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I Thought Rockwood was Supposed to be Neutral???

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  • caliking
    caliking Posts: 18,731
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    Ozzie_Isaac said:
    caliking said:
    Opinions are like a-holes. Most people have one :smiley:

    Re: the meatloaf not staying together -  one of the things I learned in the course of our hog rearing venture, is that when making sausage, you have to knead the ground meat until its tacky to the touch. Releases myosin or something. A golf-ball size wad of meat should stick to your palm and not fall off. 

    So maybe knead the mix more before putting the formed loaf on the egg?
    What!?  You guys have been saying not to over handle meat, now you are saying deliberately manhandle meat?
     I'm a big fan of manhandling my meat...

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  • SoCalSooner
    SoCalSooner Posts: 52
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    Seriously? Take the fuel you use.  Know how it burns. Manage your protein. Remove when ready. Nobody likes over Smokey food. The WSM forum was less complicated than this.   
    2 Large Eggs    Oklahoma City,OK
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  • Ozzie_Isaac
    Ozzie_Isaac Posts: 19,051
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    SoCalSooner said:
    Seriously? Take the fuel you use.  Know how it burns. Manage your protein. Remove when ready. Nobody likes over Smokey food. The WSM forum was less complicated than this.   
    It is because they are all hacks.  Especially the virtual bullet forum.
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  • JohnInCarolina
    JohnInCarolina Posts: 30,954
    edited April 2018
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    Lol man.  Everyone has opinions when it comes to lump, but I’m not sure all opinions are created equal.  My take is people should try different kinds and buy what they like best and can afford.  For me personally, that’s Rockwood, but to each his own.    Some will find it less smoky than other brands, while others won’t.   Such is life.

    But posting a new thread just to bash a product?  That I’ll never understand.  
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  • tarheelmatt
    tarheelmatt Posts: 9,867
    edited April 2018
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    I'd just stick to that oven buddy!  It does it all!  
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  • fishlessman
    fishlessman Posts: 32,754
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    i just use cowboy lump.....years ago i took meatloaf to the deli sliceable stage, 1/16 thin slices on the meat slicer.  use less crumbs, descent fatty burger, over work it like mentioned. do all that AND dry roast the onions and peppers OR used the dehydrated onions.  if the recipe has a cup of bread crumbs cut it 50/50 with the dehydrated onions.  you can also partially freeze a standard loaf, the outer crust builds up better that way to hold it together on the grill
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  • Scott805
    Scott805 Posts: 349
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    As far as crumbling meatloaf, I always put my meatloaf in a pan layered with saran wrap and chill it for a couple of hours.  When I take it out and put on the egg, it comes out like a brick!  Never had it crumble.

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  • Focker
    Focker Posts: 8,364
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    ^^^Great tip.
    I use a couple of Hartstone Pottery loaf pans and Saran Wrap.  

    Brandon
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  • saluki2007
    saluki2007 Posts: 6,354
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    Are you using a sharp knife to cut your loaf?  I can see where a dull knife would break up the loaf instead of just slicing through it.
    Large and Small BGE
    Central, IL

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  • Canugghead
    Canugghead Posts: 11,518
    edited April 2018
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    Even with neutral Maple Leaf lump, I find chicken cooked in BGE noticeably smokier the day after.  I now cook poultry almost exclusively in Traeger, IMO leftover chicken taste more flavourful, not smokey. After all, pellet grills are also known as 'outdoor oven'  =)  Guess that's the carbonated wood vs. raw wood dust difference, regardless of brands?
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  • northGAcock
    northGAcock Posts: 15,164
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    It gives a nice little kiss of smoke to a pizza.  =) 
    seriously.....it is prob the most nutural....but it is lump and does give off some flavor. Glad you are giving it a try. 
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  • DMW
    DMW Posts: 13,832
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    Did the kids get off your lawn?
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  • nolaegghead
    nolaegghead Posts: 42,102
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    And I thought this was about management...
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  • coomdaddy
    coomdaddy Posts: 128
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    So there's smoke when something burns?  Weird.
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  • stlcharcoal
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    nolaegghead said:
    And I thought this was about management...
    :clap:   Winning comment of the day!   Hahaha
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  • bgebrent
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    stlcharcoal said:
    nolaegghead said:
    And I thought this was about management...
    :clap:   Winning comment of the day!   Hahaha
    This^^^^^. BS post if ever there was one. 
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  • nolaegghead
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    bgebrent said:
    stlcharcoal said:
    nolaegghead said:
    And I thought this was about management...
    :clap:   Winning comment of the day!   Hahaha
    This^^^^^. BS post if ever there was one. 
    B-rent, c'mon, MAN!
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