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    It's expensive to raise a BBQ snob

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    edited March 2015 in EggHead Forum
    So my for each of our kids birthdays we have a family part and have the grandparents, aunts & uncles, cousins over.
    My daughter turned 13 last weekend and due to conflict with the grandparents vacation, her party is tomorrow night. The birthday kid gets to pick the meal. She said pizza at first and then she thought it over and decided she wanted brisket. And then she got specific...Snake River Farms brisket. Oh, and my birthday is 4 days after her's. Yeah, I can get behind this idea...





    And now I wait a bit until it is time to put it on. The XL is fired and under control of my new Stoker. So far, it's been holding steady. If you want to watch, here it is:

    http://24.115.32.231:8080/

    It seems to work best in Firefox. The reports don't work, I just read the release notes for Stoker-web and the reports only work when hosted on Windows, not Linux. Well, I'm hosting on Linux.
    They/Them
    Morgantown, PA

    XL BGE - S BGE - KJ Jr - HB Legacy - BS Pizza Oven - 30" Firepit - King Kooker Fryer -  PR72T - WSJ - BS 17" Griddle - XXL BGE  - BS SS36" Griddle - 2 Burner Gasser - Pellet Smoker
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      Very cool that you have the Stoker set up that way already. I've got country style ribs on with my second Stoker cook. 
      I raise my kids, cook and golf.  When work gets in the way I'm pissed, I'm pissed off 48 weeks a year.
      Inbetween Iowa and Colorado, not close to anything remotely entertaining outside of football season. 
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      pretty cool that I can sit here and watch the temp on your egg...
      Houston, TX - LBGE
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      The brisket isn't on yet, the food temp probe is actually the outside ambient temp. I'm really not looking forward to taking the brisket out and putting it on the egg...
      They/Them
      Morgantown, PA

      XL BGE - S BGE - KJ Jr - HB Legacy - BS Pizza Oven - 30" Firepit - King Kooker Fryer -  PR72T - WSJ - BS 17" Griddle - XXL BGE  - BS SS36" Griddle - 2 Burner Gasser - Pellet Smoker
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      edited March 2015
      No reason to be apprehensive about it, the longer you wait the longer it will be before you are comfortable getting a little shut eye.  
      Oh you are probably in the super cold region of the area right now, I don't blame you, but if you have it set up right already, shouldn't be outside more then a couple minutes. 

      I raise my kids, cook and golf.  When work gets in the way I'm pissed, I'm pissed off 48 weeks a year.
      Inbetween Iowa and Colorado, not close to anything remotely entertaining outside of football season. 
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      That brisket looks like jabba the hut...
      Houston, TX - LBGE
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      Scottborasjr said:
      No reason to be apprehensive about it, the longer you wait the longer it will be before you are comfortable getting a little shut eye.

      Yeah, I'm about to go put it on. I just didn't want it to be finished too early. At this point, it can finish early and I can FTC.
      They/Them
      Morgantown, PA

      XL BGE - S BGE - KJ Jr - HB Legacy - BS Pizza Oven - 30" Firepit - King Kooker Fryer -  PR72T - WSJ - BS 17" Griddle - XXL BGE  - BS SS36" Griddle - 2 Burner Gasser - Pellet Smoker
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      @legume I always thought you were nice.  That is cruel!

      Don't tell your problems to people.  80% of people don't care and 20% are glad you have them.


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      I'm trying to talk my wife into a MiniMax for Scoot... 

      Violin, braces... Somehow my wife ain't going for my line of BS about this being good for the family LOL
      MSV Chill Spot
      Chester County, PA

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      Keeps 'em coming home.
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      Very nice, @DMW .  I like the web experience.  Does the Stoker software help with the Lynux web server setup or did you have to do that all yourself?  In other words, was it a package installation that also installed the web server portion?  I don't know if my question makes sense.  In any event, again, very nice and I hope the Brisket turns out great for you (I'm sure it will.)
      LG BGE, KJ Jr, Smokin Bros. Premier 36 and Pizza Party Bollore



