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C'mon in and sit down. Tell us about yourself, your equipment, and whatever else you would like to share.

For the forum members local events. When we get together and have fun.

Occassionally we have members who pass on or otherwise are unable to post with us. This area is set up in rememberance of those members. These great members are gone but never forgotten ...

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How to make your ABT's

Here's the basic steps for cooking ribs.

This is how the SmokyOkie Style brisket is done. You don't need no teef to eat this beef.

We've seen them and here's how to get them started.

How to roll a stuffed fatty.

This is the place to learn how to make those popular, eye pleasing grill marks that will make you look like a pro griller in no time.

The basic How To for building a basic drum smoker. Drums make excellent smokers when properly assembled. Follow this guide and you will be smoking with the pros.

Show us your beef. We want to know how you like your beef and what's going with it.

The other white meat. Tell us all about your cooked pork and don't forget the pictures.

From the yard bird to the turkey bird. Post your turkey, chicken, duck, goose, or other bird cooks here.

We all want to hear and see how that lamb was done. Tell us the whole story here.

As hunters cook up their seasons game. This is the place to post it. Tips, tricks, or secret recipes are the aim here.

If it comes from the sea, we want to see how it's fixed.

Everybody loves cheese. Tell us how you smoke your cheese and store it.

If you make your own sausage of any type, post it here. Tell us how and include some recipes.

Bacon should be it's own food group. If you love to smoke bacon or just want to learn about it, this is the place.

What's a menu without the veggies and sides? Tell us how you prepare your veggies or sides here.

Forum for posting recipes and pictures of your favorite 'cooked in the house' food

Do you a recipe for a sauce that you feel we should try? Post your recipes here

Post all your rub and seasoning recipes here. Whether they are award winning or invented on the fly. We want to hear about them.

Post your recipes for these here. Anything liquid that helps improve the flavor of your dish.

Post your side dishes here. Anything that supports the main course is what we want to see.

We all love to eat dessert. Post your recipes for anything dessert here.

Have a favorite or new beverage you want to share? We'd love to hear about it. What's a great meal without the beverages?

The old school way to BBQ bliss.

Got a Bandera or a Chargriller? Tell us about it here.

From the Quintessential ECB to the WSM, this is the place to go.

Got a Spicewine or a Backwoods? Y'all know what kind of cookers we talk about here.

Store bought or home built, if your smoker is made from a drum, show it to us.

Traeger? Fast Eddie? Share your successses with us here

Here is an area for the Eggheads and other ceramic cookers.

From GOSMs to the big commercial units, post it here.

Masterbuilt or Cookshack, this is where to talk about it.

Whole beeves or Cornish hens, if you spin 'em, post it here.

Break out your black pots.

Cooking done over open flame.

Hot and fast or indirect, if your grillin', show it to us.

Got a nice stainless gasser? Tell us what you can do with it.

Deep fryers are a popular form of outdoor cooking. If you have something to share concerning your fryer, start here.

If your cooker isn't listed above, give us a little show and tell. If we get enough interest, we'll give it it's own forum.

How low and slow can you go? Do you have a small to medium sized smoker? Tell us about your set up here.

When you need the smoke without the heat. Tell us how you do it and show us the pictures.

Do you have a smokehouse? Lots of people want to build an old fashioned smoke house. Tell us how you did it.

Post here for info and recipes for commercial smoking.

Discussion of the brands of lump charcoal you use and how they perform.

Discussion of briquette charcoals and how they perform.

Discussion of these types of fuel and how they perform.

Discussion of cooking with gases. Either natural gas or propane gas and how it performs.

Discussion of the many types of smoking woods and what they are used for.

General Discussion. If you have something to say that doesn't fit anywhere else, put it here.

The Bottom of the Barrel is where anything that is off color, adult oriented, or Jokes should be put. Keep it light and within reason. This Forum is a membership forum. Request membership through the moderators. A 25 post minimum is required at this time.

This is the place to describe your experiences in various restaurants. Whether it's BBQ or just another diner it doesn't matter. Please put the review for the restaurant under the Location title if available. If no location title is found then please start a new one. Example: All restaurants reviews in New York would be under the Thread Title New York. Put the name of the restaurant in the Title area for your reply.

From time to time we all have some serious issues that we want to share. Please share those issues here. If anyone so chooses, you can opt out of seeing these posts by sending a PM to any admin staff.

Have something you'd like to swap? Good Ol' Fashioned horse tradin' is what it's all about. Post it here to let everyone know.

If you like gizmos, gadgets, and tools to modernize and automate your Q experience This is the place for you.

Do the myths about smoking hold air or blow smoke? This area is for using only the facts to prove or disprove the reality of those myths. No opinions here - Just the facts.

Do you grow your own? Are you proud of what you can get out of the dirt? Post it here and share your methods.

Who's doing what, when, and where?

Give the newbies a leg up, share some tips for success and some recipes.

Post results and discuss them here.

If you're into competition cooking then you undoubtedly have some war stories. Share them here.

These are the small pictures next to your user name. Here's how to get them up and working.

Can't figure out how to add a picture to your post? Check out this tutorial with pictures to show you how.

Putting a Youtube video in your post is easy... here's how to do it.

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If you want to check settings or see how your pictures will look, use this area. This forum will be emptied every once in a while so no permanant posts please.

Post your links to BBQ related sites here. Links to anything BBQ is acceptable.