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newegger169
newegger169 Posts: 146
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just acquired this bag of lump. Heard all good things about and the bad of course that you can't get it anymore..... I'm usually cook with rockwood, is there anything different I should try with this. Trying to make the most out of this bag. 
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  • Eggcelsior
    Eggcelsior Posts: 14,414
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    Just use it. It's all BTUs in the end.
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  • DMW
    DMW Posts: 13,832
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    @henapple will trade you much stuff for it
    They/Them
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  • WeberWho
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    That's some rare lump! It's going to be the Honus Wagner of lump one day. Probably worth putting above the mantle in a glass case. =)
    "The pig is an amazing animal. You feed a pig an apple and it makes bacon. Let's see Michael Phelps do that" - Jim Gaffigan

    Minnesota
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  • Mickey
    Mickey Posts: 19,674
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    This is half gone now, not half full!

    Salado TX & 30A  FL: Egg Family: 3 Large and a very well used Mini, added a Mini Max when they came out (I'm good for now). Plus a couple Pit Boss Pellet Smokers.   

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  • HeavyG
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    I'd try to sell it on eBay. I'm sure the lump purists would offer $100+ for that now that it is "extinct".
    “Reality is that which, when you stop believing in it, doesn't go away.” ― Philip K. Diçk




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  • RRP
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    HeavyG said:
    I'd try to sell it on eBay. I'm sure the lump purists would offer $100+ for that now that it is "extinct".
    HOLY SH!T I never even thought about that angle! Now if some one would just teach me this about this eBay sh!t as I have 10 or 12 bags of OO in my stash. BTW anybody hot for my NOW extinct Chicago Charcoal brand?
    Re-gasketing America one yard at a time.
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  • Brisket_Fanatic
    Brisket_Fanatic Posts: 2,884
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    This stuff sucks, send it to me and I will dispose of it properly.

    NW IA

    2 LBGE, 1 SBGE, 22.5 WSM, 1 Smokey Joe

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  • Jeepster47
    Jeepster47 Posts: 3,827
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    RRP said:
    HeavyG said:
    I'd try to sell it on eBay. I'm sure the lump purists would offer $100+ for that now that it is "extinct".
    HOLY SH!T I never even thought about that angle! Now if some one would just teach me this about this eBay sh!t as I have 10 or 12 bags of OO in my stash. BTW anybody hot for my NOW extinct Chicago Charcoal brand?
    @RRP ... Ron, you've really got to learn to cook with those eggs of yours.  Honestly, those OO bags are so old they've probably turned to black dust.  Is it true you're still driving around with some RW in the trunk 'cuz you don't have anyplace to store it?

    Washington, IL  >  Queen Creek, AZ ... Two large eggs and an adopted Mini Max

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  • Darby_Crenshaw
    Darby_Crenshaw Posts: 2,657
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    everything ok Ron? that profanity isn't like you.  you seem stressed and not like yourself.

    i hope everything is ok.

    ;)
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  • RRP
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    Jeepster47 said:

    @RRP ... Ron, you've really got to learn to cook with those eggs of yours.  Honestly, those OO bags are so old they've probably turned to black dust.  Is it true you're still driving around with some RW in the trunk 'cuz you don't have anyplace to store it?
    Guilty as charged! I like to think of my trunk stash as being ballast!


    As for hoarding - guess I'm also guilty as I typically always maintain a level of 600 pounds or more. I only use that OO in my medium for baking and I haven't baked much lately. BTW that medium is now 14 years old, never had wood nor meat cooked in it and still is sporting the original felt gasket and is merely tan inside!
    Re-gasketing America one yard at a time.
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  • tarheelmatt
    tarheelmatt Posts: 9,867
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    You get that from Tiffany Paxton with the Santa Clause?  


    :rofl: 
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  • RRP
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    tarheelmatt said:
    You get that from Tiffany Paxton with the Santa Clause?  


