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Ok, not exactly what some of you were thinking!!! After 6+ years with my 680, I am going naked on a pork butt tonight. I know many of you already do this, but I have never cooked on the 680 without tin foil on the drip pan. Well in about 30 minutes I am about to start. Mostly because I am...

Hi all, I have been known on occasion to answer the question on if someone should cover their pit or leave it open to the elements. My answer has always been when I first got my 680 I did use the cover, but over time started using it less and less and now not at all. I always said the pit has...

Nothing fancy last night. Brined a spatchcock chicken for 8 hours in a honey brine I made. Brine was simple 4 cups of water, salt, a little brown sugar, honey, 10 peppercorns, four bayleaf and a dash of Oakridge Smoke chili and lime rub. I did use about a cup of ice to begin the cool down...

Hi all. I am still waiting to cook my first "Dino" beef ribs, but found two really good packages of Choice on the bone short ribs at our Wegmans the other day. In all my excitement to make them, I forgot to save the total weight and cost per pound. I know this is a standard cook, but a first...

Hi all.... ok, this is not about a cook on the RT, but oh boy it sure can be. I decided for the 4th, instead of buying pre-made ground burger meat, I would grind my own instead. This was the first time I was attempting to grind my own burger meat so I was a little apprehensive about doing so...

Ok, I might be way behind the times, and if I am please excuse me. I just heard/saw a national commercial for Rec Tec. I work from home, and at lunch time I break for a few minutes to eat and usually I will watch Colin Cowherd's sports radio show (The Herd) on FS1. Each break he does a live...

Hi all....thought I would start another thread as to not steal the Memorial Day Cook Thread. In that thread I mentioned the RT would be taking a break for the whole weekend due to other plans and other types of cooks. Well...…. sad to say, I spoke to soon. Maybe saying I lied might be too...

Hi all, I hope everyone had a great Mother's Day, and all our mothers out there were spoiled on this day as they should be. Picked up a USDA Prime Rib Roast from the butcher for the meal tonight. It was a two bone roast and came in at 4.97#. Butcher trimmed the roast then tied the bones...

Hi all, So for a great birthday dinner, I was hoping to make my first ever beef plate ribs. I waited too long and could not get through to my butcher to get the ribs I wanted, so had to look at alternatives. I was in Costco and saw these boneless chuck short ribs and said "close enough". I...

Hi all, Cooked a dish I had mentioned on a different site a few years ago. If I already posted on here, apologies for the repeat post, but this is really good. For those who like lamb, and want something a little different than the rosemary/mint flavors (I love mint but hate rosemary), this...

Hi all, Ok, let me try this again. Sorry I must have hit a send button while typing out my last post, and could not see how to pull it back...…. Starting all over again, my wife and family celebrate Passover. Brisket and Matzo ball soup are always part of the menu. I have never been a fan...

Hi all, Nothing we have not seen before. My wife and family celebrate Passover (So I guess I do as well). I do not like the typical way of the Passover cooking of brisket, which always seems to be more a glorified pot roast. It is good, but not my cup of tea. So when we have Passover, I...

Hi all. I have done and shown this one in the past, but thought I would share again as I am on a roll with the pit this week. This is just your typical Honey brined Bone-In split Turkey Breast cooked on the RT. I did not brine myself, this came commercially this way from Wegmans. It was a...

Hi all....have not shared a cook in a while. This was nothing special, just some plain ole spares. Saw a package at Costco and picked up. My family really loves ribs. Pulled membrane, trimmed, and rubbed and into the fridge over night. Took the ribs out of the fridge and heated the pit to...

Hi all, On an other cooking site, I was inspired by a few other talented folks to try my hand at smoking/braising a hunk of Chuck Roast (actually two hunks of 3# each). This was the first time I attempted this cut of meat, and wow, did it turn out great. As mentioned, there were several...

Hi all, First and foremost Happy New Year to everyone. I hope the year brings health and happiness to all. I am not sure if I have posted this cook in the past. If I have, my apologies for the duplicate. I was asked to bring an appy for a NYE party last night. I had not made the dates in a...

Hi all, I hope everyone is enjoying the lead up to the holidays! Nothing really exciting here, but wanted to share my cook tonight. I am trying to think back real hard, but I think this is my first spatchcock chicken cook on my RT. My wife bought a whole chicken with the intention of...

Hi all. We will be taking my son back to school tomorrow so he can start his third year at UMD. His request for the last two dinners at home were steak and ribs. Last night I cooked two beautiful 1.5 inch rib eye steaks ( yes the two were big enough for three of us.... my daughter does not...

Hi all. I know a good portion of you are cooking on pits that came with the wifi controller pre-installed at the time of delivery. When I purchased my 680, the wifi controller was not yet an option, mine has the older digital PID style controller. Of course, when RT made this controller...

Hey all. I went to my town's inaugural Food Truck and Music Festival this afternoon. I live in a relatively small town in New Jersey, and this was the first time they have tried to hold this type of event. Definitely areas to improve if they want to hold another event next year. I did not...