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Preparing a feast!

Skrullb
Skrullb Posts: 666
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So I was volunteered to make a bunch of food for a teachers appreciation picnic at my kids school. I’m just getting things going, 40 pounds of butts, and smoked bacon/panko Mac and cheese. This is my first time using Rockwood and my Thermoworks Smoke. I’ve been a Fogo guy, so I’m curious. 
I'm in Fredericksburg, VA, and I have an XL and a medium. 
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  • JohnInCarolina
    JohnInCarolina Posts: 33,839
    Nice!
    "I've made a note never to piss you two off." - Stike

    "The truth is, these are not very bright guys, and things got out of hand." - Deep Throat
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  • SmokeLife
    SmokeLife Posts: 64
    Looking good. Can I get on your catering list?
    Large BGE
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  • FrostyEgg
    FrostyEgg Posts: 608
    Looks solid!
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  • jdkeithbge
    jdkeithbge Posts: 310
    Yowsas!  
    XL BGE, CGS AR & spider, 36" SS Blackstone, SMOBOT - Flower Mound, TX
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  • Foghorn
    Foghorn Posts: 10,142
    There are going to be some happy teachers. 

    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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  • thetrim
    thetrim Posts: 11,379
    Man that looks good!
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    XL 6/06, Mini 6/12, L 10/12, Mini #2 12/14 MiniMax 3/16 Large #2 11/20 Legacy from my FIL - RIP PitBoss Navigator 850G 11/25
    Tampa Bay, FL
    EIB 6 Oct 95
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  • Skrullb
    Skrullb Posts: 666
    SmokeLife said:
    Looking good. Can I get on your catering list?
    Let me see how this goes first. Lol
    I'm in Fredericksburg, VA, and I have an XL and a medium. 
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  • Skrullb
    Skrullb Posts: 666

    I'm in Fredericksburg, VA, and I have an XL and a medium. 
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  • KennyLee
    KennyLee Posts: 806
    You're going to be a hero.  Just be ready for it and be humble :)

    LBGE

    Cedar table w/granite top

    Ceramic Grillworks two-tier swing rack

    Perpetual cooler of ice-cold beer

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  • gonepostal
    gonepostal Posts: 722
    I'm guessing that you will have a bunch of happy teachers!
    Wetumpka, Alabama
    LBGE and MM
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  • Skrullb
    Skrullb Posts: 666
    gonepostal said:
    I'm guessing that you will have a bunch of happy teachers!
    I sure hope so!
    I'm in Fredericksburg, VA, and I have an XL and a medium. 
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  • caliking
    caliking Posts: 19,251
    I don’t think you have enough meat or mac :smiley:

    very awesome of you to cook for them. 

    #1 LBGE December 2012 • #2 SBGE February  2013 • #3 Mini May 2013
    A happy BGE family in Houston, TX.
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  • Skrullb
    Skrullb Posts: 666
    caliking said:
    I don’t think you have enough meat or mac :smiley:

    very awesome of you to cook for them. 
    It’s for roughly 100 people so I wasn’t sure. Better to have too much than not enough. I think they’re doing hot dogs or something too, so hopefully I’ve got it covered. Thanks!
    I'm in Fredericksburg, VA, and I have an XL and a medium. 
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  • GrillSgt
    GrillSgt Posts: 2,507
    I’m interested to see your take on the RW. I moved up from RO and it made a world of difference. 
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  • WeberWho
    WeberWho Posts: 11,390
    Teachers bust their rear ends day in and out with little to no recognition. This will be very much appreciated. What a great gesture!
    "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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  • Skrullb
    Skrullb Posts: 666
    GrillSgt said:
    I’m interested to see your take on the RW. I moved up from RO and it made a world of difference. 
    My first impression is how much smaller the pieces are. I’m used to FOGO super premium and the lump is much larger. 
    I'm in Fredericksburg, VA, and I have an XL and a medium. 
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  • Chief9
    Chief9 Posts: 143
    Great looking cook for a deserving crowd!
    Carrollton, Va
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  • mEGG_My_Day
    mEGG_My_Day Posts: 1,659
    You're  good person to do that his - all looks great. You got me hungry for some Mac and cheese!!!!!
    Memphis, TN 

