dying feathers

[gabulldog]

oh i know it dont happen over nite i am a cook myself i hate to even say it im turning into a foodie but mostly for good home cooking if i make it down ill bring a smoker and show ya how us ga boys do bbq and yes i know in tx bbq is a big deal but trust me i can hold my own

[skiptomylu]

Hey I don't doubt it at all. Just a little side story, my son has a friend in Tampa where he lives and that guy has a friend that does the competition smoking thing. SO time before last we went to visit they fixed it up for us to go over to his friends home on the water and just across the street was the BBQ guy. He made us ribs and pulled pork to die for. He ask if I wanted to go over across teh street to see his cooking smaoker andn I have wanted one ever since. It come from Oklahoma and is pretty big. The cool part is he sets the temp he wants and uses little pellets made from 60/40 Oak/Hickory I think it was. That darn cooker has a place to put the pellets and it lets them down to the firs as needed to keep the temp right.

So just about trouble free cooking. And man I got to say his BBQ was pretty darn good. I think the people that make the smoker gave it to him because of his reputation and winning of these cook offs.

Darn thing is almost $4000.00 though and the wife looks at me with that you better not do that look, LOL! Still I want one.

Anyway long way to say I would sure try yours too as I just love good BBQ. We had a guy in my home town that was not a rich man at all, but had a BBQ place and way back in the 1960's or 70's Kraft offered him money for his sauce recipe, but he turned them down. best BBQ sauce I ever had to this day. Just sorry he's gone now and when I go home can't go see Charlie and get some of his ribs.

Lots of guys like brisket, but I am a rib/pulled pork kind of guy I guess. Also like the chipped Beef if it's without any fat cuz if I hit fat it's over and don't want another bite. So if you come and can bring your smoker just let me know and come on. I have an old heavy smoker pit type made from 20" pipe, but don't use it enough for my way of thinking. Has the fire box and all, but weighs like 600 pounds so not moving that thing.

Skip

[gabulldog]

the smoker your taking about was it green looked like a egg if so there nice but theres others that use the peltes to most of them are nice and cost a dang good bit
yea im glad to see someone from tx likes ribs and pulled pork i have yet to even see pulled pork in tx most is beef and brisket

[Redman]

Skip: This gaBulldog hasn't been to this part of texas were the real BBQ is done. Yes the pulled pork is my favorite and I can hold my own my brisket is very good. It just my sauce I like the sweet K.C. BBQ sauce and not the vinegar base Texas style. True Foodies say that BBQ should be eaten without sauce. I don't beleive that for a second.

Redman

[PBUG2009]

a rub is the only way to go...vinegar base isnt a bbq thats for sure....let me clear up a rub is for a rib rack, but a sauce is for pulled meat

[boatstall]

Skip: Maybe a 12 step program " hi my name is Bill ". Flytiers Anonymous. Oh well as long as I am able to pay my bills I can think of a lot worse ways to spend money.

As I am a old geezer it keeps my mind sharp and my hands nimble. Was 9 years old when I tied my first fly. 10 when I did my first jig and its been down hill since then. Had alot of fun caught alot of fish and made alot of people happy. You know the feeling!!!!

Redman

Hey I resemble that remark:D (see signature line below)

[skiptomylu]

the smoker your taking about was it green looked like a egg if so there nice but theres others that use the peltes to most of them are nice and cost a dang good bit
yea im glad to see someone from tx likes ribs and pulled pork i have yet to even see pulled pork in tx most is beef and brisket

I have never been a fan of brisket, but at time have had good brisket as long as it's not the most fat part as I just hate that. Charlies was not a vinegar base sauce, but more of a beef stock base sauce, very thick and was totally different than any I have ever tried. His would gell up like my gumbo does when I use that turkey stock I make as the fluid. We use to go buy that stuff by the gallon and sometimes would just eat it with bread.

Ribs have always been my favorite and of course baby backs are the easiest to get right, but regular ribs can also come out great at least on the short end, LOL!

The smoker was no green or that shape, but rather a big box looking stainless steel thing. Starting on the left was the smaller box with the pellets in there and then the main box with a small fire in the bottom and the wood pellets would get added to keep the temp like he set it.

I think it was a lot like this one, but not sure his was not a little wider??
Fast Eddy's by Cookshack Model FEC100

Anyway you can get the idea of what he was using that I want, LOL! Maybe a few more oil wells come in good and I will get me one.

We have a BBQ place here in Hemphill that does turkey all the time and that is probably what I get most from them and it's probably some of the best turkey available and I have been eating turkey and other tings for the New Braunfels smoke house (famous place) for years. I get their ribs as well from time to time, but just love making sandwiches out of that turkey they cook.

Skip

[gabulldog]

Skip: This gaBulldog hasn't been to this part of texas were the real BBQ is done. Yes the pulled pork is my favorite and I can hold my own my brisket is very good. It just my sauce I like the sweet K.C. BBQ sauce and not the vinegar base Texas style. True Foodies say that BBQ should be eaten without sauce. I don't beleive that for a second.

Redman

your right i aint a true foodie but ill say your right when i cook ribs i dont put sauce on them hell dont need it and when it comes to sauce dont mater what base as long as it good

[snake River]

for many years we have used fabric dye you will get a lighter color make sure when you are dye your feathers that you use white vinegar this will set the dye for you. We do not recommend fabric dye for hair.

[Redman]

You are right snakeriver. If you read some of my early post I told about having to almost boil the material and then using a vinegar bath. Most of the big boys that dye there own large lots of feathers and hair use Vernier Dye. This dye is very expensive and very permanate. Its like they are tring to tell you don't try this at home. Herter's did sell a use at home dye that was good but they are long out of business. They had alot of good products. Too bad that they weren't able to stay in business. They had a large operation and visit with my dad on several differen occations. And when you went to Herters it was a OCCATION. Talk about a kid in a candy store. Well They put Bass Pro Shops and Cabela's to shame. Just a TON of everything on hand for sale today. Glad I had the experiance.

Redman