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gusibole · Post by **gusibole** » April 22nd, 2012, 11:20 am

Well, she's home and just about ready. Fired it up and hot burned it then steam cleaned it and seasoned it. Just have to put prep surfaces.

YouTube · Post by **Frank_Cox** » April 22nd, 2012, 12:08 pm

what you gonna smoke on it first? I like the counter weight!

gusibole · Post by **gusibole** » April 22nd, 2012, 12:32 pm

Well, I am going to smoke some ribs as payment for some of the help I got.
As far as the counter weight goes i guess you could call it a Marine thing.
It stands for "The
Greatest Brotherhood on Earth."

YouTube · Post by **Frank_Cox** » April 22nd, 2012, 2:43 pm

The Czar · Post by **The Czar** » April 22nd, 2012, 4:05 pm

man that is a nice looking out fit....you will probably get to meet all kinds of friends and neighbors you didn't know you had now!!!! :LG:

Smokeone · Post by **Smokeone** » April 22nd, 2012, 5:29 pm

DC is right, you get that thing cookin and youll have more friends than you know.
Nice Job!

Gizmo · Post by **Gizmo** » April 23rd, 2012, 6:38 am

Nice job on that cooker gus!

gusibole · Post by **gusibole** » April 23rd, 2012, 3:11 pm

Than ks all!

gusibole · Post by **gusibole** » April 27th, 2012, 5:11 pm

Well tomorrow morning we get our first hunk of flesh in the cooker!!
We are attempting a packer brisket! Yup, a full on, whole brisket!
Good luck to me!!

Gizmo · Post by **Gizmo** » April 27th, 2012, 5:22 pm

Drop me a PM if you need anything gus... it will find me on my phone ...

gusibole · Post by **gusibole** » April 27th, 2012, 5:46 pm

Thanks Rick. I may need a little moral support!!!

gusibole · Post by **gusibole** » April 28th, 2012, 6:42 am

Ok, Up a 6:00 am. Got the fire started, and took about an hour for temp come up to 250.
Put on the brisket around 7:00. Will check it in about 10 hours or so.

gusibole · Post by **gusibole** » April 28th, 2012, 10:35 am

About 11:30 a.m. and temps leveled out at about 235.
Holding pretty steady. Added a few sticks and charcoal since initial fire up.
Sticks alone did not get it at first. We'll see.
I'm learnin'.

gusibole · Post by **gusibole** » April 28th, 2012, 12:08 pm

Wind died down. Gained about 40 degrees.
Still learnin'!

gusibole · Post by **gusibole** » April 28th, 2012, 3:16 pm

i am calling it done. earlier than I anticipated. Wrapped it and put it in the cooler.
Waiting for the taters to finish!

gusibole · Post by **gusibole** » April 28th, 2012, 3:35 pm

gusibole · Post by **gusibole** » April 28th, 2012, 4:10 pm

Dinner time!

DUAYNE B · Post by **DUAYNE B** » April 28th, 2012, 4:44 pm

i just ate lunch and have a full belly, but that looks so darn good i,m hungry again,,,, :LG:

PoPs54 · Post by **PoPs54** » April 28th, 2012, 5:08 pm

Hey Gus. Been out of the good old USA for some rest and relaxation and just caught up on your build. Great job I must say. Still working on my first build, not going quite as fast as your build, but it sure is fun isn't it.

gusibole · Post by **gusibole** » April 28th, 2012, 5:24 pm

PoPs54 wrote:Hey Gus. Been out of the good old USA for some rest and relaxation and just caught up on your build. Great job I must say. Still working on my first build, not going quite as fast as your build, but it sure is fun isn't it.

PoPs,
It was time consuming. I had quite a bit of time in it. But truth be told, now that it is done and I
have my first hunk of flesh cooked, yeah, it was fun!

gusibole · Post by **gusibole** » April 28th, 2012, 5:25 pm

thakns

DUAYNE B wrote:i just ate lunch and have a full belly, but that looks so darn good i,m hungry again,,,,

Thanks!

The Czar · Post by **The Czar** » April 28th, 2012, 5:37 pm

Wow....that does look good....so uh.....where's my cut?

gusibole · Post by **gusibole** » April 28th, 2012, 5:45 pm

dcman wrote:Wow....that does look good....so uh.....where's my cut?

Right here! I will pack it up all you have to do is pick it up!

Gizmo · Post by **Gizmo** » April 28th, 2012, 7:34 pm

Can't beat a deal like that DC!

Smokeone · Post by **Smokeone** » April 28th, 2012, 7:55 pm

Good looking Brisket right there. Nice work Gus! :LG:

Gotta love cooking on windy days, alway makes it interesting.

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