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  • SciAggie
    SciAggie Posts: 6,481
    @caliking

    Coleman, Texas
    Large BGE & Mini Max for the wok. A few old camp Dutch ovens and a wood fired oven. LSG 24” cabinet offset smoker. There are a few paella pans and a Patagonia cross in the barn. A curing chamber for bacterial transformation of meats...
    "Bourbon slushies. Sure you can cook on the BGE without them, but why would you?"
                                                                                                                          YukonRon
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  • caliking
    caliking Posts: 19,780
    Thanks, @SciAggie! I’m on it. 

    And look... I managed to get a fire going :wink: 

    #1 LBGE December 2012 • #2 SBGE February  2013 • #3 Mini May 2013
    A happy BGE family in Houston, TX.
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  • SciAggie
    SciAggie Posts: 6,481
    But can you maintain it? You know, add uniform wood splits at regular intervals?
    Coleman, Texas
    Large BGE & Mini Max for the wok. A few old camp Dutch ovens and a wood fired oven. LSG 24” cabinet offset smoker. There are a few paella pans and a Patagonia cross in the barn. A curing chamber for bacterial transformation of meats...
    "Bourbon slushies. Sure you can cook on the BGE without them, but why would you?"
                                                                                                                          YukonRon
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  • caliking
    caliking Posts: 19,780
    Aye, there’s the rub...

    #1 LBGE December 2012 • #2 SBGE February  2013 • #3 Mini May 2013
    A happy BGE family in Houston, TX.
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  • SciAggie
    SciAggie Posts: 6,481
    edited May 2020
    @JohnInCarolina Very nice pizza. 
    What happened to @caliking? You don’t reckon his fire went out do you? Jkjk
    Coleman, Texas
    Large BGE & Mini Max for the wok. A few old camp Dutch ovens and a wood fired oven. LSG 24” cabinet offset smoker. There are a few paella pans and a Patagonia cross in the barn. A curing chamber for bacterial transformation of meats...
    "Bourbon slushies. Sure you can cook on the BGE without them, but why would you?"
                                                                                                                          YukonRon
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  • SciAggie
    SciAggie Posts: 6,481
    That’s really cool. Looks like your oven works well. The pizza looks great. You should cook in that more often. 
    How long did it take to get it hot?
    Coleman, Texas
    Large BGE & Mini Max for the wok. A few old camp Dutch ovens and a wood fired oven. LSG 24” cabinet offset smoker. There are a few paella pans and a Patagonia cross in the barn. A curing chamber for bacterial transformation of meats...
    "Bourbon slushies. Sure you can cook on the BGE without them, but why would you?"
                                                                                                                          YukonRon
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  • caliking
    caliking Posts: 19,780
    SciAggie said:
    That’s really cool. Looks like your oven works well. The pizza looks great. You should cook in that more often. 
    How long did it take to get it hot?
    Takes about 2-3 hrs. It's leaky as heck, and not really insulated, but it'll get to 1000F.   The  "dome" isn't parabolic, so it doesn't quite cook like a WFO, but enough for me to get my kicks.  

    Whenever I fire it up, I rehearse what I'm going to say to the firemen, assuming that a neighbor will see the smoke and call them!

    #1 LBGE December 2012 • #2 SBGE February  2013 • #3 Mini May 2013
    A happy BGE family in Houston, TX.
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  • Legume
    Legume Posts: 15,936

    THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION TO THIS MATTER
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  • The Cen-Tex Smoker
    The Cen-Tex Smoker Posts: 23,179
    Legume said:

    Right on the nose. 
    Keepin' It Weird in The ATX FBTX
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  • Foghorn
    Foghorn Posts: 10,226
    1) I love the redneck WFO and the cooks in it.  Awesome.
    2) More than that, I love that it is portable.  When this mess is over, I'm thinking it will need to make an appearance on a ranch somewhere south of San Antonio - right @20stone and @The Cen-Tex Smoker?  Of course, if you can just share the plans, we could have the supplies waiting for you some weekend.

    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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  • caliking
    caliking Posts: 19,780
    Foghorn said:
    1) I love the redneck WFO and the cooks in it.  Awesome.
    2) More than that, I love that it is portable.  When this mess is over, I'm thinking it will need to make an appearance on a ranch somewhere south of San Antonio - right @20stone and @The Cen-Tex Smoker?  Of course, if you can just share the plans, we could have the supplies waiting for you some weekend.
    Let me know when Jason can come over to pick it up.

