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grilled cheese, with bacon and tomato with utz chips.

I used to love the Levis' combo dog of a fish cake and hot dog. The fish cake was a white fish flaked into mashed potatoes and fried to perfection. The combination of flavors with the deli mustard on a steamed bun was heaven. One of my childhood favorites that ended with the shop closing in '92.

My biggest BBQ disaster was my first attempt to smoke a pork shoulder. I had the timing all wrong and my smoker's heat was erratic. That problem created these large smoke storms that would blow the smoke into the house through our very crappy windows. After 12 hours of "smoking" the shoulder had a nice bark on it but was still raw in the center. Meanwhile the house smelled like a BBQ pit for at least 2 months. Never again was what my wife said and she was right. I've stuck to smoking chicken, ribs and brisket.

On my biggest success the smoked chicken breasts I made yesterday came out perfect. Putting them in a brine overnight helped ensure that the meat was moist and juicy.