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MCMLVToppsMCMLVTopps Posts: 4,837 ✭✭✭✭✭

Hope everyone has a great day, and hopefully have Friday off as well.

The 4th was always a big deal when I was a kid. We'd always have firecrackers, M80s and cherry bombs. Had a cherry bomb with a short fuse almost eliminate a couple of my fingers. Hard to believe how dumb I was throwing a lit cherry bomb into the air. My fingers were numb for a day or so, I got lucky.

Now, I'm content with watching the Macy's show. Boston's show kinda drags on, and some of the entertainment they've had recently leaves a lot to be desired. Not a bad show, but, IMO, Macy's has it.

Be safe.

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  • LandrysFedoraLandrysFedora Posts: 2,128 ✭✭✭✭✭

  • tommyrusty7tommyrusty7 Posts: 2,021 ✭✭✭✭

    Happy birthday America the finest country in the world.

  • stevekstevek Posts: 28,989 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Happy July 4th to all! 😊

  • perkdogperkdog Posts: 30,632 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Happy 4th to all

    🥩🍉🍻🎇🎆🧨💥💥💥💥

  • BLUEJAYWAYBLUEJAYWAY Posts: 9,102 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Everyone,Happy 4th. Now go have a blast,but without any injury.

    Successful transactions:Tookybandit. "Everyone is equal, some are more equal than others".
  • GroceryRackPackGroceryRackPack Posts: 3,197 ✭✭✭✭✭

  • perkdogperkdog Posts: 30,632 ✭✭✭✭✭

    The trademark Flannel 💥💥💥💥🍻🍻🍻🍻

  • craig44craig44 Posts: 11,228 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Happy 4th everyone!!!

    George Brett, Roger Clemens and Tommy Brady.

  • BullsitterBullsitter Posts: 5,638 ✭✭✭✭✭

  • emeraldATVemeraldATV Posts: 4,568 ✭✭✭✭✭

  • DarinDarin Posts: 7,051 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Happy 4th everyone!
    Here’s an example of what you can see just driving through small town USA. I just had to turn around and get a pic.
    What a great country! 🇺🇸

  • bgrbgr Posts: 1,687 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Have a Happy and Safe 4th of July. I'm looking directly at you @MCMLVTopps when I say "Safe". Haha. Gonna be rainy here so I like the grilling idea. Today seems like the perfect day to smoke some pork belly and watch some movies with the kids.

  • GroceryRackPackGroceryRackPack Posts: 3,197 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @bgr said:
    Have a Happy and Safe 4th of July. I'm looking directly at you @MCMLVTopps when I say "Safe". Haha. Gonna be rainy here so I like the grilling idea. Today seems like the perfect day to smoke some pork belly and watch some movies with the kids.

    hey bgr...
    I like the smoke pork belly idea...
    do you go with a hot or cold smoke per say?

    what type of smoking wood do you like to use?

    I'll use the smaller chips of alder that I soak overnight in water... every now and then I'll run across apple wood from some of the apple farms here...

    If you ever get a chance to use pear wood..Try it... Truly Awesome...as with cherry wood...though the cherry has that tendency to darken a lot more...
    :)

  • bgrbgr Posts: 1,687 ✭✭✭✭✭

    I'm in my 3rd year of smoking meats so... that means I am still a total noob.

    I use apple wood chips for pork belly. I have used pecan in the past for ribs on the recommendation of others, but can't speak to the results because I screwed up the temp during the smoke.

    I do not have a "smoker" per-se, so I use my grill which is a AMG 36. I smoke it at 200 for about 8 hours. Depending on what I get from the butcher. Then I finish it at about 500 to get a nice bark on the outside.

    I've heard about pear and peach being good woods for pork so I appreciate the recommendation - need to try it out. The guy who delivers wood for my fireplace gets all of the exotic (or whatever) woods that I use for smoking as well.

    Anyways. When you asked. I texted my buddy Mike who knows way more about smoking than I do and asked him what temp. means hot vs. cold and he said. "hot". So I learned what that means now.

    Again... total noob. ;) Appreciate all smoking tips.

    I am impressed with the smoked meats I try when other people smoke them, and I've seen that the guys who know what they're doing love the GMG (Green Mountain Grills) the best. If I ever get into it, or perhaps, get good at it such that I enjoy it as much as the guys on BBQ Showdown seem to, that is an investment I need to make. Smoked trout... Love it. Need to figure this one out.

  • perkdogperkdog Posts: 30,632 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Happy 4th everyone!! 🧨💥🎇🎆🍻

  • GroceryRackPackGroceryRackPack Posts: 3,197 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @perkdog said:

    Happy 4th everyone!! 🧨💥🎇🎆🍻

    hey ya Perkdog...

    I wanna light the fuse on your Master Blaster 🧨🧨

    Be safe....

    I'll C U out in the yard...🪛🪛

    Laters brother...

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