HOT From The Pit! - September 28, 2018 

We have to admit it- summer has come and gone, and it's now officially autumn. For many this marks the end of grilling season, but not for us! Let's see what's been happening in this new fall edition of HOT From The Pit!

September's Gold Medal Giveaway Winner!

September's Gold Medal Giveaway random winner was 4th-year member riverken! Also known as Ken Stuart, riverken said "Thanks everyone! Wow, what a great surprise. Now a decision to make. Lots of fine prizes to choose from! I smoke 6 times a week ... with over a thousand cooks completed in my restaurant, Stuart's Fish & Pig (Stuart, Florida). The last thing I could ever need is another dedicated smoker! Of course, that means I've selected the only dedicated smoker as my prize." Ken chose the Karubecue C-60, a.k.a. the "KBQ". Needless to say, if you're ever near Stuart, FL you may just find some great BBQ at Ken's place, now further enhanced by his new KBQ! In addition, riverken (and every monthly winner) also gets a 12-bottle case of Max Good's Black Swan Gourmet BBQ Sauce!

Wish him a congratulations in his Pit announcement topic here!

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Sneak Preview For Members!

Don't forget about our Sneak Preview For Members! channel in The Pit! Here we post brand new recipes, reviews, and technique articles destined for the free site before they're announced to the public and added the table of contents. That's right- you get the info first. Be the first to make the new recipes, get the inside scoop on a new grill, smoker, or thermometer, or even get a sneak peek at some content from Meathead's next book! Some of the most recent new articles added: Max's new review of the Char-Griller Grillin' Pro gas grill - a new thermostatic controller review from Bill McGrath - 3 new recipes from Clint Cantwell, and more inside!

Feed The Flame!

At the very root of our passion is fire & flame. It might be easy to overlook the glowing embers and fiery flames and focus only on the food. But let's take a look at some of the glorious shots of the flame from our HOT Feed The Flame! topic. And next time you fire up your grill, smoker, fireplace, or campfire, be sure to snap a shot or two of the flames & coals and add to our growing (and glowing) collection!

Show Us What You're Cooking!

Without further ado, it's time to drool! 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 are from our uber-popular Show Us What You're Cooking topic, split between our retired Summer 2018 and our new Fall 2018 topics.

Kicking it off are these gorgeous colorful displays from barelfly- a paella and a skirt steak with Mojo sauce

Another grilled paella- this one from Austin Blues

Some beautiful shots from Attjack- a tri tip & veggies, and a coobook-worthy gourmet breakfast!

Here's a tempting brisket plate from au4stree cooked hot & fast on his new PBC

Some smoked chuck from xaugievike, cooked on his kettle

Treesmacker serves up some brisket-looking sliced chuck roast, and an interesting story of his wife in the California fires. Two happy endings!

Troutman has created another fantastic piece of edible art with this stuffed pork loin!

JeffJ is roasting veggies for home made hot sauce, as well as smoking some ribs & more!

Is that another paella? Indeed it is- this one is from troymeister !

Smoked brisket from sfdrew28

An American Kobe strip steak from Steve B with loaded baked potato

A 27-hour sous vide chuck roast from theroc with butternut squash

Lamb racks cooked on the PK360 from Polarbear777

Here's a smoked chuck and a pork butt from Red Man- can you tell which is which? Take a peek inside for finished pics of each!

Fuzzydaddy knows how to make 4 racks of ribs on a single 22" kettle cook with rib pinwheels!

Shiny wrapped ribs from Idleratchet!

Ribs from Ernest

gijsveltman never disappoints, the pics of his food are outstanding. Home made cheeseburgers with home made bacon, and octopus tacos! Yep, you read that right.

Some CAB ribeyes from goosebr160

Here's Rfuilrez's first cook on his KBQ- an action shot of tomahawk ribeyes searing!

Check out Mosca's gourmet stuffed Alpine Haus hotdog wrapped in Wright's bacon!

Does something not cooked outside, and not made of meat, actually make it into the Show Us What You're Cooking highlight reel of AmazingRibs.com's Pitmaster Club? Yes. If your bread looks like Pequod's sourdough it does!

Here's jfmorris' "Blasphemy Ribs"- a term coined by Charter Member mgaretz for ribs cooked as single bones cutting the cook time to about 2.5hrs.

Blackened salmon cooked on the Smokey Joe kettle from Mudkat

What a tempting plate from Elton's BBQ- marinated pork chops, fries and veggies, drizzled in what appears to be a cheese sauce.

Wrapping up this month's highlight reel, Fire Art shares his colorful cubed bacon burnt ends BLTs

Your assignment- sharpen up your photography skills & make it hard on me to pick which pics make the cut next month. Everyone is doing great so far! Be sure to visit our new Show Us What You're Cooking- Volume 11, Fall 2018 and share your food pics!

NEW 30-Day Free Trial Memberships

Recently we revamped our registration system to allow for 30-day completely free trial memberships for anyone! If you have a friend or relative that you think would love to 'window shop' the Pitmaster Club, copy this link, and email or text it to them! No credit card needed No coupon code needed No 'hurry and cancel before day 31' No worries Full 24/7 access to all online resources of paid members* for 30 days! If they choose to pay the $23.95/year membership dues after (or during) their trial to get all the benefits of full membership, we make that easy too! That's the only time they'll need to enter any payment or other personal info. *Comprehensive Meat Temperature Guide Magnet and automatic entry into the monthly Sweepstakes is only for paid memberships. Limit one 30-day trial membership per person. New members only.

Catch Up On The PitCasts

Don't forget to learn a little about your fellow Pit members and others in the BBQ biz by listening to Greg Rempe's recent weekly interviews on his members only PitCasts, posted each week on Thursday in The PitCast with Greg Rempe channel.

Here are the most recent shows: September 27th The New "Huskee" Interview September 20th The "panteracfh3" Interview September 13th The Pat LaFrieda (Pat LaFrieda Meat Purveyors) Interview September 6th The "Thom Emery" interview August 30th The "Keiferr" Interview

DON'T MISS THE CHANCE to be a guest on Greg's next PitCast! Stop by the link above and let him know. And don't worry- you don't have to be a pro pitmaster or chef, you just have to answer his questions and tell us a little about yourself. He does most of the work and makes it very enjoyable.

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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! For past issues check out the newsletter archive in The Pit.

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