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How many of you guys smoke (or cook) meat daily? I was thinking about it the other day and I'm using the smoker or griddle every single day. We eat so much red meat it isn't even funny. Probably doesn't help that I've got an entire cow (640 lbs.) in one of my freezers.

Seriously though, I'm not sure there is much better than good meat!
 
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How many of you guys smoke (or cook) meat daily? I was thinking about it the other day and I'm using the smoker or griddle every single day. We eat so much red meat it isn't even funny. Probably doesn't help that I've got an entire cow (640 lbs.) in one of my freezers.

Seriously though, I'm not sure there is much better than good meat!

We pretty much have red meat 3-4 times a week. The rest is pork or chicken.

Ain't no grazing in this house 🤣 🤣 🤣

We do eat vegetables, just not as a stand alone meal...........
 
Six hours and I’ll be there. If I leave now it’ll be 10:30 your time so save me a big chunk! 😋🤤

Picking him up on my way. We’ll call it a Jeep caravan and bring the rubber duckies.

Just y'all and the Jeeps any ducks show up will starve.

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Alright Jeep brother's and sisters.

It's the first smoke of the year on my original stainless steel smoker.

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Butts rubbed and ready

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And butts on the smoker!!!! Now the wait begins.

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This is my original charcoal/wood smoker built back in 1998. No telling how many pounds have been smoked on this thing.

Fire box on the bottom and smoke/heat on top.

I can and have smoked 70lbs at a time, but prefer no more than 40lbs so I can spread the meat out to get heat and smoke all around them.

@Hog head on up!!!!!

@mjonesjr84 I could be persuaded to bring you some this weekend.
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How many of you guys smoke (or cook) meat daily? I was thinking about it the other day and I'm using the smoker or griddle every single day. We eat so much red meat it isn't even funny. Probably doesn't help that I've got an entire cow (640 lbs.) in one of my freezers.

Seriously though, I'm not sure there is much better than good meat!

I just got a smoker about 3 weeks ago, so far done ribeye, short ribs, brisket, tri tip and baby back ribs. So far the short ribs and brisket have been our favorites. I'm getting up tonight a midnight to put on a USDA Prime brisket from Costco.The short ribs were actually grass fed and grass finished with that nice yellow buttery fat, they just fall off the bone.

With my new smoker I can start the grill with my phoooone from inside the house, then after it reaches temp I'll put the meat in. I can also monitor meat temp on my phoooone! With just 2 of us a brisket, or just about anything lasts a long time but it's always good re-heated. Which means I don't fire up the smoker daily because we're finishing leftovers.

We have some good butcher shops around here, next week I'm going to check out the butcher shop that the University of Arizona Agricultural department sells their meat from. The reduction in supermarket butcher services combined with mass produced "big beef" by huge corporations has created a market here for small independents who focus on quality and service, and they get local meat in on the hook just like the old days, which really wasn't that long ago. One of my first jobs was in a real butcher shop.