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Jerry Callo

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  1. 14 hours ago, Buzzrock said:

    Apologies if this is heresy but are pellet smokers any good for brisket? My large BGE is not ideal. It’s hard to get a big packer on there and inevitably the bottom and edges get too hot. Neighbors like but I I know it can be better. Best I ever made was on a big offset but I don’t want one of those. 

    I've had similar results on my kamado with briskets.  I'm hard headed though.  Next time, I plan to add another heat deflector and probably protect the ends with foil earlier in the cook.

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  2. 42 minutes ago, PittsburghTiger said:

    Mikey did not have a good season at all. The hamstring (there was some treatment and a needle and a stuck nerve) held him out for all but a couple games. The season was a complete clusterfuck, and the St. Louis results reflect that.

    He asked them not to pick up his option so he is now a free agent.

    It was tough to see him go from MLS Next Top-11, to barely getting any time. He had an issue with the one coach but, he had the support of Roman Burke (the goalie). Now Mikey’s agent has to get him a good landing spot. I’d love for him to get somewhere in the Eastern Conference in the MLS because it would be very easy for me to get to games but, I also would like him to get back to the Bundesliga.

    He’s had a couple good seasons in that he played for the USA in the Pan Am games in Chile, played very well in the MLS when he got in and thankfully he is now healthy. St. Louis team results have gone down each of the past two seasons after their successful debut.

    That's too bad.  I kept an eye out for him when we were playing SLC teams.  I know I watched one game with him playing and thought he did well. 

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  3. 44 minutes ago, Brisketexan said:

    If you want to know why America is going to shit, that clip is exhibit A in the case of "because this country is totally pussified."

    FFS, this country was the leader of the free world while holiday spreads included jello salads and shit like this:

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    And these soft ass wusses can't appreciate a fucking McRib?  Fucking Kruschev said he'd take this country without firing a shot and by God, I think it happened.  

    I feel like making one of those things for the next neighborhood potluck.  Put it on the table, grab a close seat for observation . . .  

  4. Austin had a USL team - Austin Bold FC from 2017-2021.  The MLS team was an expansion team and not related.  To the contrary, the Bold  owner fought hard to keep the MLS franchise out, but failed.

    You weren't far off on the thread title - one of Austin FC's chants includes "Fuck Dallas! Fuck Frisco! Fuck the Houston Dynamo!"

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  5. 10 hours ago, Steel Shank said:


    How were the beans? They look good.

    They were pretty good.  The beans from Butter's were better though.  Sunday evening I just had the Butter's beans over their rice for dinner.

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  6. Stopped at Barbs-B-Q on the way back from Port A today. Got there around 1:30 and the line was manageable.

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    While we were in line they started running out of stuff - sausage, then lamb chops, cobbler, then turkey.   

    After all the barbecue from Butter's in Friday, we didn't need much.   Half pound moist brisket, two spare ribs (Chuck tossed on a couple smaller ones), charro beans, and, not pictured, a side of pork stew and Mexican hot chocolate pudding topped with sliced strawberries.  Everything was spot on. 

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    Went we finished about 2:15, the sign red "chopped beef only".

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  7. 58 minutes ago, C-Man said:

    One of my closest friends owns Sammy's. It's never been BBQ on par with anybody that makes the Top 50 but it's a great location, a cool old food stamps grocery store, the family is wonderful (his mom and dad, who opened it in 1991, are now gone -- his sweetheart of a mom passed earlier this year) and the sides are still terrific. Best fried okra in town for my money. And it's relatively cheap. I stick to turkey sandwiches with a side of sausage, okra or potato salad, maybe the spinach. Apple pie is incredible too. I don't do pecan pie but I hear it's really good there.

    They make a killing on events in the evenings such as rehearsal dinners, work deals, etc. It's not doing the numbers it did pre-COVID as downtown hasn't really rebounded as well as you'd hope but they sold the dirt to the Fed several years back and made a nice little bit of money.

    That's cool.

    Not every place is going to be Top 50 and not every place should try to be Top 50.  Communities need places that sell barbecue sandwiches for a fair price.    

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