If you have talked to Brandon in the last 6 months he has probably mentioned the smoker he is building. Well here it is, not quite done but enough that he could use it this weekend (the doors will be replaced with some custom made doors that will look a lot nicer). So just as a little background, Brandon has never used a smoker before in his life nor does he know anything about smoking food, but still decides to build a smoker large enough to smoke a whole pig with the brick from what used to be the chimney on our house (he cannot waste anything). So Friday night he decides that he will build a fire in there to get the walls built up with a little sm
oke before he actually smokes briskets on Saturday. I walk out there after he had been out there for about 30 minutes to check what was going on and there was smoke covering our whole back yard and the neighbors. So after me convincing him that maybe something is not right, i told him that he had to put out the fire before the firetrucks showed up, go apologize to the neighbors and promise me he would never use it again. Well luckily our neighbor knew a little more then Brandon about using a smoker and gave him some very helpful tips and he was able to use it without all the smoke and cooked up some wonderful brisket and ribs for us to enjoy with friends on Saturday. I wish I had pulled out the camera Saturday night and captured Parkes, Jay and Abby James running around playing because they were having a great time. And yes the background of those pictures is what half of our backyard looks like right now (I did have Brandon fence in an area that was kid friendly so Parkes and I can go outside) as we attempt to consoldate Brandon's shed, refence in the backyard with the added space from removing all the shrubs, and of course all the things Brandon just can't throw away because one day he might just need them.
If you have talked to Brandon in the last 6 months he has probably mentioned the smoker he is building. Well here it is, not quite done but enough that he could use it this weekend (the doors will be replaced with some custom made doors that will look a lot nicer). So just as a little background, Brandon has never used a smoker before in his life nor does he know anything about smoking food, but still decides to build a smoker large enough to smoke a whole pig with the brick from what used to be the chimney on our house (he cannot waste anything). So Friday night he decides that he will build a fire in there to get the walls built up with a little sm
oke before he actually smokes briskets on Saturday. I walk out there after he had been out there for about 30 minutes to check what was going on and there was smoke covering our whole back yard and the neighbors. So after me convincing him that maybe something is not right, i told him that he had to put out the fire before the firetrucks showed up, go apologize to the neighbors and promise me he would never use it again. Well luckily our neighbor knew a little more then Brandon about using a smoker and gave him some very helpful tips and he was able to use it without all the smoke and cooked up some wonderful brisket and ribs for us to enjoy with friends on Saturday. I wish I had pulled out the camera Saturday night and captured Parkes, Jay and Abby James running around playing because they were having a great time. And yes the background of those pictures is what half of our backyard looks like right now (I did have Brandon fence in an area that was kid friendly so Parkes and I can go outside) as we attempt to consoldate Brandon's shed, refence in the backyard with the added space from removing all the shrubs, and of course all the things Brandon just can't throw away because one day he might just need them.
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The brisket and ribs were wonderful! Thanks for sharing with us. We had a good time!
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