Witicha)
3.) #WhoDat1, a HUGE Gravity Fed Insulated Cabinet Smoker (cooking chamber 3'x2'x6')
4.) A Full Size Commercial Dryer/converted to Vertical Smoker.
5.) Jambo Backyard stickburner (my FAVORITE Pit so far)
6.) GrillMeister, a huge 24"x48" Adjustable, Charcoal Grill from Pitmaker.com
7.) 22" Weber Kettle with Slow-N-Sear
8.) Vault insulated reverse-flow cabinet smoker from Pitmaker
9.) BarbecueFiretruck...under development
10.) 26 foot BBQ Vending Trailer equipped with HUGE Myron Mixon 72xc smoker is HERE, Oct 2016!
11.) Opened www.PaulsRibShackBarbecue.com Food Trailer officially in March 2017
12.) Austin Smoke Works 500 Gallon Propane Tank Offset Smoker, named "Lucille" as travel pit for PaulsRibShack, Oct 2018.
12.) Opening Brick & Mortar location at 4800 Nelson Rd, Spring 2019. Had a pair of 1,000 Gallon Austin Smoke Works pits, both in RibShackRed for our new place!
Fabulous Backlit Thermapens, several Maverick Remote Thermometers (don't use any remotes anymore), Thermoworks Smoke, Other Thermoworks toys, Vacuum sealer, lots and lots of equipment...
I'm loving using BBQ to make friends and build connections.
I have #theRibList where I keep a list of new and old friends and whenever I'm cooking, I make 1 to 20 extra and share the joy.
Upon the glowing recommendation of PaulstheRibList awhile back, I finally ordered one of these gadgets and Brown Santa left it on my doorstep today. Man alive, what a handy tool! I have been trying much harder recently to get my logs to a more uniform length and thickness. Length is easy, but splitting them down to be thinner is more of a challenge at a certain point. The Kindling Cracker makes that part just as easy now. I found a better deal on eBay, but here is the listing on Amazon:
Dude!!!!! You are going to love it more and more! The log my Kracker at home is attached to fell apart...and I am without it! And it's Saints #WhoDatRibs Season. So I need a replacement log soon!
Scotch: Current favorite- The Arran (anything by them), Glenmorangie 12yr Lasanta, sherry cask finished. The Balvenie Double Wood, also like Oban 18yr, and The Glenlivet Nadurra (Oloroso sherry cask finished) among others. Neat please.
About meReal name: Aaron
Location: Farwell, Michigan- near Clare. (dead center of lower peninsula)
Occupation:
Healthcare- Licensed & Registered Respiratory Therapist (RRT) at MyMichigan Health, a University of Michigan Health System.
The one I got on eBay was $75 new in the box, and free shipping. And it came from Northern Tool, who sells it on Amazon. Can't always count on finding that deal, though. My off the books slush fund is running low with all the acquisions I have made lately. 😕
The kindling cracker is a must for my horizon stick burner! AND I take it with me camping for fast, easy to start campfire kindling.So far, its been bullet proof!
Everyone who's seen it used wants one.
Hi, my name is Darrell. I'm an OTR truck driver for over 25 years. During my off time I love doing backyard cooks. I have a 48" Lang Deluxe smoker, Rec-Tec pellet smoker,1 Weber Genesis 330, 1 Weber Performer (blue), 2 Weber kettles (1 black and 1 Copper), 1 26" Weber kettle, a WSM, 8 Maverick Redi Chek thermometers, a PartyQ, 2 SnS, Grill Grates, Cast Iron grates, 1 ThermoPop (orange) and 2 ThermoPens (pink and orange) and planning on adding more cooking accessories. Now I have an Anova sous vide, the Dragon blower and 2 Chef alarms from Thermoworks.
That looks ideal for camping trips. The wood at the state parks is always too big to get a good hot fire going. Once you get a bed of coals, no problem, but getting there...
There is also a gravity-assisted type like this one:
That one's not mine, but I made one that looks pretty much the same. (this one is actually a European style that has a hand-held ramrod type thing on the top - a local restaurant here in town uses one like this).
I bored a hole into a stump, drove a metal bar down 6-8 inches in it, then had my neighbor weld this little beauty together for me:
It's basically a splitting wedge welded to a couple pieces of steel so that it can glide up and down the bar in the stump. I use a dead-blow hammer so that there's no bounce back. I actually made this so that my kids could help split wood for the wood stove without them having their hands near anything sharp.
You lift up the splitting head, set a piece of wood on the stump, bring the head back down on top of it (and gravity holds it there). You can then take your hands totally away and give it a whack with the mallet and it splits.
Hi, my name is Darrell. I'm an OTR truck driver for over 25 years. During my off time I love doing backyard cooks. I have a 48" Lang Deluxe smoker, Rec-Tec pellet smoker,1 Weber Genesis 330, 1 Weber Performer (blue), 2 Weber kettles (1 black and 1 Copper), 1 26" Weber kettle, a WSM, 8 Maverick Redi Chek thermometers, a PartyQ, 2 SnS, Grill Grates, Cast Iron grates, 1 ThermoPop (orange) and 2 ThermoPens (pink and orange) and planning on adding more cooking accessories. Now I have an Anova sous vide, the Dragon blower and 2 Chef alarms from Thermoworks.
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