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re: Competition BBQ vs Restaurant BBQ

Posted on 8/9/18 at 7:27 am to
Posted by t00f
Not where you think I am
Member since Jul 2016
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Posted on 8/9/18 at 7:27 am to
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when I ate there it was OK, nothing to write home about. I ate at about 8 NC bbq restaurants last year and was underwhelmed by the pulled pork at every place. Just lacked smoke flavor and tasted little difference from pork cooked in an oven. I can produce better, smokier pulled pork. When I go to Texas though, the brisket really stands out as a must have that I can't replicate or buy in Louisiana.


Doesn’t NC have a strict law about wood burning at restaurants and the only ones that can are grandfathered in? My wife has relatives near Lexigington NC and I recall we were directed by them to specifics places that still were allowed to burn wood.
This post was edited on 8/9/18 at 9:09 am
Posted by pdubya76
Sw Ms
Member since Mar 2012
5980 posts
Posted on 8/9/18 at 7:39 am to
What makes you legal in a comp with an electric or propane smoker? Serious question because I have a propane smoker that I built.
Posted by Crawfish From Arabi
Member since Apr 2017
317 posts
Posted on 8/9/18 at 9:04 am to
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I'm up to 4 right now with each one being very different but

What do you have now?
Posted by Crawfish From Arabi
Member since Apr 2017
317 posts
Posted on 8/9/18 at 9:06 am to
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BDI injector

Worth every penny
Posted by Crawfish From Arabi
Member since Apr 2017
317 posts
Posted on 8/9/18 at 9:12 am to
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What makes you legal in a comp with an electric or propane smoker?

Nothing. My point on that comment was to modify the electric smoker, that he already has, to be legal. You'd already have an insulated box that you can work with. Remove the electric heat, add a charcoal basket, and some sort of adjustable intake. Or......just build a uds or buy a wsm.
Posted by Louie T
htx
Member since Dec 2006
36321 posts
Posted on 8/9/18 at 10:52 am to
PK work well with lump too or it’s built for briquettes?
Posted by Crawfish From Arabi
Member since Apr 2017
317 posts
Posted on 8/9/18 at 11:00 am to
Yes. It's a tight build, and controlling airflow with the two intake pipes makes it easy.
Posted by Louie T
htx
Member since Dec 2006
36321 posts
Posted on 8/9/18 at 11:15 am to
I have a Primo XL, but I moved states - I’m not moving that monster. I’ve been meaning to buy a grill, and it’ll either be a Weber kettle or original PK.
Posted by GeauxTigers0107
South Louisiana
Member since Oct 2009
9768 posts
Posted on 8/9/18 at 1:10 pm to
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What do you have now?


A New Braunfels offset stick burner



Green Mountain Grill pellet smoker



A regular charcoal pit that was made out of thin stainless metal. Probably use it the most...I set it up to have two zones.



And last, an Orion Cooker. About all I use it for is to "smoke" turkey in on Thanksgiving.
Posted by Crawfish From Arabi
Member since Apr 2017
317 posts
Posted on 8/9/18 at 11:04 pm to
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it’ll either be a Weber kettle or original PK.

Whichever you decide, add a set of grill grates to it. You'd love them.
Posted by Crawfish From Arabi
Member since Apr 2017
317 posts
Posted on 8/9/18 at 11:07 pm to
Ok, now I'm remember your setup from a previous thread. You just about have everything that you really need. You can mod that charcoal grill to get hotter. If I'd add anything to your collection, it might be a wsm or uds.
Posted by GeauxTigers0107
South Louisiana
Member since Oct 2009
9768 posts
Posted on 8/10/18 at 5:32 am to
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uds.


Want
Posted by MeridianDog
Home on the range
Member since Nov 2010
14257 posts
Posted on 8/10/18 at 10:10 am to
Mine would never win a competition.











Unless I was the judge and then I would be right up in the running.

Posted by BRgetthenet
Member since Oct 2011
117734 posts
Posted on 8/10/18 at 10:18 am to
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Unless I was the judge and then I would be right up in the running.



Winner gets an all expense paid trip to Italy.
Posted by MeridianDog
Home on the range
Member since Nov 2010
14257 posts
Posted on 8/10/18 at 10:26 am to
Nope Corky's in Memphis.
Posted by Crawfish From Arabi
Member since Apr 2017
317 posts
Posted on 8/10/18 at 10:40 am to
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Mine would never win a competition.

IWEI
Posted by Crawfish From Arabi
Member since Apr 2017
317 posts
Posted on 8/10/18 at 10:41 am to
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Want

They're fairly easy to build.
Posted by Centinel
Idaho
Member since Sep 2016
43391 posts
Posted on 8/10/18 at 10:43 am to
I thought about building a UDS, but decided to be lazy and went with a WSM. Then got even lazier and got a DigiQ.
Posted by Crawfish From Arabi
Member since Apr 2017
317 posts
Posted on 8/10/18 at 10:59 am to
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I thought about building a UDS, but decided to be lazy and went with a WSM. Then got even lazier and got a DigiQ.

You can run a wsm like a uds, and get similar results. Remove the water bowl, pick up one of those charcoal disks for the old smokey at academy, and put on the second cooking shelf. It acts as a perforated heat deflector.
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