CarterQ is the Judge! July 22...Bring it on!

Big Poppa

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Get your entries in by sunday night to be safe..

Cmon there is pressure to dazzle! Lets see some showstoppers!

first place $25 Big Poppa Store credit
Second Place $15. Big Poppa Store credit
Third Place $10 Big Poppa Store credit

Everybody who enters gets $5. Big Poppa Store credit....maybe a down payment on a little louies shirt!
 

squirtthecat

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I'm ready.. :cool:

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sparky

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Get your entries in by sunday night to be safe. down payment on a little louies shirt!

ya ya i get the point. i love your since of humor. lol. you could have just said "sparky get off your butt and get your entry in sooner." lol.... what if you already have a little louies t-shirt?
 
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sparky

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Shrimp on the Q.

Smoke on Wheels + Desert Gold + Shrimp = Yabba Dabba Doo.

my son and his girl friend, vege girl (she eats fish) are coming over this afternoon to swim and relax w/ the fam. shrimp is to please her.

SOW / shrimp / ziploc. shaky, shaky. in frig for 3 hours.

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thats pure yumminess there.

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wheres that monkey to skewer the shrimp. oh, thats me.

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onto #69 @ 450º on my grill grates.

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looking good....

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wow. nice stuff.

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blow the bosn' whistle. chows on.

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this is my plate but a perfect meal for vege girl.

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taking a bow now. thank you, thank you.

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yabba dabba doo.

and for my old friend a sounding "Waa Laa".
 
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sparky

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i was suppose to be timing them? i go by looks and feel. notice the top skewer w/ only two. missing. not on the plate. look, feel and taste. yummy.
 
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bflodan

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Buffalo Chicken Salad

Its been pretty hot out here and we wanted something a little lighter and refreshing...Made a Buffalo Chicken salad with a homemade Blu Cheese Dressing.. Started with the chicken breast rubbed with a little garlic evoo and then some Little Louies..The salad was just a simple Iceburg wedge with carrot, celery and onion..
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Made the dressing with some fresh blu cheese, mayo, sourcream and a little vinegar, Worcestershire, garlic powder and fresh ground pepper..
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Had the chicken on the MAK at 275 till it hit 160 then basted in hot sauce until about 167..
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Sliced and plated with the salad drizzled with the dressing and added some more blu cheese crumbles..
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Was really good...
 

Patrick_CT

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Trout on the MAK

We had some good things this week to cross off my MAK bucket list (never actually crossed off I guess)
Fresh Rainbow Trout:
I really wanted to bacon wrap them but since they do not cook long enough to get the bacon cooked, I decided to be a little more creative. I first cooked some bacon on a rack over a cookie sheet on the MAK along with a separate dish with garlic cloves, shallots, EVOO. While this was cooking I added a dish of marinated sliced potatoes (EVOO, BP LL w/ P, Garlic Dude Dust, parma cheese).
When the Bacon was done and the sheet pan was cool I added the trout to the pan with the bacon drippings to give it the flavor along with salt pepper and a little Garlic Dude dust. Stuffed some of the bacon, roasted Garlic and shallots in the cavity of the fish.
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Enjoying a Blue Moon on these hot summer days.

Turned the heat up a little on the MAK, put them on the frogmats (potatoes are finished and in the smoke box to hold and get some of the extra flavor.
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And dinner is served: No picture of the salad to go with it since I always eat salad at the end of my meal ;) And a nice White beer to go with dinner.
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Everyone really liked everything. I personally would have turned the MAK a little higher to crisp the skin more. The flavor was excellent.
 

Patrick_CT

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Other good meal this week was a marinated Pork Loin. I marinated it in Yoshido glaze for about 4 hours with some chipolte flakes to give it some heat. Put some dusting of LL w/P on it for good measure.

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Onto #400 at 300 until the IT went to 165. I glazed it with the Yoshido sauce every 30min or so. When it was near finished I put a cookie sheet full of french fries and some chicken breast strips (terryaki glazed) on the grill. When the Pork reached 165 I took it off and foiled it and cranked the heat up to finish the fried. The pork sat in the smoker box feeling happy.

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All the adults loved the pork and the kids ate some (but mostly the chicken breast strips) The fries came out awesome! I did not get pics of them since it was more for the kids, but everyone ate them quickly. We are all kids that love fries I guess.
 

Patrick_CT

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Thanks Sparky. It is about 1/3 of the entire piece I bought. I am still thinking on how to do the rest of it (2 more cooks I think).. one will have to be stuffed..
 

squirtthecat

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80 for 80..

A good friend of ours will be hosting a birthday bash for his MIL - she tuns the big 8-0 this year. He bought in on the 'meat wagon' that KyNola drove up back in early June. (he picked up roughly 80 pounds of pork shoulders)

It was about 98° Friday.. Good day to haul semi-frozen meat around. (quickly)

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I let them sit out for an hour or so. Still frozen. :eek:

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Time to warm the pits. Fire in the hole!

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Quick mix of the Salt Lick Clone.

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(dump dump dump shake shake shake sneeze sneeze sneeze)

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Here we go.. I could only fit 3 of the 4 shoulders on. Slathered with Molasses and heavily rubbed with the SLC.

Traeger:

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MAK:

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Both are set at 240° or so and we'll check back in the morning. I heavily scored the skin/fat, and put it down towards the heat for the cook - with any luck we might have some cracklins to go with the pulled pork late tomorrow afternoon.. (or a mess)

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Traeger shoulder is done.

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squirtthecat

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MAK shoulders are in the stall. I'll move that top one to the Traeger here in a bit.

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Panned up, ready for FTC.

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Wait, I don't have a cooler big enough to hold full steam table pans...


Time to improvise on a hot summer day.

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It'll be nice and toasty in there out in the driveway. :D

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Time for some coffee and A/C.

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Traeger. (like my high tech bucket hangers??)

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MAK.

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Just a quick peek in the FTBimmerT.

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Time to stay inside for a bit. The sun is really pounding down now... Shoulder #2 is 175°-185° depending on where I poke it. #3 is still in the 160°s, so I put it in the Traeger Turbo Smoker to catch up.

I'll check the MAK again around 11:30. I didn't feel like messing with the Maverick today, so I just have a CDN meat probe that I can take a quick glance at.


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squirtthecat

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Took shoulder #1 out for a quick spin. I hear that people drive with their kids in the car to calm them down before putting them to bed. I figured it might help that picnic pull easier. :D

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Dang, wrong kind of pellets...

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It was 126° in the trunk. I'll bring that guy inside and pull him after I finish lunch. #2 is about ready to come off of the MAK next.

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Time to pull... (next ones will be done in the shade - uggghh)

FTBimmerT seemed to work well.

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Pulled. Left some of the pieces larger, as these will all be reheated.

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#2 is ready to come off.

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Nestled in the 125° Bavarian confines..

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Ended up with right at 12 pounds pulled. (minus a snack for me)

Blue Bunny transport containers.

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squirtthecat

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And #3 comes off..

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He's bundled up in the trunk with the other, and I"ll pull them after Church.

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The shoulders went to Church with me... (I made them stay in the car :D)
It topped out at 139° in the trunk..

Time to pull..

Done and Done.

(10.5 and 12 pounds yield)

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#4 is trying to thaw a bit in a cooler next to the washing machine. I'll put it on shortly on 'smoke' to let it thaw a bit more, before I rub it and put the spurs to it overnight.

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