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Brisket Trials, Part II

If you didn’t read my first post on smoking brisket, please know that I am a rank amateur. I am not so much giving advice as reporting on my learning curve. So if you think I’ve got something wrong, or you would just like to chime …click to continue Brisket Trials, Part II

August 10th, 2012 | Tags: brisket, Certified Angus Beef, dinner, experiments, fat, foodways texas, how to smoke brisket, learning, learning to smoke brisket, meat, smoked meats, smoker, smoking, smoking brisket, texas, Texas A&, Texas brisket | Category: beef, meat | 11 comments

Old dog, New tricks: Learning Barbecue

I awoke at five in the morning on Friday to take a slab of meat the size of a newborn out of the refrigerator. I went back to bed for one hour. There was a time when an hour like that would be lost to the stresses of the upcoming day. This time I …click to continue Old dog, New tricks: Learning Barbecue

June 3rd, 2012 | Tags: a whole hell of a lot of meat, barbecue, barbecue sauce, barbeque, BBQ, BBQ Camp, brisket, cook-out, crust, family, foil, foodways texas, meat, methods, more meat, rub, sauce, smoked meats, smoker, smoking, summer, temperature, texas, tradition | Category: beef, meat, wanderings | 17 comments