What if it Snows?

Van is easy. No fing with 50, 90 or the dreaded 110 pound lumber tarp. It isnt just the tarping, but the messing with them going down the road. 20% of the loads with tarp suck. I dont need to shower once or twice a day. I can get away with 3 days. Shoot for 2 days. It's more miles, less time on site, so far.

 

Do you prefer the foil over butcher paper?

 

I cooked a brisket yesterday. Believe it was my best one to date. It was a smaller one. Cooked for 7 hours at @ 230. I wrapped it in foil once I pulled it and let it sit for 2 hours. Turned out tender but with a nice bark. I generally either get tender or nice bark.

 

The house boss must of sensed me talking smack about him. His revenge was snuggling in my armpit and ripping a gas bomb at 3:30 to awaken me from a dead sleep and I wear a cpap mask.

 

This is for later today.
Jalapeño jerky and bones for the dog.

 

Did you learn anything from that rude wake up?

 

OK that is a tuff question to answer, all the YouTube folks and a lots of BBQ joints around here that have recently made The Texas Monthly List use butcher paper. However, Ms. Tootsie Tomanetz, pit boss at Snows BBQ uses foil and she has been number one on "The List" more times than anybody else including that Franklin's guy in Austin. So, I do the Foil and like the Butcher paper folks do with adding tallow that I render from the fat trimmings and put into the smoker taking the brisket up to the "Stall" at 150 degrees. Both are Good to take the BBQ to the second stage of getting the brisket to 205 degrees. The following third stage is pulling it off the smoker and putting it into an ice chest for another 6 hours.
I have pulled it after 7 hours and moved it to the ice chest no ice in it it’s just a good holder of the heat while it finishes off it’s really jiggly when you move it around at this point. So waiting for lunch.

 

Did I ever mention that Grandcritters are very expensive??? Other half dropped $250 in less time than it took for me to throw up a Browning Citori Grade 2 Hunter and was out the door before I could even get to the aisle that had the PSE Brute AKS — I’m not shopping with her anymore

 

Anybody remember the refrigerator perry's giant skidmark in 85' superbowl ? OL Boy had the runs