tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-48268708607524321302011-04-21T16:47:04.696-07:00Bill Buroshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12400195581044294765noreply@blogger.comBlogger11100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4826870860752432130.post-46269970931909124502008-02-11T07:16:00.000-08:002008-02-11T09:17:49.207-08:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://bp0.blogger.com/_5Xnlniu9rg8/R7CAdOl6teI/AAAAAAAAA5U/mQJaxXcZtG8/s1600-h/TheSmoker.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer;" src="http://bp0.blogger.com/_5Xnlniu9rg8/R7CAdOl6teI/AAAAAAAAA5U/mQJaxXcZtG8/s320/TheSmoker.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5165770012215653858" border="0" /></a>Ahhhh. Another journey in life.<br /><br />You start with a good smoker - <a href="http://www.pittsandspitts.com/index.asp">Pitts and Spitts</a>. <br /><br />You begin to experiment. You make a lot of over-smoked meats. You figure out the temperature mix in the smoker. And slowly but surely, you start getting some good meats coming out.<br /><br />Chicken, pork shoulder, pork ribs are making good progress. Even started working on homemade sausage... Brisket is proving to be a challenge. Something about cooking it for 18 hours.<br /><br />Various side dishes are being discovered and worked on. Good cole slaw, smoked baked beans, smoked portobello mushrooms, smoked onion halves, all good things.<br /><br />Now we're getting ready to start visiting various BBQ cookoffs. The 2008 Austin Rodeo <a href="http://rodeoaustin.com/schedule_of_events/bbq_cook_off.php">BBQ cookoff</a> is coming to town early in March.<br /><br />Finally, this smoker is so heavy it's slowly sinking into the ground. So we're starting to pull together a solid base with an underlying layer of cement blocks and a layer of decorator blocks on top. This is my pre-spring outside project while the warm weather holds.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4826870860752432130-4626997093190912450?l=austinschmokinbbq.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Bill Buroshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12400195581044294765noreply@blogger.com0