Food and Drink What are you Smoking/Grilling/BBQ'ing this weekend? - Page 171

**BigRedChief** · 07-03-2015, 03:48 PM

What are you up to this weekend?

I finally gave up on my smoker and decided to get a new smoker. I went with a bigger model but less tech. Yes, its a cheater electric smoker. My 3rd one. I need more space to cook, I don't need help getting my smoke and temp right.

I've also never used injection for flavor except for pork butt or other big cuts of meat. I decided to give it a try. I developed my own injection. Basically like the other recipes you have out on the internet but I'm putting the rub in the injection and using sirracchi.

Full results not in yet but my son and I think its the best sausage we have ever had.

No sauce. Marinated the meat overnight. Injected the meat. Slow cooked the ribs and chicken. Baste it with a combo of butter and apple juice. Using a combination of Apple, Mesquite, Cherry and Hickory wood.

cooper barrett · 10-13-2020, 10:33 PM

Where I came from being able to pull bones is overcooked. There should be some gnawing to be done.

That said, some people think they are under cooked if they don't pull completely from the bone leaving no trace of protein on the bone whatsoever.

I find, I like to have to bite into my ribs and prefer not to use my arms to separate the meat from the bone.

Cooked ribs last night with the Tri-tip but the smoke ring is missing on the ribs...

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Originally Posted by GloryDayz

The best news is that you can see how cleanly the bones pulled out, but the meat remained just firm enough..

Again, when I'm not really trying I mail it...

Uncovered on the smoker for 3 hours, 1.5 hours covered (and didn't add anything inside the foil), ~4 minutes under the broiler, then 1.5 hours resting in foil that were wrapped in towels...

KCUnited · 10-15-2020, 04:13 PM

Homebrewing a KCoconut porter beer tomorrow.

Seems most toast the coconut in the oven, but since I'm from KC it was obvious I should smoke it. We'll see in a few weeks how it turns out.

Smoked coconut chips. 1lb

suzzer99 · 10-17-2020, 04:59 PM

No turning back now ��
— Zillow (@zillow) October 17, 2020

HAH!

cooper barrett · 10-17-2020, 08:51 PM

It's the powder from Dottesville, then there are the drive up vending machines you can hit on you way back to Perfect Village .....

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Originally Posted by suzzer99

No turning back now ��
— Zillow (@zillow) October 17, 2020

HAH!

**ChiefGator** · 10-28-2020, 06:58 PM

Can anyone give me a recommendation for some good analog smoker temp gauges? I want to install two closer to the cooking level on an OK offset smoker.

heapshake · 10-28-2020, 08:18 PM

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Originally Posted by ChiefGator

Can anyone give me a recommendation for some good analog smoker temp gauges? I want to install two closer to the cooking level on an OK offset smoker.

I bought a couple of River Country 3" thermometers. They work for me. They have a long stem and once or twice I've had to adjust things so they didn't touch the food.

**srvy** · 10-28-2020, 08:40 PM

I know a welder who builds smokers on the side he recommended Taylor to me. I have been happy so far.
https://www.amazon.com/Taylor-Precis...s%2C212&sr=8-3

cooper barrett · 10-29-2020, 04:42 AM

Read up.

No mechanical temp gauge is worth it's salt.

Taylor and Tel-tru are both good, yet mechanical, units but you have to calibrate them.

**srvy** · 10-29-2020, 11:36 AM

Tel-Tru and Midwest Hearth are probably some of the best but they will cost you 4 times as much. They still have to be calibrated routinely and they all get spiderwebbing inside that ruins them. I would rather use digital all day but he wants analog.

**ChiefGator** · 10-29-2020, 01:38 PM

I think I will put a couple analog, but I did start looking at digital ones... the option to have low and high temp alarms sounds good.. especially when I wake up at 2am to start a smoke and lay back down to rest sometimes....

cooper barrett · 10-29-2020, 02:54 PM

Did not get to take after pics but 4 chicken halves,2 1-1/4" center cut chops,1 slab StL ribs,2 slabs chuck ribs.

My Tito's and homemade lemonade.That's white oak.

GloryDayz · 10-29-2020, 08:01 PM

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Originally Posted by cooper barrett

Did not get to take after pics but 4 chicken halves,2 1-1/4" center cut chops,1 slab StL ribs,2 slabs chuck ribs.

My Tito's and homemade lemonade.That's white oak.

OUTSTANDING....

**srvy** · 10-29-2020, 09:36 PM

[QUOTE=cooper barrett;15284746]Did not get to take after pics but 4 chicken halves,2 1-1/4" center cut chops,1 slab StL ribs,2 slabs chuck ribs.

Looks like you are getting her broken in pretty good.

