Lessons learned from cooking the top grade stuff: They cook much faster because of the higher fat content. The fat on that brisket cooked it at relative warp speed and I ended up turning it into the tastiest pot roast you have ever spent 80 bucks on.
Butts were great, but just not worth it, especially the added fat cleanup...goodness.
Chickens off the hook. I hate to say it, but the chicken is my best animal so far.
Cole Slaw ready. Beans need another trial run, but for from scratch they are awesome.
It sucks that part of me knows I like the canned beans made better method, but I am not going to take short cuts...:EGO:
I bombed making Dante's spoon bread into jalapeno & fresh corn bread....it didn't cook enough.
(i figured it was done based on looks alone...I have served one to every table for a decade after all.
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One more trial run next week...then its opening night on the 15th!!!