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JoeD BBQ Fan
Joined: 09 Dec 2007 Posts: 231
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Posted: May 30 2008 Post subject: Done and done... |
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That’s right boys and girls, I’m done with this project…for now that is!
Here's the finished results of a pile of recycled metal:
At the next opportunity I need to gather more recycled metal for the side wood rack…for another winter project.
Spring is here, the striped bass is running strong and now is time to wet the boat and go after them.
In the meantime, I must share with y’all my first pig roast adventure for memorial day… I started planning a 40lbs pig and ended up buying a 70 lbs pig…why? Just because I COULD fit it through the 38” door opening, that why!
Also I felt very confident with all the help I’ve gotten from this site and mainly, the endless personal advice from Mutha Chicken BBQ AKA Dan Mc. Thank you very much Dan, thanks to you I've successfully roasted my first whole pig.
Started by injecting the pig with a typical pork injection recipe and applying a nice pork rub on the inside (both recipes from here)… Heated the cooker with twigs and wood splits at about 9:30 pm Sunday night, at 10 the temps were up to 270*; dumped two bags of charcoal in the basket and loaded the pig in the cooker skin side up for the first 4.5 hours cooking at 250*, at 02:30 my son and I decided to flip and rotate the pig, we did that… how? Well, I had the pig on a second cooking tray (from the left side of the cooker) which purposely measures 37” wide (one inch smaller) This made rotating the 70 lbs pig a breeze. At any rate, at that time the internal temperature on the hams was already up to 130*, I wanted to serve the pig at 2pm so I figure we had plenty of time to cook it at lower temps. We set the temps at 200* for the following three hours and at 225* until the hams and shoulder temps read 180* after that we cooked at 250* and at 275* between the 190* and 198* mark.
After two hours of smoke:
Ready at 198 degrees:
Carving and serving:
I was so busy serving food and drinks and making sure everyone was having a good time that I completely forgot to take pix, at least my son took some
After many years of wishing we finally hosted our own pig roast party, which was fun and amazingly rewarding.
Joe _________________ Updates
two smokers in one
Life's too short to drink bad wine!
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Canadian Bacon BBQ Super All Star

Joined: 06 Sep 2007 Posts: 13550 Location: Mississauga ON Canada
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Posted: May 30 2008 Post subject: |
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Nice,awesome looking job on the cooker and the pig. _________________ Horizon Offset (Marshall RD Special)
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Reggae Q BBQ Super Pro

Joined: 25 Jan 2007 Posts: 1880 Location: St. Louis, MO
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Very nice! |
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Beertooth BBQ All Star

Joined: 03 Nov 2007 Posts: 5815 Location: Central Washington
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Posted: May 30 2008 Post subject: |
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Very nice looking rig! _________________ Camp Chef Pro90 Stove w/ Griddle
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lantern BBQ Super Pro

Joined: 26 Jul 2007 Posts: 2001 Location: Marion,NC
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Is that chicken over the pig? I'd watch that practice if I were you.
Anyway, VERY nice job! |
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mutha chicken bbq BBQ Super Pro

Joined: 26 Jan 2007 Posts: 2225 Location: newark,de
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Posted: May 30 2008 Post subject: |
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Wow Joe that's a nice looking Hog there my friend! Great job
But latern does bring up a good point, Might want to keep that chicken over the otherside of the cooker, So nothing drips on the Pig.
And that cooker looks Fantastic, Noce Job on that also! _________________ The only thing consistant in BBQ is, it is always the Judges fault!
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SierraScott BBQ Super Pro

Joined: 12 Sep 2007 Posts: 1111 Location: Pollock Pines, CA
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Posted: May 30 2008 Post subject: |
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Great all the way around! Nice unit and very nice looking pig.
Great work on that unit. Have some fun with that thing!  _________________ Scott
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BBQMAN BBQ Super All Star

Joined: 13 Jun 2005 Posts: 15475 Location: Florida
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Posted: May 30 2008 Post subject: |
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Great looking pig and cooker.
Sorry dude, same here on that chicken.......................... _________________ BBQMAN
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JoeD BBQ Fan
Joined: 09 Dec 2007 Posts: 231
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BBQMAN wrote: | Great looking pig and cooker.
Sorry dude, same here on that chicken.......................... |
I knew I was going to be nailed about that I did my home work however and the pig WAS foiled just before I put the birds in (last hour) I finished cooking the chicken on the grill (back of the smoker)
Thanks for the compliments guys.
Joe _________________ Updates
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mrcustomsteel BBQ Super Pro

Joined: 01 Mar 2005 Posts: 1997 Location: Bilings, still a Texan, MT
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Awesome job. I like the red and the redwood shelf. _________________ D. Tillery
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coal miner BBQ Fan
Joined: 27 Jan 2008 Posts: 107 Location: Southern Illinois
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Fine job on the cooker and a good job on the hog!!! |
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gpalasz BBQ Super Fan
Joined: 16 Mar 2007 Posts: 466 Location: Moore, Oklahoma
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I really like the Red with your smoker....nice touch. Hog looks awesome...is it wrong for me to crave ribs at 7:45 am? Great pics. _________________ Team Diamondback Q
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Sirsmokealot BBQ Pro

Joined: 23 Apr 2007 Posts: 963 Location: N.E Indiana
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Nice Job on the rig & pig.  _________________ The Double Eagle Clubhouse Grille
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istock74 BBQ Pro

Joined: 28 Jun 2007 Posts: 965 Location: Logan, IA
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The rig turned out great... and the food looks mighty appetizing as well. Really looks great all finished and painted. _________________ Superior Smokers SS-One with Stoker
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Doc1680 BBQ Super Pro

Joined: 17 Jun 2005 Posts: 2609 Location: Indianapolis
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Nice rig JoeD!
And that pig looks awesome. _________________ Love the voodoo that Q do.
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Markbb BBQ Super Pro
Joined: 11 Oct 2006 Posts: 1783 Location: Oklahoma
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Posted: May 31 2008 Post subject: Smoker |
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Nice looking rig and pig... |
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Smokin' Don BBQ Fan

Joined: 07 Dec 2007 Posts: 219 Location: NE Indiana
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Posted: May 31 2008 Post subject: |
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Nice Job on both the smoker and your cook. Looks like you had a nice day for it. _________________ Don
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Chuck BBQ Pro
Joined: 09 Oct 2006 Posts: 529 Location: Mission Kansas
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Posted: May 31 2008 Post subject: pit and pig |
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JoeD very nice build
I like the colors you painted the pit.
Pig looks great
now show some pictures of the smoke fish you are going to catch
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JoeD BBQ Fan
Joined: 09 Dec 2007 Posts: 231
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Posted: May 31 2008 Post subject: |
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I'll do just that Chuck.
Hopefully in two weeks, striped bass is not the best fish for the smoker, done right however it makes a heck of a meal.
Thanks for the compliments
Joe _________________ Updates
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k.a.m. BBQ Mega Star

Joined: 12 Dec 2007 Posts: 26020 Location: Southeast Texas.
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Posted: May 31 2008 Post subject: |
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Great job on the cooker JoeD, I also like the red trailer nice contrast. The cook turned out awesome that pig had me Drooling.  |
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