    #1 LBGE December 2012 • #2 SBGE February  2013 • #3 Mini May 2013
    A happy BGE family in Houston, TX.
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  • caliking
    caliking Posts: 19,780
    Re: building supplies - 

    Cinder blocks                                 36
    Concrete pavers, 24" x 24"             8 (only Lowes had these)
    Fire bricks (full, not splits)              340ish
    Angle iron, 1"                                 32'
    Pea gravel for base.

    And... Jason.

    #1 LBGE December 2012 • #2 SBGE February  2013 • #3 Mini May 2013
    A happy BGE family in Houston, TX.
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  • caliking
    caliking Posts: 19,780
    One more...
    Weber Performer, 2003, SS top. 
    Roasting veg for salsa ( @SciAggie ‘s salsa negra, over in the salsa thread)


    #1 LBGE December 2012 • #2 SBGE February  2013 • #3 Mini May 2013
    A happy BGE family in Houston, TX.
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  • caliking
    caliking Posts: 19,780
    caliking said:
    Re: building supplies - 

    Cinder blocks                                 36
    Concrete pavers, 24" x 24"             8 (only Lowes had these)
    Fire bricks (full, not splits)              340ish
    Angle iron, 1"                                 32'
    Pea gravel for base.

    And... Jason.
    Funny story about when I was building my redneck WFO -
    The brickyard where I bought the fire bricks is about 30 miles away (mostly highway). I showed up with my 2008 Hyundai Santa Fe (my "hauler" at the time). 

    Guy brings out a pallet of fire bricks with a forklift.

    "Where's your truck?"
    "This is it."
    "You don't have any friends with a truck?"
    "I don't have many friends."

    Proceeds to deftly maneuver and place the pallet in the back of said vehicle. Which kinda sank until the back tires almost scraped the wheel wells. 

     "How far do you have to go??"

    So, I told him.

    "Take the back roads. And pray." =)

    #1 LBGE December 2012 • #2 SBGE February  2013 • #3 Mini May 2013
    A happy BGE family in Houston, TX.
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  • 20stone
    20stone Posts: 1,961
    caliking said:
    Done! 
    Pic of one of the pies (red bell peppers, shrooms, garlic, shisito peppers). Made one cheese for caliprince, and a third with pepperoni, red onions, basil, extra EVOO. 

    Managed to squeeze in the blackberry crumble, thanks to the assist from @SciAggie. 

    Topped with some Blue Bell, the crumble stole the show IMO. Not too sweet, and nuts in baked goods always win. Added some molasses for good measure. Gracias, Gary!
    I have movement. 
    (now only 16 stone)

    Joule SV
    GE induction stove
    Gasser by the community pool (currently unavailable)
    Scale (which one of my friends refuses to use)
    Friends with BGEs and myriad other fired devices (currently unavail IRL)
    Occasional access to a KBQ and Webber Kettle
    Charcuterie and sourdough enthusiast
    Prosciuttos in an undisclosed location

    Austin, TX
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  • SandyHookEgger
    SandyHookEgger Posts: 451
    JohnInCarolina said:
    Brisket pizza on the Roccbox:

    @JohnInCarolina  Tricia says that’s bad ax’s.
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  • SciAggie
    SciAggie Posts: 6,481
    @Mattman3969 Killer...
    Coleman, Texas
    Large BGE & Mini Max for the wok. A few old camp Dutch ovens and a wood fired oven. LSG 24” cabinet offset smoker. There are a few paella pans and a Patagonia cross in the barn. A curing chamber for bacterial transformation of meats...
    "Bourbon slushies. Sure you can cook on the BGE without them, but why would you?"
                                                                                                                          YukonRon
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  • Botch
    Botch Posts: 17,350
    caliking said:
    Funny story about when I was building my redneck WFO -
    The brickyard where I bought the fire bricks is about 30 miles away (mostly highway). I showed up with my 2008 Hyundai Santa Fe (my "hauler" at the time). 

    Guy brings out a pallet of fire bricks with a forklift.

    "Where's your truck?"
    "This is it."
    "You don't have any friends with a truck?"
    "I don't have many friends."

    Proceeds to deftly maneuver and place the pallet in the back of said vehicle. Which kinda sank until the back tires almost scraped the wheel wells. 

     "How far do you have to go??"

    So, I told him.

