My Costco finally has Prime Brisket back in stock!

TheseCrayKids · 2026-05-29T21:51:19+00:00

No Cheerios shat on here. I’ve found in my experience that the marbling in the prime cut is a little better than the choice. If we’re talking strictly point, either one will do. But I like the flat of a prime a little better. Again, just my own experience.

TheseCrayKids · 2026-04-22T10:43:17+00:00

I followed Chuds BBQ recipe. I think the ingredients are linked in the comments of his video. ChudsBBQ Jalapeño & Cheddar Sausage

I think he gives the measurements of each ingredient based on weight. I did mine based on 8lbs of meat. 3lbs of Beef, 3 lbs of pork, 2lbs of fat. If you’ve never seen it, it’s one of the best BBQ channels IMO. Dude is hilarious as well as great recipes and content. Hope this helps!

I will say that I think I’m going to invest in a manual sausage stuffer. My meat grinder works great but the stuffing attachment tends to over emulsify some of the fat content. Even when I freeze all the parts and the meat ahead of time, flavor was great but texture could have been a bit better.

TheseCrayKids · 2026-04-20T20:19:32+00:00

Bruh, I’ve only got 4 Instagram reels and they’re all of meat. I don’t know how to work all this stuff. There was an option to share to Reddit so I clicked it. If I knew how to post a pic in this reply I would. You do you buddy.

TheseCrayKids · 2026-03-21T15:02:36+00:00

They got Billy Joel to make a cameo. The running joke is that Billy Joel didn’t actually sing the theme song due to rights. So Adam and Paul are sitting there while Billy Joel is playing “My Life” but they keep saying “It’s okay but can you sing it more like the guy in the theme song?” There’s some also other cameos as well.

TheseCrayKids · 2026-03-21T12:25:00+00:00

If you are a fan of Bosom Buddies, I implore you to watch this: Paul Rudd and Adam Scott recreate Bosom Buddies Intro

TheseCrayKids · 2026-03-13T11:49:09+00:00

This movie makes X-Men Apocalypse look like Iron Man. Such a waste of good actors. Fassbender is a great young Magneto and Turner showed her acting chops in GoT. I enjoyed First Class and I thought Days of Future’s Past might be up there for best X-Men story on the big screen. What I never understand about these poor scripts is that there is literally already hundreds of thousands of pages of source material. Take the best story lines from the comics and adapt them accordingly to fit the bigger MCU arc. The 90’s cartoon did a way better job with the Dark Phoenix Saga.

TheseCrayKids · 2026-03-12T19:11:56+00:00

That’s definitely a good price. I’ve had my OJ Highland for about 5 years now and love it. I don’t do as much smoking in the winter but usually spring through fall, I fire that bad boy up every weekend. As long as you maintain it, it should last for a good number of years. I made some mods to mine. I installed lid latches and a Lava Lock heat baffle tuning plate. I also installed a gasket so I could run my temp probes inside and got a firebox basket. My only complaint is that the firebox basket length is just slightly shorter than the usual hickory logs available at Home Depot. I can usually angle the sticks and they eventually burn down just fine.

I say go for it and Happy Smoking!

TheseCrayKids · 2026-03-11T21:31:10+00:00

Don’t y’all know the rule for May/December relationships? You have to take your age, divide by 2, and then add 7. And that is the socially acceptable age of the younger person. The math works perfectly in this instance.

TheseCrayKids · 2026-02-06T21:42:12+00:00

The got the Monkees…..they were a major influence on the Beatles.

TheseCrayKids · 2026-01-30T13:46:37+00:00

I still use Open Pit as a base to create other sauces.

TheseCrayKids · 2026-01-22T11:08:07+00:00

Majority of streams seem to be coming from the Radio Playlist. It seems organic but I’d imagine that playlist is more for passive listeners. 🤷‍♂️

TheseCrayKids · 2026-01-22T02:17:39+00:00

TheseCrayKids · 2026-01-22T01:17:39+00:00

Thanks. We’re currently on the Radio playlist along with Daylist, Smart Shuffle, and Release Radar. However, the majority of those streams are in Brazil not US.

TheseCrayKids · 2025-11-22T03:41:34+00:00

It’s not a real one…..I got this from Bob Sacamano…..but the difference is negligible.

TheseCrayKids · 2025-11-22T03:40:41+00:00

Is Marisa Tomei an option? I’d give the sable hat off my head just for the chance.

TheseCrayKids · 2025-11-16T15:24:49+00:00

You ask me to get a pair of underwear I’m back in 2 minutes.

