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Need help with Boston butt. Fat cap up or down?

theyolksonyou
theyolksonyou Posts: 18,459
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Also, is cowboy good charcoal?
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  • lousubcap
    lousubcap Posts: 34,079
    Game on! Welcome back.
    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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  • ColtsFan
    ColtsFan Posts: 6,585
    Fat cap points to the north. Always!
    ~ John - https://www.instagram.com/hoosier_egger
    XL BGE, LG BGE, Med BGE, BGE Chiminea, KJ Jr, PK Original, Ardore Pizza Oven
    Bloomington, IN - Hoo Hoo Hoo Hoosiers!

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  • GrateEggspectations
    GrateEggspectations Posts: 10,131
    Nice to see you back. Your AI profile pic is something special. 
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  • lkapigian
    lkapigian Posts: 11,160
    Welcome Back Bud !!! Lose the fat cap 
    Visalia, Ca @lkapigian
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  • ThermanMurch
    ThermanMurch Posts: 20

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  • johnmitchell
    johnmitchell Posts: 6,785


    And oh yes.. Fat cap down!!!😂 Good to have you back Jason.
    Greensboro North Carolina
    When in doubt Accelerate....
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  • Dyal_SC
    Dyal_SC Posts: 6,286
    Well hello there, gawjus!  Welcome back!
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  • Ozzie_Isaac
    Ozzie_Isaac Posts: 20,690
    Fat cap up, and put it in a half pan!  Let is simmer in it's own juices for the win!

    Maybe your purpose in life is only to serve as an example for others? - LPL


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  • theyolksonyou
    theyolksonyou Posts: 18,459
    GrateEggspectations said:
    Nice to see you back. Your AI profile pic is something special. 
    Took that in RMNP a couple of yrs ago.  That place is special 
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  • theyolksonyou
    theyolksonyou Posts: 18,459
    johnmitchell said:


    And oh yes.. Fat cap down!!!😂 Good to have you back Jason.

     just dropping in, John.  I’m still coming up your way a few times a yr.  I’ll give you a shout sometime 
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  • theyolksonyou
    theyolksonyou Posts: 18,459
    Dyal_SC said:
    Well hello there, gawjus!  Welcome back!
    Hope you and the boys are doing well, Craig. 
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  • johnmitchell
    johnmitchell Posts: 6,785
    @theyolksonyou. Sounds good let’s make that happen.
    Greensboro North Carolina
    When in doubt Accelerate....
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  • MaskedMarvel
    MaskedMarvel Posts: 3,208
    My water pan uses non-alcoholic beer….
    Large BGE and Medium BGE
    36" Blackstone - Greensboro!


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  • Mr1egg
    Mr1egg Posts: 409
    I've been using cowboy for a while now, it looks different from your bag but I like it. People on this forum hate it but it didn't really stand out to me for me by being great or terrible.
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  • shtgunal3
    shtgunal3 Posts: 5,874
    Get some Cowboy roaring hot and just throw the butt into the coals. Caveman for the win!

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     LBGE,SBGE, and a Mini makes three......Sweet home Alabama........ Stay thirsty my friends .

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  • RRP
    RRP Posts: 26,067
    Mr1egg said:
     People on this forum hate it but it didn't really stand out to me for me by being great or terrible.
    Sorry @Mr1egg…but seeing that you are a newbie on this forum for less than 3 years then I guess those opinions of us old farts who have been here for 24 years then you seem to dismiss us as being too near sighted! 
    But I can recall when CowBoy went thru periods of just using dry kilned building scraps like 2/4s, flooring cutoffs and rumored dumpster trash! Perhaps that was a very dark period during Cowboy’s ownership changes and whoever brought Cowboy back to life! 

    BTW I do know that the one longest believers/users supporters of Cowboy Lump has been our long time egger buddy @fishlessman !

    Eggon @MrEgg1
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  • Ozzie_Isaac
    Ozzie_Isaac Posts: 20,690
    edited March 4
    RRP said:
    Mr1egg said:
     People on this forum hate it but it didn't really stand out to me for me by being great or terrible.
    Sorry @Mr1egg…but seeing that you are a newbie on this forum for less than 3 years then I guess those opinions of us old farts who have been here for 24 years then you seem to dismiss us as being too near sighted! 
    But I can recall when CowBoy went thru periods of just using dry kilned building scraps like 2/4s, flooring cutoffs and rumored dumpster trash! Perhaps that was a very dark period during Cowboy’s ownership changes and whoever brought Cowboy back to life! 

    BTW I do know that the one longest believers/users supporters of Cowboy Lump has been our long time egger buddy @fishlessman !

    Eggon @MrEgg1
    I don’t think he was dismissive at all.  He acknowledged we hate it.  Then said his experience is neither good nor bad.

    I have never tried it because I saw all the photos of wood floor scrap, trim pieces, and green banding straps from the various bags.  I never found the need to try it.

    His experience sounds like mine with Royal Oak.  It isn’t great and it isn’t terrible.  It gets the job done and is priced right.

    Rockwood is my gold standard, but I will burn other stuff too.

    Maybe your purpose in life is only to serve as an example for others? - LPL


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  • alaskanassasin
    alaskanassasin Posts: 8,259
    I burned a bag of blues hog recently and was impressed. I needed to spend $50 at Ace for my coupon and they only had one bag or RockWood. Which is shocking because I thought I was the only one who bought it in town and they usually stock two.
    South of Columbus, Ohio.


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  • Dyal_SC
    Dyal_SC Posts: 6,286
    I like to reuse old cedar shake shingles out of neighborhood trash bins, plank a Boston butt on it, then douse it all down with squirt bottle blues hog sauce. Done when IT hits 77 deg f.  So good. 
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  • Ybabpmuts
    Ybabpmuts Posts: 963
    I like to use the crates of Prince Edward Island mussel shipping containers and smoke with them. The first time I did this I didn't realize someone had taken the beards off of all the muscles and left them inside the crate to dry against the wood. I can't even describe the taste of smoked butt and burnt beard trimmings. Still, with enough blues hog sauce anything tastes great.
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  • fishlessman
    fishlessman Posts: 33,537
    RRP said:
    Mr1egg said:
     People on this forum hate it but it didn't really stand out to me for me by being great or terrible.
    Sorry @Mr1egg…but seeing that you are a newbie on this forum for less than 3 years then I guess those opinions of us old farts who have been here for 24 years then you seem to dismiss us as being too near sighted! 
    But I can recall when CowBoy went thru periods of just using dry kilned building scraps like 2/4s, flooring cutoffs and rumored dumpster trash! Perhaps that was a very dark period during Cowboy’s ownership changes and whoever brought Cowboy back to life! 

    BTW I do know that the one longest believers/users supporters of Cowboy Lump has been our long time egger buddy @fishlessman !

    Eggon @MrEgg1

    the flooring cutoffs were actually a clean burning hot, easy to light lump. it did go downhill a few times after that. now its like royal oak with hickory lump added in. still using it
    fukahwee maine

    you can lead a fish to water but you can not make him drink it
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  • YukonRon
    YukonRon Posts: 17,095

    Absolutely Jason. One of my favorite places on earth. 
    "Knowledge is Good" - Emil Faber

    XL and MM
    Louisville, Kentucky
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  • YukonRon
    YukonRon Posts: 17,095

    Fat side down, Cowboy is not a product I recommend for the BGE. 
    "Knowledge is Good" - Emil Faber

    XL and MM
    Louisville, Kentucky
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  • alaskanassasin
    alaskanassasin Posts: 8,259
    You guys should go to Alaska. 
    South of Columbus, Ohio.


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