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thanks for the tips,

I spoke to my local butcher http://www.johnpettitbutchers.co.uk/

And thay have beef short ribs at £3.30 per lb, which seems good value to me.

Hopefully they'll be good as they have won loads of awards over the years!

This is what I use,
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Kitchenware-Timer-Thermometer-w-Remote-Probe-Sensor-/110743774183?pt=UK_Kitchen_Accessories&hash=item19c8d7e3e7#ht_522wt_1166

You can leave the probe in the meat and the wire is pretty this so you dont have to worry about having the lid open much. You ...

Hi,

I'm thinking of smoking some beef ribs this coming weekend and wondered which cut is best value.
I've heard Jacobs Ladder and Short cut.. what's the most popular, and what sort of price should I expect to pay?

Thanks!

Hey again,

Thanks for the reply DrSweetSmoke.

Had a great 2011 summer and had some fantastic BBQ's in the keg. It stood upto the heat really well and hasnt shown a single sign of melting!

I've made some upgrades for this year..
Managed to get hold of a small keg (firkin) for a smoker attachment ...

Hey,

Ive tried a few different types of charcoal recently and haven't been impressed with any of them.
I had some lumpwood from tesco which seemed to spit and crackle all the way through burning, Supagrill briquettes had a strange smell, and supagrill lumpwood was really fine (no large chunks ...

Hey,

Just though I would post some pics of my home made bbq.
It took a month or so of weekends to finish, but its pretty much complete now.

The steel frame is 1" hollow section I got from work - i was told this was engineering steel (whatever that is) its quite thick walled and was a sort of a ...

Im yet to receive it but I have just bought one of these..

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Digital-LCD-F ... 3cb9ecf859

Hopefully it will be cheap and cheerful!

Hey,

This weekend I attempted smoking my first 'boston butt'. Although I'm not entirely sure I had the correct cut of meat. It was called a pork shoulder and I bought it from Tescos.

I pretty much followed the BBQ pitboys recipe on youtube.

Unfortunately I forgot to take any photos after cooking ...