    LBGE, 2 SBGE, Hasty-Bake Gourmet
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  • JustOneOfTheGuys
    JustOneOfTheGuys Posts: 142
    edited May 2018
    Say, I don’t know if you heard, but they changed the place for the dinner.. it’s now up and over in southwestern Connecticut... ;)

    Looking good!
    Southwestern CT
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  • ewyllins
    ewyllins Posts: 461
    Looking great so far, cudos to you my man!!
    O-Town, FL

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  • lousubcap
    lousubcap Posts: 34,940
    Great undertaking right there.  Congrats for stepping up.
    Paving the way for the "benefit of the doubt" for your kids downstream.  ;)
    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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  • saluki2007
    saluki2007 Posts: 6,354
    Your kid(s) better get straight A's for that move.  Nice job.
    Large and Small BGE
    Central, IL

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  • buzd504
    buzd504 Posts: 3,867
    Skrullb said:
    GrillSgt said:
    I’m interested to see your take on the RW. I moved up from RO and it made a world of difference. 
    My first impression is how much smaller the pieces are. I’m used to FOGO super premium and the lump is much larger. 
    FOGO is good lump, so you probably won't see a radical improvement.  Ultimately, the size of the pieces doesn't really matter much.
    NOLA
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  • Skrullb
    Skrullb Posts: 666
    I didn’t get a bunch of good pics but it was a big hit! Everyone loved the food. All night cook was a success too. 
    I'm in Fredericksburg, VA, and I have an XL and a medium. 
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  • Brisket_Fanatic
    Brisket_Fanatic Posts: 2,885
    Skrullb said:
    I didn’t get a bunch of good pics but it was a big hit! Everyone loved the food. All night cook was a success too. 
    Those poor kids in the background eating school lunch. Looks like you nailed it, nicely done!

    NW IA

    2 LBGE, 1 SBGE, 22.5 WSM, 1 Smokey Joe and Black Stone

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  • Skrullb
    Skrullb Posts: 666
    2 great compliments...one woman says she’s from Memphis and is a bbq snob and she came back for 2nds saying mine is right up there. Another said I passed the “no sauce” test, which is a big one for me, because I don’t like a bunch of sauce on my pork, either. Had a bunch of people ask where my business is located too. I guess I need to get on that!
    I'm in Fredericksburg, VA, and I have an XL and a medium. 
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  • lousubcap
    lousubcap Posts: 34,940
    Way to bring it home.  Congrats on the undertaking and more impressive, the delivery.  A banquet for sure. Nailed it across the board.    
    And those are some high-praise compliments.  Time to celebrate!
    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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  • THEBuckeye
    THEBuckeye Posts: 4,232
    Well done. That's worth at least 10 get out of detention cards and rounding up on the next 10 tests. 

    Fogo? Overpriced and overrated IMHO. 
    New Albany, Ohio 

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  • Skrullb
    Skrullb Posts: 666
    edited May 2018
    THEBuckeye said:
    Well done. That's worth at least 10 get out of detention cards and rounding up on the next 10 tests. 

    Fogo? Overpriced and overrated IMHO. 
    Funny. I didn’t see anything spectacular about the Rockwood either. My tastebuds are hosed due to sinus issues so maybe that’s why. The lump looked just like a busted bag of RO to me. Not bashing it, but not praising it either. 
    I'm in Fredericksburg, VA, and I have an XL and a medium. 
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  • Skrullb
    Skrullb Posts: 666
    And 9 hours at 300 and the entire load of RW was ashes 
    I'm in Fredericksburg, VA, and I have an XL and a medium. 
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