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Alright, as part of the Xmas food junk shop, I spotted Aldi were doing these.

https://www.aldi.co.uk/p/63452/0

The one I picked weighed 1.5kg and was £3.81.

Comes with a fat cap that trims off nicely, should make some half decent cracklins.

My interest in these - Aldi will have no doubt brined ...

Maverick 733 is a brilliant unit - very well respected. I use one for everyday cooking not just BBQ.

For instant reads, the Thermapen is a very good unit.

Maldons IS kosher salt

Well you can ask for a 'whole brisket, flat not rolled' which the butcher should be quite pleased with as he basically won't have to do anything with it.

That's quite a lot of meat though! About £40 worth.

Depending on what taste you like, get them to cut it from either the point (more fatty) or ...

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For sourcing meats, get to know your butcher. If he/she's not helpful, find another butcher!

Although one of the things I love about BBQ is that you can take pretty much any cut of meat and BBQs make them magical

Happy smoking

Mike

I'm looking to possibly join / create a team. I'm in Guildford

So I made a cool way to get the coals started super quick - modded a £16 gas ring from Amazon so a Weber chimney fits into it, choked the gas and now the flames get round the coal way quicker than newspaper or firelighters!


https://c1.staticflickr.com/9/8621/29936032360_e7acf8f67c_c.jpg Gas ...

Two huge bits of advice.....

Buy a proper digital thermometer (two probes - one for the meat, one for the egg temperature). Big Green Egg actually rebrand the Maverick 733/734 but you can buy it much cheaper if it's branded Redi-Chek.

Secondly, do a test without meat to firstly burn off any ...

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I wouldn't be too hung up about not being able to get USDA etc over here - you'll get delicious results with the meat over here!

Hi, I'm Mike :)

I'm from Guildford, Surrey

Bought a Broil King Signet a few months ago and got into cooking steak properly. But you can't get the temp low enough, so bought a cheap offset from Homebase and modified it to keep the temp more stable. So far have cooked Pulled pork (13 hours ...