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  • Grilling Statistics: 15 Verified Numbers and 4 Myths

    Grilling Statistics: 15 Verified Numbers and 4 Myths

    Grilling statistics tend to travel without their sources. Fire numbers from reports that have since been updated, food safety temperatures that changed in 2011, and survey results with the sample quietly left out all get repeated as if they were current and general. This page collects the grilling and smoking numbers that trace back to…

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  • The Brisket Stall: What It Is and How to Push Through It

    The Brisket Stall: What It Is and How to Push Through It

    Every new smoker hits it around the same point: the brisket has been climbing steadily for hours, then the internal temperature just stops moving. Sometimes it even drops a degree or two. Panic sets in, the lid comes off for the fifth time in ten minutes, and the pit temp gets cranked up to "fix"…

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