My best bud is in town, so we're cooking & showing he/son how2BBQ! #SpreadingTheJoy

PaulstheRibList

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Joined: Jul 2014

Posts: 1597

Location: Lake Charles, LA

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.
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My best bud is in town, so we're cooking & showing he/son how2BBQ! #SpreadingTheJoy

July 25, 2015, 07:57 PM

So, what does one do when your best friend comes over to hang out for a few day? BBQ, of course. And, teach his son how to do it well!

Last night, we split a 16 pound brisket, injected one side and not the other, and put them on the stick burner somewhere around 11 pm. They had a great time trimming and prepping the brisket.

Here is the profile view of the meat. So cool! This is a Texan Excel Choice brisket. Def not as marbled as the 1855 Briskets we cooked on thursday.

We also picked up some beef short ribs for added fun. Figured they would be ready in time for early breakfast.

Fires at night are fun to hang around!

Ribs were overcooked after 4.5 hours on, but they were still really good.

About noon, we put on 2 racks of ribs on the WSM. My friend's son did all the prep, as I gave instruction.

They came out great!!!

The briskets, well, the fire management had some spottiness, so the temps went up and down. We only ate a little bit of it at dinner, with all the chicken and veggies we also cooked.

And I made a cool, creamy mac & cheese and topped it with Brisket pieces!

I got them a Weber 22" grill to take home to get restarted on outdoor cooking!

It is so fun to share the knowledge and passion of cooking.

Thanks to God for friends and sharing from the provision He has given us!
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Huskee

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Joined: May 2014

Posts: 19635

Location: Clare, Michigan area

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Smokers / Grills
Yoder loaded Wichita offset smoker

PBC

Grilla Silverbac pellet grill

Slow 'N Sear Deluxe Kamado (SnSK)

Masterbuilt Gravity 560

Masterbuilt Digital Charcoal Cabinet

Weber 22" Original Kettle Premium (copper)

Weber 26" Original Kettle Premium (light blue)

Weber Jumbo Joe Gold (18.5")

Weber Smokey Joe Silver (14.5")

Brinkmann cabinet charcoal smoker (repurposed)

Thermometers
SnS 500 4-probe wireless

(3) Maverick XR-50 4-probe Wireless Thermometers

A few straggler Maverick ET-732s

Maverick ET-735 Bluetooth (in box)

Smoke X4 by ThermoWorks

Thermapen MkII, orange & purple

ThermoPop, yellow, plus a few more in a drawer for gifts

ThermoWorks ChefAlarm (wife's)

Morpilot 6-probe wireless

ThermoWorks Infrared IRK2

ThermoWorks fridge & freezer therms as well

Accessories
Instant Pot 6qt

Anova Bluetooth SV

Kitchen Aide mixer & meat grinder attachment

Kindling Cracker King (XL)

a couple BBQ Dragons

Weber full & half chimneys, Char-Broil Half Time chimney

Weber grill topper

Slow 'N Sear Original, XL, and SnS Charcoal Basket (for Jumbo Joe)

Drip 'N Griddle Pans, 22' Easy Spin Grate, and Elevated Cooking grate, by SnSGrills

Pittsburgh Digital Moisture Meter

Beverages
Favorite summer beers: Leinenkugels Summer & Grapefruit Shandy, Hamm's, Michelob Ultra Pure Gold

Fav other beers: Zombie Dust (an IPA by 3 Floyd's Brewing), Austin Bros IPA, DAB, Sam Adams regular, Third Shift amber or Coors Batch 19, Stella Artois

Fav cheap beers: Pabst, High Life, Hamm's & Stroh's

Most favorite beer: The one in your fridge

Wine: Red- big, bold, tannic & peppery- Petite Sirah, Zinfandel, Cabernet Sauv, Sangiovese, Syrah, etc

Whiskey: Buffalo Trace, E.H. Taylor, Blanton's, Old Forester 1870, Elijah Craig Toasted, Basil Hayden's. Neat please.

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 me
Real 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.
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July 25, 2015, 08:29 PM

The sliced ribs pic, with the kid, is incredible! Nice bark. #stickburnerlove
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PaulstheRibList commented

July 25, 2015, 08:52 PM

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I cut my teeth on the WSM, and I love them! But my future is in burning more and more and more and more and more and more logs!!!!

Did I tell you my secret, Huskee, that I have a Jambo Backyard on the way?

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Huskee commented

July 25, 2015, 08:55 PM

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PaulstheRibList Woohoo! That's great. I'll keep your secret until you're ready to share it publicly on, say, a BBQ forum or something.
#oneofeverything

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PaulstheRibList commented

July 25, 2015, 08:56 PM

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Huskee, I really like the #OneOfEverything.

Today, I used the Pellet Cooker, the WSM, the Stickburner and the Charcoal Grill.

The Insulated Cabinet got the day off.
Powersmoke_80

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Joined: Aug 2014

Posts: 885

Location: Bay City, Michigan

Vintage Brinkmann Longhorn Offset Stick burner (newest addition)
Weber 22 w/SnS
Brinkmann Pellet Grill W/ Ortech TR-100
Vermont Castings, gas
Masterbuilt smoker, gas
Future build, 80 gallon tank hybrid, pellet/stick burner
iGrill black, dual probe thermometer
Thermapen instant read
Polder,Speed Read instant thermometer
Favorite Beer, Yeungling Black&Tan
#3

July 26, 2015, 10:40 AM

Awesome Cook PaulstheRibList , I was camping this week and took the kettle and SnS and was sharing this site and the science of salt to some friends along with a couple pork butts for pulled pork.
Congrats on your Secret, I can't wait to see that in action. I started fabricating my stick burner a little while ago and it is a Jambo Backyard clone sort of. since I have never seen one up close I used the Feldon's pit calculator and winging it. I plan on getting more done this week and will start posting the build.
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PaulstheRibList commented

July 26, 2015, 01:17 PM

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Powersmoke_80, soooo cool! Can't wait to see it in action
_John_

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Posts: 2375
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July 26, 2015, 12:18 PM

Looks great, always fun to share the learning! My 6 year old is gonna be the best smoker around when she grows up, she already helps with the prep and wrapping.
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