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Alarm went off at 5:30am this morning to go fire up the Joe. I have a pork shoulder going right now. Peach wood chunks for smoke.

 

Using some new gadgets today too. I picked up a Kick Ash basket and a ThermoPro TP20. I have one probe in the shoulder and one probe giving me grill temp. I really like being able to lay on the couch watching soccer while also monitoring what's going on in the Joe.

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