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Club Member
- Feb 2021
- 339
- Near Athens, GA
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Outside tools:
22" Weber kettle (2x)
Santa Maria grill attachment
2-burner Camp Chef Explorer propane stove
Temperature tools:
ThermaWorks Smoke
ThermaWorks ThermaPen Mk4
Inside tools:
36" Viking gas range
Anova sous vide
Lodge cast iron skillets, griddle, dutch ovens - several
Stupid expensive but very beautiful cast iron gifts for my wife - 4x
Other tools & accessories:
Buck Chef knife and serrated knife
Victorianox Fibrox Pro Chef knife - 3x
Cave Tools Metal Meat Claws
​​​​​​Meathead's book: The Science of Great Barbecue and Grilling
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Founding Member
- Jul 2014
- 5715
- Maple Valley, WA
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Grill/Smoke/Roast = SnS Grills Kettle + SnS Deluxe Insert & Drip n' Griddle
Grill/Smoke/Roast = Hasty-Bake Gourmet Dual Finish with HB rotisserie and Grill Grates
Smoke = Weber Smokey Mountain 22.5"
Pizza = Blackstone Propane Pizza Oven (Stacy's, but she let's me use it sometimes)
Indoor Cooking = LG Studio 30" gas range
Camp Cooking = Coleman 2 burner white gas stove
Thermometer = FireBoard FBX2 with 2 ambient and 6 meat probes
Thermapen Mk IV = Light blue
Thermapen Mk IV = Black
PID Controller = Fireboard Drive + Auber 20 CFM Fan (FB gen 1 fan)
PID Controller = Fireboard Drive + Fireboard 20 CFM Fan (FB gen 2 fan)
Knives
Wusthof Classic Ikon set: 9" carving knive, 2X 8" Chef's Knife, 7" Santoku and three utility knives
Kamikoto Kuro set: 7" Santoku, 6.5" Nakiri, 5" Utility
Amazing Ribs Brazilian Steak knife set
Favorite wine = whatever is currently in the wine rack
Favorite beer = Sam Adams Boston Lager or Shiner Bock
Favorite whisky = Lagavulin Distiller's Edition 16 year old single malt
Best Cookbooks - Meathead's "The Science of Great Barbecue and Grilling", Chris Lilly's "Big Bob Gibson's BBQ Book", Aaron Franklin's "Franklin BBQ"
Cookbooks to check out - Raichlen's "Brisket Chronicles" and anything by Adam Perry Lang.
Current fanboy cookbook - "Chasing Smoke: Cooking Over Fire Around the Levant"
Some Posts in Pitmaster to check out:
Eric's Brisket Method
Eric's Method for Drunken Texas Beans
Stacy's Bouef Bourguignon
Eric's Smoked Texas Chili
Rancho Gordo Beans and Bean Club
Troutman's Ribs - Step By Step Primer
Grilled Pork Chops: Harissa Marinade
Light My (Hasty Bake) Fire
Eric
My local Safeway wanted $30.99/lb for prime ribeye.
From a bacon perspective, it’s time for you to figure out how to make your own bacon. I got my last pork belly at Costco for $3.69/lb ….. crappy bacon at Safeway was $8.99/lb
bought that pork belly just a week ago :-)Last edited by ecowper; October 5, 2021, 10:46 PM.
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Club Member
- Apr 2018
- 1630
- the LOU
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Cookers:
22" Blackstone Griddle, with stand & hood
CharGriller Portable Firebox - so modified you'll BLOL
Kitchenaid #810 Charcoal Grill - highly modified
Weber BI-code Black Performer w/Igniter
Weber DE-code Red Limited - 'Lucille'
Accessories:
Ancient heavy CI Propane Turkey Fryer, for lighting chimneys
BBQ Dragon kettle shelves - 2
Fyre Dragon Kettle Drippin' Ring, Burnin' Cone & Drippin' Pan - 2 sets
Fyre Dragon Kettle Ribbin' Ring
Fyre Dragon Kettle 2-Zone Smokin' Sheet
OneGrill Rotisserie for the Kitchenaid
Smokenator
Smoking Tubes: 2x12" & 1x6"
SnS
Weber Gourmet Grill w/Griddle, Pizza Stone & Wok
My Helpers:
Anova 900W Sous Vide Cooker w/Radios
Instant Pot 6Q Duo
Nesco Tabletop Roaster
& the PIT!
I got a great deal on a pork belly from Schnucks in the midwest (the Lou!) last week. It was less than the Costco price... the rise in meat prices hasn't hit us yet in Missoura...
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Moderator
- May 2020
- 3536
- Long Beach, CA
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22” Blue Weber Kettle with SnS insert
Kamado Joe Jr with Kick Ash Basket
Char-Broil Smartchef Tru Infrared Gasser
Anovo Hot Tub Time Machine with Custom Hot Tub
Don’t hate me because I am (cute, witty, enter adjective here). Just got my pig. Doing my own bacon in the next couple weeks. Yes, meat prices have gotten stupid. latenight71 the next time an animal comes around, let’s talk. Same for Attjack I call y’all out because we are "neighbors".
now that I am not in my old job, it kills me what I pay for protein! But I still respect the process and philosophy.
