Back yard pit legend (smoking/grilling etc)

[MurderedCat]

I have a Lone Star Grillz Pellet Smoker being delivered sometime this week. Glad this thread popped up!

Their offsets look awesome.

 

[RDRHINO]

I really want to start smoking meats...But my Ocd is already spiked on Chef knives,Edc,the Harley and Rho...I have a feeling it will happen soon regardless of my other hobbies.

Oh man I feel you on the knives......I bought a set of Shun Kaji knives on Black Friday and still paid about $2800 for them. Sadly enough, one of the steak knives is already chipped and I have no idea what happened. Hasn't been dropped, misused, only used once....I'm thinking it may have come like that and I just didn't know because I was too excited for them to be delivered to my house. Beautiful knife set, though, and I've wanted them forever. I won't let anyone else use them, either. Even my wife doesn't want to touch them!

Shun Kaji Knife Set

 

[MattH89]

Oh man I feel you on the knives......I bought a set of Shun Kaji knives on Black Friday and still paid about $2800 for them. Sadly enough, one of the steak knives is already chipped and I have no idea what happened. Hasn't been dropped, misused, only used once....I'm thinking it may have come like that and I just didn't know because I was too excited for them to be delivered to my house. Beautiful knife set, though, and I've wanted them forever. I won't let anyone else use them, either. Even my wife doesn't want to touch them!

Shun Kaji Knife Set

Blocks are terrible for knives. Get a magstrip

 

[RDRHINO]

Blocks are terrible for knives. Get a magstrip

Yeah I know.....just don't really have a place to put a mag at the moment. I'm extremely careful putting them back in the block though, making certain not to let the blade edge touch. I'm literally the only person that touches them. I use them, I wash and dry them immediately and I put them away.

 

[RADA]

Yeah I know.....just don't really have a place to put a mag at the moment. I'm extremely careful putting them back in the block though, making certain not to let the blade edge touch. I'm literally the only person that touches them. I use them, I wash and dry them immediately and I put them away.

I have a Zwilling Pro set.

This my problem too... I want a mag strip, but we don't have the wall space for it.

I had to get a new block last summer because someone (kids) put a dirty knife away...

I didn't realize this until the block started stink.

 

[MattH89]

I have something like this for the ones that are commonly used.

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07ZY4S51Z?tag=ramrho-20

 

[Santino]

Oh man I feel you on the knives......I bought a set of Shun Kaji knives on Black Friday and still paid about $2800 for them. Sadly enough, one of the steak knives is already chipped and I have no idea what happened. Hasn't been dropped, misused, only used once....I'm thinking it may have come like that and I just didn't know because I was too excited for them to be delivered to my house. Beautiful knife set, though, and I've wanted them forever. I won't let anyone else use them, either. Even my wife doesn't want to touch them!

Shun Kaji Knife Set

Shun and global were my Marijuana of knives,now I am a heroine addict...lol..Here is one i made back in the day.

 

[MongoSmash11]

I have a Lone Star Grillz Pellet Smoker being delivered sometime this week. Glad this thread popped up!

That will be my replacement to the youder

 

[rtfd333]

Big Green Egg fan here! Has been my main grill for a few years. Just upgraded the deck to this setup. Propane Weber Slate + BGE + Natural Gas Napoleon. Diverse fuel portfolio!

Going from just a BGE to this has its ups for week night cooking but 100% agree the only way to BBQ is on a lump charcoal smoker.

 

[Adub]

Too fancy. Who’s got the hotdog roller?

 

[MurderedCat]

Big Green Egg fan here! Has been my main grill for a few years. Just upgraded the deck to this setup. Propane Weber Slate + BGE + Natural Gas Napoleon. Diverse fuel portfolio!

Going from just a BGE to this has its ups for week night cooking but 100% agree the only way to BBQ is on a lump charcoal smoker.

I love my BGE. Only got it in November but I use it at least once a week.

 

[rtfd333]

I love my BGE. Only got it in November but I use it at least once a week.

Amazing how much you can do on them. I’ve cooked the best Thanksgiving turkeys on mine. Hands down better than deep fried.

Pizza is fun too, I like it better than our local pizza place.

My chili recipe has all the meats smoked on the egg and veggies cooked in a drip tray under bacon.

 

[rtfd333]

I’ll look into it, thanks.

If you don’t have the time or patience, grab some from your local pizza place. They usually have no problem selling their dough. Much better than store bought and ready to start making right away

 

[RDRHINO]

If you don’t have the time or patience, grab some from your local pizza place. They usually have no problem selling their dough. Much better than store bought and ready to start making right away

hmmmm......that gives me an idea. We eat at this little hole in the wall Italian place pretty often....my son and I ate there last night....and their pizza is pretty killer. Wonder if they'd sell me dough......

 

[RDRHINO]

Shun and global were my Marijuana of knives,now I am a heroine addict...lol..Here is one i made back in the day.View attachment 26121

Wow....this is beautiful! IS the pattern just etched that way or is it Damascus?

 

[Santino]

Wow....this is beautiful! IS the pattern just etched that way or is it Damascus?

It is Pattern welded steel(Damascus) with Mammoth molar and 6k yo Bog Oak...thanks

 

[rtfd333]

hmmmm......that gives me an idea. We eat at this little hole in the wall Italian place pretty often....my son and I ate there last night....and their pizza is pretty killer. Wonder if they'd sell me dough......

I’ve bought dough from several mom and pop places around me. They usually have no issue selling it.

 

[rtfd333]

Where’s everyone getting their meats for their smokers? For the longest time I was adamantly against frozen delivery websites. Quality always seamed bad.

That all changed though once I found Snake River Farm. If you haven’t given them a try, I highly recommend any and all of their American Wagyu. Can get pricey but they usually run some sort of sale.

Any other recommendations out there?

 

[MurderedCat]

Where’s everyone getting their meats for their smokers? For the longest time I was adamantly against frozen delivery websites. Quality always seamed bad.

That all changed though once I found Snake River Farm. If you haven’t given them a try, I highly recommend any and all of their American Wagyu. Can get pricey but they usually run some sort of sale.

Any other recommendations out there?

Been wanting to try SRF but they are pricy. Usually Costco for me.

 

[RDRHINO]

For me it's just the normal local grocery store, usually Kroger. We have most of our groceries and such delivered but steaks, etc. I pick out myself in person. Nolan Ryan angus is generally pretty decent stuff so that's what I usually get. Fajitas I don't even bother trying to make myself. I've done a couple of marinades over the years but it's more time consuming and doesn't really save that much money so I just pick up the marinated stuff from a Mexican market I've been going to for 15+ years. It's gotten way expensive, though, as I used to get their fajita marinada for like $3.99/lb. It just recently went down but Sunday I paid $12.99/lb for it.

I do have an actual meat market not too far from my house but they're extremely expensive. A brisket is around $300.