Appreciation post: the guy running the pit at a VFW in Amarillo taught me more in 20 minutes than 3 years of YouTube | BBQ Pitmasters - The Community Guide
Appreciation post: the guy running the pit at a VFW in Amarillo taught me more in 20 minutes than 3 years of YouTube
I kept watching videos about dialing in temps with gadgets and he just told me to put my hand over the stack and feel the draw, which is why my brisket stopped coming out dry, so what simple thing did a real pitmaster show you that no video ever did?
Feeling the draw with your hand sounds real fancy until you realize that's basically how we check if the AC is working in our office too. In my experience the old guys always have some trick that sounds too simple to matter, and then it turns out to be the one thing that actually works. Take it with a grain of salt, but a guy at a VFW will beat a guy with a $400 thermometer any day.