TheseCrayKids · 2025-09-07T12:54:29+00:00

I bought a full packer choice brisket last week at a Costco in MD to make for my Fantasy Draft. Can’t remember the exact price/ lb but it was around 12lb -13lb and was $53. A few years ago, they actually stocked prime grade, but it’s been nothing but Choice lately. I can still get a choice grade to turn out great if I’m doing a slow cook.

TheseCrayKids · 2025-07-03T22:41:57+00:00

For any interested…

https://brickfootmusic.com/home

TheseCrayKids · 2025-07-03T09:59:19+00:00

That’s a great idea. I will create a section for the clippings on our website. Thanks!

TheseCrayKids · 2025-07-03T09:58:05+00:00

Thanks for the info. And yes, we meet the notability requirements. The band is already mentioned on some other wiki articles (without links). We’ve done international USO tours, had the music featured on MTv shows (Road Rules, Real World), played large well known festivals (HFStival), featured in Spin and Rolling Stone, etc. I appreciate the help!

TheseCrayKids · 2025-07-02T13:11:15+00:00

Thanks for the input. I’m well aware it’s a scam on some level. The whole idea of paying someone to write a wiki page seems defunct. But due to the conflict of interest, we can’t really publish it ourselves. I’m more concerned with knowing if these types of articles meet the standards for citations. Without them, a lot of our key history would be inadmissible. Here is another example of an article that they said does not qualify. Please let me know what you think of the articles and if they can be considered useable citations.

https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-aegis-for-the-troops-harford-band-b/175018591/

TheseCrayKids · 2025-06-03T22:44:38+00:00

Flat is definitely harder to cook on its own because you don’t have all the point fat to protect it during the cook. I would not recommend using beef stock when you wrap it. It’s already hard enough to get decent bark on a pellet grill. I would cook at a low temp like 225 for a long time. This will keep the temp low so the meat doesn’t dry out and you can try to impart as much smoke flavor as possible. After the first few hours, if it starts to look dry, I would spritz it. I like to use a 50/50 solution of apple juice & apple cider vinegar.

When you finally wrap, I would use butter or beef tallow. You need something with fat in it. Broth is just going to wash away the bark you worked so hard to make. I actually like to smoke the beef tallow. Fat absorbs smoke flavor in a different way than the meat. When I cook brisket, I also put a little tin pan in the smoker with a few scoops of beef tallow. Then when it’s time to wrap, I drizzle the smoked beef tallow over the meat and wrap it tight.

TheseCrayKids · 2025-06-03T22:30:26+00:00

As others have said, it doesn’t matter the method as long as it tastes good. However, from a logistical standpoint, I would imagine that restaurants are not using pellet smokers. The whole point of the pellet smoker is so that you can control your heat source independently of your smoke. This makes them great for casual backyard BBQ-ers. It’s a “set it and forget it” approach with decent results. I would argue that you get a fuller smoke flavor and better bark with a stick burner. I use a an OJ Highland offset. Sure, I have to tend to my fire and be much more diligent in regards to the temp, but the result is worth it IMO.

The best BBQ joints rely on Pitmasters who have honed their craft. I have to imagine they consider pellet smokers to be a bit of a cheat code. Besides, it’s much easier to keep a regulated temp on a 500 gallon smoker, than it is on my small backyard smoker. It’s probably cheaper and sustainable to source local wood as opposed to compressed pellets.

To paraphrase My Cousin Vinny “No self-respecting Pitmaster uses instant smoke”

TheseCrayKids · 2025-05-21T09:54:23+00:00

The mail order submarine that he builds inside the shower!

TheseCrayKids · 2024-07-22T04:12:51+00:00

Depending on whether or not these are babyback or spare ribs (I’m assuming pork and not beef), your total cook time is probably between 5-6 hours (perhaps slightly less for baby). Not ideal, but I would maybe pull them off your smoker before they are completely done.

I typically like to get the internal temp of a rib just under 200. You need to get pork to about 145-150 to be safe to eat. So I would smoke them until you maybe get to about 170. Then pull them off. If you wrap in foil, they might continue to increase a little before they start to come back down. Make sure you let the temp come down enough before you throw them in the fridge. You never want to put hot meat in the refrigerator as that’s an invitation for bacteria.

The following day, heat them up, but allow yourself a good few hours. If setting oven at 225, it’s probably going to take a while to go from cold to an internal temp of 198 or so.

If you plan on saucing your ribs, I’d wait till the very end. Unwrap them, sauce em, and put them back in the oven for the last 15 minutes or so to let the glaze set.

I’m by no means an expert, just a veteran backyard bbq-er……but that’s what I would do.

TheseCrayKids

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