Teach me how to smoke

[rsayloriii]

TR we may need to have a TGT smoke off.
Mmmmm and a chili cook off and a Texas pie eatin contest - dam I want some pecan pie and blue bell now - LOL!!!!

Let me in on that one. You wouldn't know what hit ya.

 

[fuelfather]

Fer them who aint met TexasRedneck, aka my Dad, here is a pic. Sorry fergot to say, he be the one on the left.

 

[rsayloriii]

 

[Texsun]

Shorts,
yes walnuts will work similarly but pecans would be preferred.

 

[BurkGlocker]

This is one thing that I would love to get back into, mor of a family tradition. Dad used to smoke briskets, sausage, chicken, hell jsut about anything you can cook went into that smoker. Wood mix was mostly oak, but you had pecan, peach and a tad bit of mesquite in there for bite. Smoke 'em all night and take them to work the next morning and the guys would buy them off of him; made a pretty side buck as well on it... Sure do miss the old man's cooking.

 

[fuelfather]

Just got back from a family Christmas BBQ at Dads house and the food was excellent. Smoked beef shoulder clod, sausage and chicken. An awesome meal as always.

 

[Shorts]

Yummy!

And thanks for the pics - totally hawt!

 

[TexasRedneck]

Fer them who aint met TexasRedneck, aka my Dad, here is a pic. Sorry fergot to say, he be the one on the left.

Damn, boy - didja hear the news? Seems someone jest shot Santa....

 

[fuelfather]

Yep, twas me, damn Reindeer kept dropping turds in my yard so I put em in the freezer

 

[Skip]

I can see it now...The TGT BBQ Masters!!!

 

[Big country]

I seen that pit when I went out there to meet TR. That's a big pit. My cousin uses an old New braunfels smoker and that does a pretty good job. I've built a few back when I was welding for a living that were pretty good. I like to use mesquite in my little R2D2 smoker as well.

 

[usmcpmi]

Shorts!! Check out the new "little "pit we are building!

 

[Big country]

The hardest part of building a pit is getting it started. After you get it squared away and get it on the support how you want it, it's pretty easy going. Unless you start to get real fancy with it.

 

[TexasRedneck]

Amen on the "getting it started"!! It's always a challenge to get folks on the same page, especially if you're working with help that's never done it before - but it IS fun, because they get to learn as they go!

 

[usmcpmi]

Here are some more pics of the "Little" pit we are building.. We designed a crane boom and luffer to assist opening the doors. THis is the first of the two booms. Door weighs 63 lbs. The counter weight on the end of the cable is only 24 lbs, thanks to the 2-part line on the hook. MG