HOT From The Pit! March 2018
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March Gold Medal Giveaway Winner!
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March's Gold Medal Giveaway winner was Dave Morgan, or as we know him in The Pit,
Dave Morgan. The difference is the italics.
"This is the first time I have ever won anything. This will go to a great cause, great barbecue!" Dave said. "Unbelievable selection to choose from! As if the site and abundance of info at AmazingRibs.com wasn't enough..."
I can't help but think some smoked fish is in Dave's future!
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In addition to the fabulous new GMG Daniel Boone package, Dave (and every monthly winner) also gets a 12-bottle case of Max Good's Black Swan Gourmet BBQ Sauce, which includes four bottles each of the three flavors- Sweet Cognac (mild), Original (medium), and the spicy Beso del Fuego!
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Make sure you gave us an email address you actually use when you first signed up, and make sure @amazingribs.com is whitelisted there so our emails make it to you! If you're reading this and it wasn't in your spam folder, you're probably good.
If ever you need to verify the email we have on file for you just email me, or for an instant answer click your username in the top-right of The Pit and select User Settings from the drop down menu, then click the Account tab. If you need it changed, click the Request Form link at the top of that page, or
click here
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Meathead wants to publish YOUR recipes!
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"Hits From The Pit!"
This month we have launched a fun new program called "Hits From The Pit". We are selecting some of the best original member recipes and publishing them on the free portion of the website where your family, friends, and co-workers can see them.Here are the first examples:
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Moderators & I will select some of the most interesting recipes, I'll contact you for permission and send them to Chef Ryan, our test kitchen director. He will cook them and organize them so they match the site's recipe writing style.
Once testing has been completed, we'll show you the final version and if you approve, we'll publish it for the whole world to see!
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The fine print:
- Recipes must be original. They cannot be a recipe from a book, magazine, YouTube video, or the side of the salad dressing bottle.
- If your recipe borrows heavily from another recipe but you've made major changes, we might be able to use it. Just let us know the source and how you changed it.
- We'll also need a photo of you and the best photo of the finished recipe.
- We reserve the right to make tweaks to the recipe to make it conform to our site's recipe style.
What do you get out of this deal?
If your original recipe is chosen to make it to the website, you will receive a year's free membership and the bragging rights among your friends & family that your name, likeness, and recipe are published on AmazingRibs.com!
So dust off the old recipe notebook and get to cooking your favorite home-created recipe, snap a new killer photo of it in its finished state, and post it in the proper
Recipes sub-channel in The Pit
. You just may find your very own recipe, credited to you, on the pages of "Earth's Favorite Barbecue Website", AmazingRibs.com!
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Show Us Your New Grills/Smokers!
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Who doesn't love showing off their new gear, or living vicariously when someone else shows off theirs that they've purchased or built? I think it's safe to say we all love it! Let's take a peek at some new gear our Pit members have shared the last few weeks...
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Moderator
Jerod Broussard acquired his first ever pellet grill, a Blaz'N Grill Works "Grid Iron", and he shares a 4-part documentary on
its arrival, setup and
first cook.
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Show Us What You're Cookin'!
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You knew it was coming, and you probably scrolled down here pretty quickly, didn't you? It's time for the Show Us What You're Cookin' Highlight Reel!
This is merely a sampling of the many wonderful pictures of food our members have shared, there's far more in the thread itself. These highlights date from late February to mid-March 2018.
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This was by no means ALL of the great shots from the past month, there are many more!
To see all the above posts as well as many others be sure to visit the retired SUWYC Fall/Winter
topic, and since the seasons have changed (at least on the calendar) be sure to visit our brand new
Show Us What You're Cooking Vol 9, Spring 2018 topic and show us what YOU'RE cooking!
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It's no secret where the delicious meats we love to BBQ come from, and the answer is not "the grocery store". Some of us may be very far removed from that end of things, some of us may live it daily like Pit member
ComfortablyNumb. He started a
very interesting post that he titled "2018 Farm Journal", in which he documents many of the duties on his farm from starting onion & garlic seedlings to butchering his hogs. The year's just beginning, so stay tuned as he updates it regularly with the year's goings on!
Hog butchering
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Separating the belly from the loin
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The belly cut into manageable pieces for bacon
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The loin section uncut (L), and cut into chops & tenderloin (R)
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Without farmers, no one eats. Are you a farmer, whether commercially or just for your own needs? You have our respect.
Be sure to
visit The Pit and share your pictures and experiences!
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Order Pitmaster Club Shirts, Mugs Caps & More!
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We now have a storefront in CafePress.com where you can order men's, women's, & kid's sized T-Shirts, Sweatshirts, Aprons, Mugs, Caps, Tote Bags, Flasks, and more, all imprinted with the Pitmaster Club logo, the 'Anatomy of a Baby Back' graphic, and other BBQ-themed designs & sayings in a variety of colors. Prices are very reasonable.
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Give a Friend a Free Trial Membership!
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If you have a friend, family member, co-worker or neighbor who loves BBQ, loves
your BBQ, wants to get into BBQ, or even just has a grill and you think they'd love an account, send them to
http://amazingribs.com/pitmaster, and all they have to do is click the red Join button and type "
MemberSentMe" (one word) in the Coupon box!
They will NOT have to enter a credit card.
Limit 1 per person, non-members only.
After about two months we will send them a notice that they have about three weeks left and if they wish to remain a member they will have to pay. They will get another reminder when the 90 days is up.
Spread the love and get your buddies in here in our wonderful community!
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Catch Up on the PitCasts!
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Don't forget to learn a little bit about your fellow Pit members by listening to Greg Rempe's recent weekly interviews on his members only PitCasts, posted each week on Thursday!
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Here are the most recent interviews:
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Don't worry, he edits out those moments where you trip over your own tongue. So even if you're like me or Meathead, Greg will still make you sound good!
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"HOT From The Pit" is the exclusive members only monthly newsletter of the AmazingRibs.com Pitmaster Club from Aaron "Huskee" Lyons, Manager of the Pitmaster Club.
You're receiving this because you're awesome and you're a member of the Club!
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