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Moderator
- May 2020
- 3536
- Long Beach, CA
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22” Blue Weber Kettle with SnS insert
Kamado Joe Jr with Kick Ash Basket
Char-Broil Smartchef Tru Infrared Gasser
Anovo Hot Tub Time Machine with Custom Hot Tub
And furthermore, watch the packaging on that bacon. It may have gone from 16 oz to 14 or 12 for the same =&$#=$##*3& price!
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Club Member
- Dec 2018
- 4169
- SE Texas
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"Beer is proof that God loves us and wants us to be happy." ~Benjamin Franklin
Yeah, I heard on the news that bacon is at it's highest price in 40 years, correcting for inflation. However, pork bellies at my local HEB are still cheap even though they are $0.65 higher per pound than last year. I bought two the other day and will buy more when I go next time.Last edited by 58limited; October 6, 2021, 06:28 AM.
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One thing I noticed from my trip to Frisco two weeks ago is you guys have pretty much caught up to us up here in the sticks as far as most meat price go.
Three, four years ago on similar visits I used to marvel at meat prices at my nephews haunt, believe its Kroger's.
Now not so much.
Used to be feed the people with low food prices, now its gouge em for profit.
Call me a doomsdayer but all I see is corporations creating artificial shortages on order to jack up prices and keep them that way.
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Club Member
- Dec 2015
- 3540
- Northeastern Oklahoma
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Traeger BBQ124 (in storage)
Yoder YS480
No gas grill anymore
Weber kettle Premium 22"
Blackstone 36" griddle
Camp Chef Smoke Vault 24 propane smoker
Super 55 drum smoker from Smokerbuilder.com
"The Duk" Ugly Duckling self-built 80-gallon insulated firebox backyard offset smoker
"Big Bertha" 320-gallon trailer mounted offset smoker (also self-built)
"The Bronco" 26x48 110-gallon trailer mounted offset smoker (currently for sale!)
Numerous electronic thermometers from Thermapro, Thermoworks and Fireboard.
Personal firearms, home theater, home computing/networking, car audio enthusiast. Smoker building.
Asked The Wife, she says we usually pay about $20 for a 3 lb package of Wright brand bacon at WalMart. I'll have to pay attention and see if this starts going up.
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Club Member
- Mar 2020
- 4099
- Muskego, WI
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Current cookers:
Recteq RT-700 "Bull" pellet cooker
Smokin-It model 2 electric smoker w/ Maverick 732 temp monitor and cold smoking kit
Weber Genesis 3 burner gas grill w/ rotisserie
Charbroil Grill2Go gas grill
Weber 22" Performer Deluxe kettle grill w/ThermoPro TP-20S temp monitor
Onlyfire rotisserie kit for 22" kettle
Weber Smokey Joe
SnS Deluxe
Vortex
The Orion Cooker convection cooker/smoker (two of them)
Pit Boss Ultimate 3 burner griddle
Joule Sous Vide circulator
Thermopen original.
Too many miscellaneous accessories (grill pans, baskets, tools, gloves, etc.) to keep track of. 🤦♂️
Favorite beer: Anything that's cold!
Favorite cocktail: Bourbon neat
The local Kroger here has a three pound package of their house brand bacon for $4.99/lb. We get it all the time. Really good bacon too.
And yeah, it ticks me off too that the producers of nearly everything are being sneaky in the way they reduce the quantity of product in the packaging. They make the package appear the same to fool you.
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Club Member
- Aug 2020
- 7168
- Houston, Texas
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SnS Kettle Grill
SnS Insert For the Kettle
SNS Rotisserie Kit
Vortex
Pit Boss Ultimate 2 Burner Griddle
ThermoWorks Remote Dual Probe Thermometer
ThermoPro TP-19 Instant Read Meat Thermometer
Choice brand portable gas burner
Wusthoff Knife Set
What timing Mr. Frosty. I just got back from Kroger and bought one before you posted that. And I’ll back you up on that too. It is a really good thick cut bacon. Never thought I’d consider $5.00 a pound for bacon a steal though. If Wright’s is on sale I usually buy that brand, but this stuff is almost as good.
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Club Member
- Dec 2015
- 3540
- Northeastern Oklahoma
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Traeger BBQ124 (in storage)
Yoder YS480
No gas grill anymore
Weber kettle Premium 22"
Blackstone 36" griddle
Camp Chef Smoke Vault 24 propane smoker
Super 55 drum smoker from Smokerbuilder.com
"The Duk" Ugly Duckling self-built 80-gallon insulated firebox backyard offset smoker
"Big Bertha" 320-gallon trailer mounted offset smoker (also self-built)
"The Bronco" 26x48 110-gallon trailer mounted offset smoker (currently for sale!)
Numerous electronic thermometers from Thermapro, Thermoworks and Fireboard.
Personal firearms, home theater, home computing/networking, car audio enthusiast. Smoker building.
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