    :rofl: 

    LOL - nope - but check out the discussion that followed my initial inquiry. Sounds like some of the rude rubes are still around!
    http://www.topix.com/forum/city/yellville-ar/TH7UBFTQKE0U0NSCS
    Re-gasketing America one yard at a time.
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  • henapple
    henapple Posts: 16,025
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    I'm still sitting on 300 lbs of Ozark and 100 lbs of Rockwood 


    Green egg, dead animal and alcohol. The "Boro".. TN 
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  • theyolksonyou
    theyolksonyou Posts: 18,458
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    That Tiffany Paxton thread is still active. Had a post last month. They also have quite a thread about a pastor marrying his long time girlfriend. Yellville is a gapping place!
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  • RRP
    RRP Posts: 25,895
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    theyolksonyou said:
    That Tiffany Paxton thread is still active. Had a post last month. They also have quite a thread about a pastor marrying his long time girlfriend. Yellville is a gapping place!
    yea, I caught that too. For kicks and giggles if anyone wants to read about Tiffany Paxton here's the link back to the start.
    http://www.topix.com/forum/city/yellville-ar/T84KSJ5BAL412TQHU

    Note there are 2 pages.
    Re-gasketing America one yard at a time.
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  • tarheelmatt
    tarheelmatt Posts: 9,867
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    RRP said:
    theyolksonyou said:
    That Tiffany Paxton thread is still active. Had a post last month. They also have quite a thread about a pastor marrying his long time girlfriend. Yellville is a gapping place!
    yea, I caught that too. For kicks and giggles if anyone wants to read about Tiffany Paxton here's the link back to the start.
    http://www.topix.com/forum/city/yellville-ar/T84KSJ5BAL412TQHU

    Note there are 2 pages.

    ** - Disclaimer - You will not see Santa Claus the right way after reading this. 
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  • SGH
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    newegger169 said:
    just acquired this bag of lump. Heard all good things about and the bad of course that you can't get it anymore..... I'm usually cook with rockwood, is there anything different I should try with this. Trying to make the most out of this bag. 
    Brother OO along with Rockwood are my favorite two lumps by far. Sad to see OO go the way of the buffalo. OO really stood out on beef in my opinion. While it is great on everything, that smooth almost sweet oak smoke that it imparts really shines on beef. It was simply spectacular on anything cut from the beef shoulder and brisket. Sure wish that OO would make a come back. When it was available, I pretty much used OO on beef and Rockwood for everything else. Now I use Rockwood exclusively along with a little wood. 

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  • theyolksonyou
    theyolksonyou Posts: 18,458
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    Stupid autocorrect. Yellville is happening not gapping. 
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  • RRP
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    theyolksonyou said:
    Stupid autocorrect. Yellville is happening not gapping. 
    Gapping works! I just imagine the average citizen there has a few missing teeth!
    Re-gasketing America one yard at a time.
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  • EGGjlmh
    EGGjlmh Posts: 816
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     RRP said:
    Jeepster47 said:

    @RRP ... Ron, you've really got to learn to cook with those eggs of yours.  Honestly, those OO bags are so old they've probably turned to black dust.  Is it true you're still driving around with some RW in the trunk 'cuz you don't have anyplace to store it?
    Guilty as charged! I like to think of my trunk stash as being ballast!


    As for hoarding - guess I'm also guilty as I typically always maintain a level of 600 pounds or more. I only use that OO in my medium for baking and I haven't baked much lately. BTW that medium is now 14 years old, never had wood nor meat cooked in it and still is sporting the original felt gasket and is merely tan inside!

    @RRP if the original 14 year old gasket finally blows, let me know, I know a guy that sells replacement gaskets!

    1MBGE 2006, 1LBGE 2010, 1 Mini Max, Fathers Day 2015

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  • SmokyBear
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    Did we ever find out what 'really' happened to OO?  Did they sell out to RO or someone else?
    Mini BGE, KJ Classic - Black, Cookshack SM025, Weber Gasser (mostly for Kamado storage!)
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