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>"Another Wise Guy - Macon, GA USA" > wrote in
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>> says...
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>> >So, start talking about barbecue. I'm willing to learn anything
>> >that you have to teach, if it does have to do with barbecue.
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>> The first thing to learn about barbecue is that it's all about
>> controlling as many variables as you can, and to measure what
>> you can't control. You can't control everything, but the more
>> uncontrolled variables you have, the more variation in the result.
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>> Start with temperatu You should have a good set of thermometers
>> that measure the temperature inside and outside the meat. You should
>> get a notebook and write down very measurement that you make. Later
>> you should write down how the meat turned out. By comparing the
>> result to the temperatures, you can fine-tune your technique.
>> I have five electronic thermometers that connect to my PC, which
>> logs the temperature profile, but you can do the same with a pencil
>> and a notebook.
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>> Other items that you should log are the source and exact weight
>> of the meat, the source of the lump and what it looked like, how
>> much water was in the pan, the wind and outside temperature -
>> pretty much everything.
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>> Some "traditionalists" will tell you that it's not about measurements
>> compared with results, but that you should barbecue by "feel."
>> Ignore them. This is science, not art.

>What about the fire? Don't you need a fire?

I said that it's a starting point, not a list of everything you need
to log.

>Can't you do all the stuff that you do in the kitchen in the oven?

I find the part where I said to log "the source of the lump and what
it looked like" to not work so well in a kitchen oven.

>Why do I need to log everything that I do? I have a much better
>memory than you think.

Really? Care to post a graph of the temperature profile (every 15
minutes will do) for your last three barbecue attempts, plus a
description of the taste and texture of the result?

If you don't log it, it's art, not science.

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