The 20th Anniversary Meatfest 2011 ***MANY PICTURES***

zysmith

20th anniversary of the first Meatfest (only my 3rd). For those who saw my MeatFest 2009 thread, some of this may be repetitive.

Here are a few shots of the cooking deck. You will see 2 gasser grills, Stainless steel sink, smoker (gas AND/OR wood, more on that later) oven, flattop and Hobart slicer.

The smoker is a hybrid and was finished the day before the event (talk about last minute)

This used to be a gas smoker. George (our pitmaster and host) wanted to smoke with wood so he plumbed the exhaust of an old wood stove to the back of the unit:

This bad boy rocked! With a good fire going and the baffles fully closed the smoker held at 230F plus or minus 5 degrees. With the baffles open, The smoker hit 500+ and could have been a good pizza oven. The only thing that hurt its performance was the rain. That killed the heat and required some help from the gas burner.

Speaking of the rain, check out the water pouring off the tarp

This made Sunday AM a pain getting everything ready to go bu the storm let up just as the event started around 3.

Now for the money shots
Spares, BB's, Sausage, Fauxstrami (3rd shelf, 2 pieces), Brisket and pit beans

Some chicken thighs

Finished pics

Nice smoke ring on the brisket

Only 30 or so folks showed due to the weather (50 plus normally expected) and there was a boatload of leftovers but George had another event on Monday for his Mason Lodge so all the leftovers and another brisket and 4 racks went off for that.

I won't be eating for another week...
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Kingsford barrel grill with offset smoker
Weber Silver B gasser

dryrub · Posted: Jul 07 2011 Post subject:

Heh Heh,
What an amazing event! Your not kidding about the "Money Shots". I love that wood stove smoker and will have to play around with that design. Up here in the mountains of SoCal you can locate old "abandoned" wood stoves pretty easily.
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Tim_Abrahamson · Posted: Jul 07 2011 Post subject:

Man...now I'm going to have to go to bed hungry. Amazing cook!
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zysmith · Posted: Jul 07 2011 Post subject:

BRBBQ · Posted: Jul 07 2011 Post subject:

I like the looks of it all Exclamation

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zski · Posted: Jul 07 2011 Post subject:

Who needs sunshine when you you have all that delicious food to eat. Nice job.
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MacEggs · Posted: Jul 07 2011 Post subject:

Great set up! Awesome looking grub!!
Thanks for sharing zysmith. Smile

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The cookers (so far).
Some Weber kettles of various age, color and size
UDS & Mini UDS
Abby Normal ECB
Napoleon Propane Grill

zysmith · Posted: Jul 13 2011 Post subject:

George thanks you all for the comments.

There may be bigger and better on the way for next year. He gave me a sneak peek at the SS cabinet smoker design he is mulling over...
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Weber Silver B gasser

Shaymus · BBQ Pro Joined: 04 Apr 2006 Posts: 869 Location: Boone NC

That brisket looks Awesome !! Great job !!
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RollinontheRvr · Posted: Jul 14 2011 Post subject:

Awesome spread...that gives me some ideas for this weekend and my upcoming BBQ that my wife is putting together.
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