4th of July Party Lots of pics.

gibber · Posted: Jul 08 2009 Post subject: 4th of July Party Lots of pics.

Started on the 3rd, cooked a brisket flat and a butt. I used red oak and a little bit of maple for the smoke. Foiled the butt for the last hour or so and foiled the brisket for the last 3 hours. Pulled both at over 200.

Here they are slathered up and ready to go:

About 5 hours into the cook:

Butt done:

Here is the butt pulled:

Brisket came off a few hours later:

Here it is sliced up:

and here is some pico I made for the party:

Party day, here's a couple shots of my gasser loaded up:

BB's and ABT's on the smoker"

Here's a shot of the pork, brisket and beans ready to be served:

and a shot of the full spread:

Notice a jar of roxy's freebase being dipped into on the table. I love that stuff.

My plate, damn it was tasty:

I went a little light on the BBQ cause I'm converting people to that aint used to this kind of cooking. When I went back for seconds, the que was gone though.

It also wouldn't be the 4th without some of these:

The brisket didn't have as much bark as I would have liked, but was like butter. Next time I think I'll try it without foil, and maybe stick a pan under the grates to collect the juices instead. I need a new pit too cause this one is too small. Sorry no finished pics on the ribs, I always time them to come out a couple hours after dinner is served and by that time my brain wasn't working properly so I forgot to take pics. All in all it was a fun 4th hope everyone else out there had as much fun as I did.

Canadian Bacon · Posted: Jul 08 2009 Post subject:

Wow! great looking spread you cooked up gibber,thanks for sharing the pics.
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whitey · Posted: Jul 08 2009 Post subject:

Very well done,I bet those werent the only fire works that You saw that night,The little ladies, well they get Gittie when We do the cooking.

Great Job
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Northsider · Posted: Jul 08 2009 Post subject:

Great pics, looks like y'all had some fun. Very Happy

Pigslips · Posted: Jul 08 2009 Post subject:

Wow what a feed, very nice. Laughing

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Brinnie · Posted: Jul 08 2009 Post subject:

Gibber, What an awesome Job Very Happy

Everything thing Look's delicious Cool

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stringbender128 · Posted: Jul 08 2009 Post subject:

Great looking spread! Very Happy

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JamesB · Posted: Jul 08 2009 Post subject:

Good looking grub!
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k.a.m. · Posted: Jul 08 2009 Post subject:

gibber, My oh My what a spread Very Happy

Everything looks awesome, That Butt had a beautiful bark and pulled real nice, and the brisket looks mighty tasty as well, and then burgers, and dogs, kabobs, and ribs. You pretty well covered the spectrum. Nicely done my man. Smile

And I would have been all over that pico with some flour torts.
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hunter74 · Joined: 03 May 2009 Posts: 8 Location: Milwaukee

Doesn't get much better looking than that!

jawquin · Posted: Jul 09 2009 Post subject:

Wow! That is an awesome feed. Great looking grub. Wink

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gibber · Posted: Jul 09 2009 Post subject:

C.B., Thanks it was a ton of work but well worth it.

Whitey, thanks but I unfortunately woke up on the couch the next surrounded by empties. At least I didn�t lose and fingers handling the explosives.

Thank you Northsider, a little too much fun judging by the way I felt the next morning.

Thanks Pigslips, the feeding added a lil bit to my waistline.

Thanks Brinnie, everything turned out great.

Stringbender128 thanks, most of it got eaten too there was only a couple of sides leftover.

Thanks JamesB, I can�t wait for the next time I get to fire up the pit.

k.a.m. thanks, I love the pico, a buddy of mine was bringing some salsa fresco that he makes without any peppers in it. I couldn�t let that slide so I made of some pico and we had a mini salsa throw down.

Thanks hunter74, the only thing better was eating it.

Thanks jawquin, I�m betting I get some requests for food the next time someone throws a party.

samson · BBQ Pro Joined: 30 Mar 2007 Posts: 869 Location: illinois

Man that is one heck of a spread! That cook must have kept you pretty busy...I'm sure it was worth it though!

Great job!

gibber · Posted: Jul 09 2009 Post subject:

Thanks samson, there was a period of time when I was running around like a chicken with its head cut off.

drewc · Posted: Jul 11 2009 Post subject:

Looks to be alot of good food!!!!!

usrifle · Posted: Jul 11 2009 Post subject:

That spread looks just incredible! That is some fine looking "Q" sir.
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Bunqui · Posted: Jul 11 2009 Post subject:

Gibber, Great spread. Looks mighty good. Very Happy

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ShahBQ · Newbie Joined: 04 Jun 2009 Posts: 83 Location: Tucson, AZ

That looks like some great chow there gibber! Great job!
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gibber · Posted: Jul 11 2009 Post subject:

Thanks drewc, usrifle, Bunqui and ShahBQ.

zysmith · Posted: Jul 11 2009 Post subject:

The color on the brisket is great. Nice job.
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