Category: Food

VLSB blogging: T-9 hours

VLSB blogging: T-9 hours

| August 21, 2010 | Reply

Overslept last night (despite the iPhone alarm I set) and woke up around 1 am. Not a problem: got the brisket out of the smoker, double-wrapped it, put it in the oven (at 200°) and went to bed. Got up this morning at 6 am. Cleaned out the smoker’s firebox completely; the coals are on […]

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VLSB blogging: T-19 hours

VLSB blogging: T-19 hours

| August 20, 2010 | Reply

Last batch of brisket has been in smoking since about 3 pm this afternoon; I plan to take it out around 11 pm and put it in the oven. At that point, I’ll let the smoker rest until early tomorrow morning, when I’ll start on the three turkey breasts and the leg of lamb. Sandra […]

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VLSB blogging: T-31 hours

VLSB blogging: T-31 hours

| August 20, 2010 | Reply

Bit of a short night. I was up until nearly 1 am tending to the brisket, then got up at 4 am to add more coals and move the briskets around a bit, then got up at 6 am to take the briskets out of the smoker. Here they are: I double-wrapped each one in […]

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VLSB blogging: T-42 hours

VLSB blogging: T-42 hours

| August 19, 2010 | Reply

I’m doing three batches of brisket instead of my usual two. Each batch needs to smoke for ~7 hours, after which it sits in the oven at 180° for 18-24 hours, so the question is: do I start late Thursday night or early Friday morning? Answer: Thursday night. I lit the first batch of coals […]

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VLSB blogging: T-2 days

VLSB blogging: T-2 days

| August 19, 2010 | Reply

Got up this morning while it was still cool and worked on cleaning up the smoker and the grill a bit. Now I have to get some degreaser to clean up the deck where I was cleaning the grills (and, frankly, to finish up portions of the grills). Ran out and did some more shopping; […]

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VLSB blogging — T-3 days

VLSB blogging — T-3 days

| August 18, 2010 | Reply

It’s Wednesday afternoon, just over 75 hours before the VLSB (Very Large Scale Barbecue) is scheduled to start. I went out this morning over to Sam’s Club to buy 50 or so lbs of brisket and ended up getting nearly 70 lbs instead — ten (10-) briskets in all. I like Sam’s Club because their […]

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VLSB Alert

VLSB Alert

| August 10, 2010 | Reply

Sandra and I are doing one of our semi-annual Very Large Scale Barbecues on Saturday, August 21st. Any regular ASIP reader who is interested in attending, just drop me a line, and I’ll give you details. ..bruce w..

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BBQ blogging — 31 hours to go [updated]

BBQ blogging — 31 hours to go [updated]

| January 29, 2010 | 1 Reply

As noted below, we’re having one of our Very Large Scale BBQs tomorrow (Saturday). I got up this morning at 0545 and fired up the smoker. While (as you can see) I use lump charcoal and soaked wood to do the actual smoking, I unapologetically started the fire in the firebox with MatchLight charcoal and […]

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Happy Thanksgiving, everyone!

Happy Thanksgiving, everyone!

| November 26, 2009 | Reply

I am grateful for more than I can express: family, faith, friends, country, health, the opportunities of life, and above all my sweetheart, Sandra. God bless us, everyone.  ..bruce w..

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Photo of the day

Photo of the day

| November 5, 2009 | Reply

Hat tip to Megan McArdle.  ..bruce w..

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