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Offline Dblhaul

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Re: Getting a smoker.
« Reply #25 on: January 04, 2023, 12:38:53 PM »
I have propane tanks that I bought empty from Home Depot or Lowes, I got one for the grill, one for the gas smoker and an extra.
My RV has two tanks on it also.
When one tank gets low I check them all and go get them refilled.
With the extra tank I never run out at home and as a added bonus I take it with me when I camp. Hook up a split line and can run
the outside cook top and grill as needed without having to deal with the little expensive Colman green bottles.

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Re: Getting a smoker.
« Reply #26 on: January 04, 2023, 05:43:29 PM »
I think you misunderstand what I'm saying...

Well, yeah. I guess I did. So scratch what I said. :bitchslap:

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Re: Getting a smoker.
« Reply #27 on: February 11, 2023, 11:03:53 PM »
Did pork ribs on the pellet smoker in daytime temps getting to 38 degrees max. Prepped them with a sweet rub then sprinkled lemon pepper over the meat side.
Cooking time came out an hour over what it is in warmer times of year. But, they were still good ribs..  did I mention I love ribs?

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Re: Getting a smoker.
« Reply #28 on: February 21, 2023, 09:11:26 PM »
Did pork ribs on the pellet smoker in daytime temps getting to 38 degrees max. Prepped them with a sweet rub then sprinkled lemon pepper over the meat side.
Cooking time came out an hour over what it is in warmer times of year. But, they were still good ribs..  did I mention I love ribs?

Lemon pepper? On ribs?

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Re: Getting a smoker.
« Reply #29 on: February 23, 2023, 06:11:54 PM »
Lemon pepper? On ribs?

Yes!  I don't use sauce. The L/P brightens it up just a bit.

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Re: Getting a smoker.
« Reply #30 on: February 24, 2023, 06:05:12 PM »
Yes!  I don't use sauce. The L/P brightens it up just a bit.

Every time I see "Lemon Pepper", I shudder, shake, and have flash backs to my Moms "Lemon Pepper Chicken". It was terrible. My Mom was a great cook, but there were a couple dishes that were wretched.

Her policy, "you'll eat what I fix ya.." :-)

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Re: Getting a smoker.
« Reply #31 on: February 24, 2023, 10:41:28 PM »
My Mom was a horrible cook. Us kids learned to make sandwiches and pour milk into cereal at a young age.
I got into cooking working at a 24 hour restaurant, I worked the graveyard shift when I was in High School.


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Re: Getting a smoker.
« Reply #32 on: February 25, 2023, 05:56:22 AM »
My Mom was a horrible cook. Us kids learned to make sandwiches and pour milk into cereal at a young age.
I got into cooking working at a 24 hour restaurant, I worked the graveyard shift when I was in High School.

Pretty much my story, too. My mother, having been raised in East Tennessee back in the 40s, did one thing consistently -- she cooked everything TO DEATH. Any amount of "juice" in a meat product was verboten. Pork chops? Flour encrusted shoe leather. Roast beef? Better get your chisel out. Vegetables? A sodden mass of nothing identifiable. Spaghetti bolognese? Forget al dente -- we had paste. And the supposed "sauce" was tomato paste cut with water. No flavor, no texture.

She did cook supper every day, and I'm grateful for that. If nothing else, I learned from her what NOT to do.

I didn't learn just how good a steak could taste until I got to cook school in the Army.
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Re: Getting a smoker.
« Reply #33 on: February 25, 2023, 12:55:20 PM »
My Mom was a horrible cook. Us kids learned to make sandwiches and pour milk into cereal at a young age.
I got into cooking working at a 24 hour restaurant, I worked the graveyard shift when I was in High School.

I faintly remember me and my brother, watching Saturday Morning Cartoons. Mom would leave a couple bowls and the box of cereal on the counter, where we could reach them.

She was in bed. Usually with a hangover.  :whatever: :-) :lmao:

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Re: Getting a smoker.
« Reply #34 on: February 25, 2023, 01:01:15 PM »
Pretty much my story, too. My mother, having been raised in East Tennessee back in the 40s, did one thing consistently -- she cooked everything TO DEATH. Any amount of "juice" in a meat product was verboten. Pork chops? Flour encrusted shoe leather. Roast beef? Better get your chisel out. Vegetables? A sodden mass of nothing identifiable. Spaghetti bolognese? Forget al dente -- we had paste. And the supposed "sauce" was tomato paste cut with water. No flavor, no texture.

She did cook supper every day, and I'm grateful for that. If nothing else, I learned from her what NOT to do.

I didn't learn just how good a steak could taste until I got to cook school in the Army.

My In-laws are pretty much the same. I love them, but Lordy, they make sure that meat is DONE! Im not exaggerating either. My mother-in-law will thaw out a package of ground beef, in the sink, with NO water. ALL NIGHT LONG! But yet, will cook the burgers until Hockey Puck Status.

But honestly, I feel safer when there cooked that long, when the meat has been out all night.  :lmao: Somehow have never gotten food poisoning. Its a mystery.   :-)

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Re: Getting a smoker.
« Reply #35 on: February 25, 2023, 11:23:14 PM »
I like my beef med rare. As I tell the waitress.. walk it thru the kitchen.

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Re: Getting a smoker.
« Reply #36 on: February 26, 2023, 06:26:13 AM »
I like my beef med rare. As I tell the waitress.. walk it thru the kitchen.

Medium to medium well, here.

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Re: Getting a smoker.
« Reply #37 on: March 04, 2023, 11:14:05 PM »
found some lamb chops. Going to make some Shepards Pie with the correct  ingredients this time!

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Re: Getting a smoker.
« Reply #38 on: March 05, 2023, 03:09:21 PM »
Medium to medium well, here.

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Re: Getting a smoker.
« Reply #39 on: March 18, 2023, 11:51:33 PM »
Well is a crime in 3 states.

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