TVWB News
June 2018
www.virtualweberbullet.com
Welcome to TVWB News! Here's what's new with the website this month.
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TVWB Celebrates 20 Years Online
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TVWB celebrated its 20th anniversary on June 12, 2018. It's hard to believe that the website is 20 years old!
Back In June 1998...
- Gas was $1.03/gallon.
- Michael Jordan played his last game with the Chicago Bulls.
- Microsoft released Windows 98.
- Seinfeld had just finished its final season on television.
- Google did not exist as a company.
- There was no such thing as blogs, podcasts, Flickr, or YouTube.
- My hair was mostly brown, not mostly gray...and I had a lot more of it!
It seems like only yesterday that I started on this barbecue adventure. If you're interested in learning about how The Virtual Weber Bullet came to be, read on.
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Win 18.5" WSM In June
To celebrate 20 year online, TVWB is giving away an 18.5" Weber Smokey Mountain Cooker to one lucky winner! After all, it's the cooker that launched The Virtual Weber Bullet!
Visit the prize page for complete rules and entry form. Must be at least 18 to enter, US addresses only, one entry per person!
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More New Videos
I've got two new videos this month, one showing how to carefully steam clean the lid and middle cooking section of the WSM, the other a review of the ThermoWorks BlueDOT probe thermometer with Bluetooth-enabled smartphone app.
Don't miss our new videos...Subscribe to our YouTube channel now!
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Video: Steam Cleaning Weber Smokey Mountain Lid & Middle Cooking Section
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Video: Review of ThermoWorks BlueDOT Probe Thermometer
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Win Weber's New American BBQ in June
One lucky subscriber to TVWB News will win a copy of Weber's New American Barbecue in our June prize drawing.
If you're already a TVWB News subscriber, then you're automatically entered into the random drawing on June 30. The winner will be contacted by email and their name published here next month.
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Congratulations to Tim Powell from Colorado! He won a copy of Weber's Way To Grill in last month's drawing.
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TVWB 20th Anniversary T-Shirt Now Available
Make a $25 donation to TVWB and I'll send you this high quality screen-printed t-shirt as a thank you gift. Sizes M to 3XL in brown, 4XL to 5XL in black. U.S. postage included! Limited to 144 t-shirts...Donate now!
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Make-Believe Mailbag
Russ T. Hunter from Steel City, IL writes, "I just bought a used Weber Smokey Mountain. Cleaned it up, replaced some screws and such because they were rusted badly, and smoked on it yesterday. However, I am getting rust build-up again on
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everything—the new screws, the water pan, the grill straps, etc. Anyone have this happen and have a solution?"
This is probably the #1 "problem" Weber hears about from new customers. What you're seeing is a build-up of smoke/grease/water residue that is a normal part of barbecuing with the WSM.
If you barbecue with water in the pan, the residue tends to be brown in color and may dry up and flake off with time. When you see this inside the lid, brush it off so it doesn't fall onto your food, or rinse with a garden hose and brush the area to remove residue.
If you barbecue without water in the pan, the residue tends to be black in color and it can go much longer before flaking...but it may eventually flake off, too. When this happens, do as described above.
Before each cook, it's a good idea to check the condition inside the lid and to brush-down the middle cooking section into the charcoal bowl to remove any flakes there, too.
For more info, see Cleanup, Maintenance & Storage: Cleanup Before Cooking
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