A Ghostly Apparition...............

[1buckie]

 What ?  (says Bruno)



Here we go.....



It's the Big Dawg......loaded up......
Except those two sideways ones in the front row are going to be a problem......



Pre-staged, sitting on top of a spare Redhead...........60 on the bottom including the big ones & 94 little ones on the top deck........



Thanks to Mike Stavilund for reminding me that you can use a Corn 'n' Tater ring for an upper deck.....







Not having a flip-up makes this a calculated risk in "how much" to load up & I went just a bit overboard thinking the wood shread would slow the burn enough.....



It started to work fine, but as the wood burned down, the temp began to go up a bit & the bacon grease from the ones in front caught just enough of the coals to fire up pretty good.....





Deep fried......





Burned a few, most of them made it OK.....plenty to go around during the college game for appetizers.....

[Jeff]

I need to watch some football at your place! 
Looking damn tasty as usual Buckie!

[MrHoss]

Holy crap Buckie....that's the way to load up a Big Boy. No matter that some were a little crisp. I'm a little crispy myself. It's the miles more than the years.

[jcnaz]

YES PLEASE!! 

[argentflame]

Way to go. That is fully loaded.

[mike.stavlund]

Ladies and gentlemen, history has been made:  I actually taught Buckie something (okay, I know I only *reminded* him of something he already knew, but I'll take my victories where I can).

[Troy]

Ladies and gentlemen, history has been made:  I actually taught Buckie something (okay, I know I only *reminded* him of something he already knew, but I'll take my victories where I can).

You're officially a legend!

[1buckie]

Thanks, Mike !!!

First time I've ever actually DONE it, so there's another feather in your cap !!!

There's all kindza stuff I could learn from you.....I seen your pizzas & such.....

I do pizzas right on the grate, as a for instance............

[jd]

1buckie how long did the coals burn for with that setup, thanks,jd

[MacEggs]

I love the double-decker … er, or is that a triple-decker?? Still early … coffee needs to kick-in.

I learned the DD from you turd master.  That 26er is a beast!   

[1buckie]

1buckie how long did the coals burn for with that setup, thanks,jd

@jd   
That one ran about 1:15 or thereabouts, but I pulled stuff off way before the coals were finished....
Like said, the 'Turds up front dripped grease & then it dripped down into the center of the kettle & began to burn if the lid was open.....
Kind of a foul ball......you can see some of them needed to be moved & in the pans, some didn't get good & done on the bottom.....

A normal run on these, on a 22", looks something like this:







Lightly dampened shread, pretty good coal pack & it will run for 2~2-1/2 hours @ about 235~245......



It's a conrtolled burn, with the smoke filtering up thru the damp shread to mellow it.....if it works out well, produces a real nice, smooth smoke flavor in the product.......

[jd]

1buckie thank you, jd

[1buckie]

You bet, JD.....I'll put up my screw-ups also.....sometimes that's where the magical stuff gets uncovered.........

[JDD]

@1buckie
I really like your chimney holder. Is the post welded? Or how did you attach to the steel tray?

[1buckie]

Buddy of mine gave me that fixed up already....it's just bolted onto a center pole from a restaurant table.....

Works grate !!!!