    "Take the back roads. And pray." =)
    Back when I was a shiny new Lieutenant, I bought 10 railroad ties to build a raised garden in my back yard.  Started loading up my '86 Saab 900 (the rear seats folded completely flat, and the hatchback gave me a perfectly flat 8 feet or so).  When I loaded the 7th tie into the car, I realized the rear suspension had bottomed out.  
    The lumberyard let me keep five of the ties off in a corner, and I drove home with five, and came back for the rest of them.  I too took the side streets, slowly.... 

    “I'll have what she's having."  

        -Rob Reiner's mother!   

    Ogden, UT, USA

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  • caliking
    caliking Posts: 19,780
    edited May 2020
    Mattman3969 said:
    Bacon Cheeseburger Egg Rolls in Air Fryer Homecut Steak fries in hot box with Chipotle Ketchup 

    It’s the diamond plates. It’s GOTTA be the diamond plates that make everything look so good...

    #1 LBGE December 2012 • #2 SBGE February  2013 • #3 Mini May 2013
    A happy BGE family in Houston, TX.
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  • SciAggie
    SciAggie Posts: 6,481
    Calling several devices into service on this cook, but checking off the sous vide box. 
    Bought a 4 pound pork butt and cut it into 2” slabs. Smoked on the offset for about 2 1/2 hours to get some smoke and color. 
    Then mixed with chopped onion, bay leaves, a cinnamon stick, and and orange, plus S&P.
    This is vac sealed and in the hot tub @165 degrees for 24 hours. 
    Tomorrow I’ll shred and crisp in the wood oven. 
    Plan to serve with corn tortillas and one of the salsas de jour from that thread.  
    Coleman, Texas
    Large BGE & Mini Max for the wok. A few old camp Dutch ovens and a wood fired oven. LSG 24” cabinet offset smoker. There are a few paella pans and a Patagonia cross in the barn. A curing chamber for bacterial transformation of meats...
    "Bourbon slushies. Sure you can cook on the BGE without them, but why would you?"
                                                                                                                          YukonRon
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  • The Cen-Tex Smoker
    The Cen-Tex Smoker Posts: 23,179
    caliking said:
    caliking said:
    Re: building supplies - 

    Cinder blocks                                 36
    Concrete pavers, 24" x 24"             8 (only Lowes had these)
    Fire bricks (full, not splits)              340ish
    Angle iron, 1"                                 32'
    Pea gravel for base.

    And... Jason.
    Funny story about when I was building my redneck WFO -
    The brickyard where I bought the fire bricks is about 30 miles away (mostly highway). I showed up with my 2008 Hyundai Santa Fe (my "hauler" at the time). 

    Guy brings out a pallet of fire bricks with a forklift.

    "Where's your truck?"
    "This is it."
    "You don't have any friends with a truck?"
    "I don't have many friends."

    Proceeds to deftly maneuver and place the pallet in the back of said vehicle. Which kinda sank until the back tires almost scraped the wheel wells. 

     "How far do you have to go??"

    So, I told him.

    "Take the back roads. And pray." =)
    I love this story. 
    Keepin' It Weird in The ATX FBTX
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  • The Cen-Tex Smoker
    The Cen-Tex Smoker Posts: 23,179
    Legume said:

    How long have you been sitting on This one just waiting for the perfect moment to spring it? 
    Keepin' It Weird in The ATX FBTX
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  • lousubcap
    lousubcap Posts: 36,720
    Nailed that across the board.  Great outcome.  Fork placement for bonus points!

    Louisville; Rolling smoke in the neighbourhood.  Life is too short for light/lite beer!  Seems I'm livin in a transitional period. CHEETO (aka Agent Orange) makes Nixon look like a saint.  
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  • Legume
    Legume Posts: 15,936
    The Cen-Tex Smoker said:
    Legume said:

    How long have you been sitting on This one just waiting for the perfect moment to spring it? 
    Nope - went and got it just for this.  I loved the OG Star Trek and remember this quote for some reason.  Something about the build quality surface the memory.
    THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION TO THIS MATTER
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  • caliking
    caliking Posts: 19,780
    Legume said:

    I chuckled at this all day yesterday. More so because I used a very similar line recently in a conversation with caliqueen.

    #1 LBGE December 2012 • #2 SBGE February  2013 • #3 Mini May 2013
    A happy BGE family in Houston, TX.
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  • caliking
    caliking Posts: 19,780
    bubbajack said:
    Had to suffer through another condo cook at the beach.....shrooms and sweet onions in a pan... fillet and asparagus on the Goerge Forman....I did steam some clams too...
    That does not look terrible :)

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    A happy BGE family in Houston, TX.
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