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      hmm, my stoker browser interface doesn't look anything like this. Is it a third party software? Or maybe a newer version? I've had my stoker for around 10 months. Thanks
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      Waiting.  =)
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      Looking good DMW. I like the stoker on the web. Wish I was making a brisket this weekend. It's cold here right now. I'm reading 1 on the thermo here at the moment.
      Looks like your around 7. I love my digiq, sure beats going out in this cold and checking a brisky.
      Enjoy the good eats and Happy Birthday!
      SE PA
      XL, Lg, Mini max and OKJ offset
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      That's a really cool set up!   I think I might need one!   Let us know how it turns out! 
      Large BGE - 2014
      FB 200, KAB, AR - 2015
      Lake Norman area of NC
      The bitterness of poor quality remains long after the sweetness of low price is forgotten!
      Nowadays people know the price of everything and the value of nothing!
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      Very cool daughter. Very cool look into your stoker
      LBGE& SBGE———————————————•———————– Pennsylvania / poconos

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      @mahenryak and @stacyandkerry
      The view you are seeing is not the direct stoker itself. I am using Stoker-web:
      https://code.google.com/p/stoker-web/

      This runs on a separate computer on your network and it keeps a connection to the Stoker. This doesn't use the Stoker web interface at all, which is why it doesn't look like the Stoker.

      The runStokerweb.jar contains the app, web server, and Tomcat server all in one package. It is actually pretty easy to get running. The few docs on the site are geared around running on Windows, but if you know Linux, it's pretty straightforward. I happen to have a Linux box that is running Plex for my home media collection, adding Stoker-web was trivial.

      @pescadorzih - Yeah, it's cold here. It was 1* when I put the brisket on last night. Here's one pic I grabbed when I put it on and then got back inside as fast as possible:


      And here is the view this morning from this side of the glass door.
      They/Them
      Morgantown, PA

      XL BGE - S BGE - KJ Jr - HB Legacy - BS Pizza Oven - 30" Firepit - King Kooker Fryer -  PR72T - WSJ - BS 17" Griddle - XXL BGE  - BS SS36" Griddle - 2 Burner Gasser - Pellet Smoker
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      Nice view from the deck
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      Thats a pretty site you got but I think I prefer the corn..Enjoy and have a great weekend. 
      Greensboro North Carolina
      When in doubt Accelerate....
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      Glad you have your big boy pants on ;)
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      Very cool :plus_one: 
      LBGE 2013 & MM 2014
      Die Hard HUSKER & BRONCO FAN
      Flying Low & Slow in "Da Burg" FL
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      Nice set up, happy birthday to both of you. Looking back on my childhood....it sucked.
      Jacksonville FL
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      @DMW, I've said it before, but I would not be able to resist hitting golf balls from your backyard.
      Steve 
      XL, Mini Max, and a 22" Blackstone in Cincinnati, Ohio
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      Most eggcellent and way to use your daughter to feed your SRF habit!   Enjoy the eats.  And don't forget the SRF Father's Day treat you need to plan for:)
      Louisville; Rolling smoke in the neighbourhood. # 38 for the win.  Life is too short for light/lite beer!  Seems I'm livin in a transitional period.
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      The best thing about raising a BBQ snob daughter is that it will keep away the BBQ riff-raff when the dating starts.

      XXL BGE, Karebecue, Klose BYC, Chargiller Akorn Kamado, Weber Smokey Mountain, Grand Turbo gasser, Weber Smoky Joe, and the wheelbarrow that my grandfather used to cook steaks from his cattle

      San Antonio, TX

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      Happy belated to your little one and Happy Birthday to you Dwayne. Enjoy the SRF brisky. I know y'all will. :plus_one: 
      LBGE 2013 & MM 2014
      Die Hard HUSKER & BRONCO FAN
      Flying Low & Slow in "Da Burg" FL
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      edited March 2015
      Happy birthday to you and your daughter. Should be a fine meal later today. I am going to order a SRF brisket really soon. 
      XL BGE 
      Joe JR 
      Baltimore, MD
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      Enjoy that great brisket, thanks for letting me see the stoker website, that is cool, you were at 150 something internal temp when I checked, neat.
       Using a MBGE,woo/w stone,livin' in  Hayward California," The Heart Of The Bay "
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      Very cool @DMW! That brisket is going to rock! Happy Birthday to the daughter.
      LBGE - Nov/'14
      A Texan residing in Denver, CO.
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