Pork Butt
Brisket
It wasn’t until I started to cook food on my offset that I fully appreciated the flavor difference. I expected it to be better, but I had no idea how much better it truly was.
Workhorse Pits 1975 Beginner's Guide
Welcome back (kind of). People have been asking for my videos since I shut down my @Offset Rookie channel on YouTube. Unfortunately, I will not be uploading them to my current channel (the reason is outlined in the FAQ below). After much thought, I decided I would put together this course to help Workhorse beginners instead.
One benefit to this format is that I wrote detailed summaries of the videos that can be downloaded as PDFs. I also shared links to any products I discussed so you could find them easier. Some of these products leverage my discount code of RUMANDCOOK to save you 10-15%.
I crammed in 50 cooks in 1.5 years and learned a ton. I hope this content helps you learn from my mistakes and start turning out amazing BBQ quicker!
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Workhorse First Look
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Let's Get Started
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Lesson 1: 5 Essential Tools for Offset Smoker Success
To run your offset properly you are going to need a few tools that you may not already have. Here are my 5 recommendations.
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Lesson 2: Assembly and Seasoning
This video includes the initial assembly of a Workhorse Pits 1975. If you’ve already assembled, you can skip ahead in the video and follow the seasoning section.
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Fire Management
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Lesson 1: Fire Management Mistakes
Introduce your lesson with an optional, short summary. You can edit this excerpt in lesson settings.
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Lesson 2: Live Fire Management In-Depth
This is a video that did not go live. It was recorded as my last video before I shut down Offset Rookie. It’s a look at fire management with a mistakes you can run into.
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Things I Have Learned
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Maintenance
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Exterior Maintenance
Here, I show you how to properly prep your pit before applying boiled linseed oil to make it look as good as new. I also share some important tips when using linseed oil.
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Interior Maintenance
Here, I show you how to clean the inside of your pit. You will have to do this every 10-15 cooks depending on what you cook. Briskets and pork butts are going to expel a ton of fat.
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Firebox Maintenance
The firebox takes a beating. In this video I show you an alternative method to maintaining your firebox. You will have to do this more frequently than doing the whole pit.
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Offset Cooks
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Smoked Turkey Breast
Smoked turkey breast in amazing on an offset. Super hard to do well anywhere else. Might just make you love turkey again.
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Foil Boat Brisket
This video shows you how to do a foil boat brisket.
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Smoked Polish Sausage
This is my first attempt at making sausage. There was a couple of challenges, but overall it’s not too bad once you do it once or twice.
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Pulled Pork
In this video I smoked a couple of Berkshire butts to make some pulled pork. This is something I would recommend as my first 5 cooks as a pork butt is very forgiving.
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Tri-Tip Finished in the Cowboy Box
This is a video where I smoke first and then sear using the Cowboy box. Turned out great!
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Smoked Steak
Smoked steak for a crowd. Seared over a wood coals.
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BBQ Whole Chicken
3 whole chickens smoked and finished in a few different ways.
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Smoked Prime Rib
This prime rib was smoked, rested, and seared over the Cowboy box. Turned out amazing.
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What you’ll learn
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I cover a lesson on tools and 5 things I have learned.
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I cover interior, exterior, and the firebox specifically.
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I cover 9 cooks in this course.
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I share my first attempt at making sausages. I think it’s important for people to see this so they can try.
It’s well worth the effort.
Course FAQ
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There is 1 never before seen video on Live Fire Management. The rest are key videos that were posted on the Offset Rookie YouTube channel.
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I had a bunch of content that I spent over 1000 hours creating. I didn’t want it to go to waste and thought some would appreciate getting access to it.
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The issue is I’d have to re-edit them all to align with my Rum and Cook brand, and uploading old videos can hurt my channel because Rum and Cook doesn’t have a huge audience for offset BBQ. When newly updated videos don’t do well, it hurts the channel as a whole.
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The course is focused on the Workhorse Pits 1975. It applies to all Workhorse products. It also will be helpful to those who own other large backyard offsets such as the Millscale 94.
It will not be useful for those small offsets you find at big box stores.
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This course is for those who are new to offset cooking and looking to expand their knowledge.
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Unfortunately, no I don’t see that every happening unless I switched to a different brand.
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No, I will use it to promote this course, but please follow me as @1rumandcook on IG.