Anything worth catching and smoking in that pond?

cooper barrett · 10-29-2020, 10:11 PM

It's a lagoon

I can walk to the lake, drop a line and have a respectable catfish in seconds, Have to work hard to find a bass, blue gill, or perch that it should have. There was a flood that came up to but not into the house before I bought it.Don't thinkthey restocked or were not successful.

It's well seasoned, I can keep it at 200- 225 for 4 hours without watching it. I am looking for a small pressure washer to keep 'er clean. I need to get wood this weekend. 1stick left.

[QUOTE=srvy;15285576]

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Originally Posted by cooper barrett

Did not get to take after pics but 4 chicken halves,2 1-1/4" center cut chops,1 slab StL ribs,2 slabs chuck ribs.

Looks like you are getting her broken in pretty good.

Anything worth catching and smoking in that pond?

**srvy** · 10-29-2020, 11:21 PM

So like a said a pond.

The word "lagoon" derives from the Italian word laguna, which means "pond" or "lake."

07-03-2015, 03:48 PM
BigRedChief Has a particular set of skills Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: On the water Casino cash: $1128962 VARSITY	What are you Smoking/Grilling/BBQ'ing this weekend? What are you up to this weekend? I finally gave up on my smoker and decided to get a new smoker. I went with a bigger model but less tech. Yes, its a cheater electric smoker. My 3rd one. I need more space to cook, I don't need help getting my smoke and temp right. I've also never used injection for flavor except for pork butt or other big cuts of meat. I decided to give it a try. I developed my own injection. Basically like the other recipes you have out on the internet but I'm putting the rub in the injection and using sirracchi. Full results not in yet but my son and I think its the best sausage we have ever had. No sauce. Marinated the meat overnight. Injected the meat. Slow cooked the ribs and chicken. Baste it with a combo of butter and apple juice. Using a combination of Apple, Mesquite, Cherry and Hickory wood. Attached Thumbnails
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10-15-2020, 04:13 PM	#2552
KCUnited Cheat Death Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Land of Drincoln Casino cash: $328244	Homebrewing a KCoconut porter beer tomorrow. Seems most toast the coconut in the oven, but since I'm from KC it was obvious I should smoke it. We'll see in a few weeks how it turns out. Smoked coconut chips. 1lb
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10-17-2020, 04:59 PM	#2553
suzzer99 In Search of a Life Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: L.A. Casino cash: $1054284	No turning back now �� — Zillow (@zillow) October 17, 2020 HAH!
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10-28-2020, 06:58 PM	#2555
ChiefGator Can these boys not play? Join Date: Apr 2001 Location: Northcentral Florida Casino cash: $7182956	Can anyone give me a recommendation for some good analog smoker temp gauges? I want to install two closer to the cooking level on an OK offset smoker. __________________ - Mark
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10-28-2020, 08:40 PM	#2557
srvy Fight, build, win! Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: KC Casino cash: $-288750	I know a welder who builds smokers on the side he recommended Taylor to me. I have been happy so far. https://www.amazon.com/Taylor-Precis...s%2C212&sr=8-3 __________________ "The victim stance is a powerful one. The victim is always morally right, neither responsible nor accountable, and forever entitled to sympathy."
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10-29-2020, 04:42 AM	#2558
cooper barrett MVP Join Date: Aug 2017 Casino cash: $10000400	Read up. No mechanical temp gauge is worth it's salt. Taylor and Tel-tru are both good, yet mechanical, units but you have to calibrate them. __________________
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10-29-2020, 11:36 AM	#2559
srvy Fight, build, win! Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: KC Casino cash: $-288750	Tel-Tru and Midwest Hearth are probably some of the best but they will cost you 4 times as much. They still have to be calibrated routinely and they all get spiderwebbing inside that ruins them. I would rather use digital all day but he wants analog. __________________ "The victim stance is a powerful one. The victim is always morally right, neither responsible nor accountable, and forever entitled to sympathy."
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10-29-2020, 01:38 PM	#2560
ChiefGator Can these boys not play? Join Date: Apr 2001 Location: Northcentral Florida Casino cash: $7182956	I think I will put a couple analog, but I did start looking at digital ones... the option to have low and high temp alarms sounds good.. especially when I wake up at 2am to start a smoke and lay back down to rest sometimes.... __________________ - Mark
Posts: 4,625

10-29-2020, 02:54 PM	#2561
cooper barrett MVP Join Date: Aug 2017 Casino cash: $10000400	Did not get to take after pics but 4 chicken halves,2 1-1/4" center cut chops,1 slab StL ribs,2 slabs chuck ribs. My Tito's and homemade lemonade.That's white oak. __________________
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10-29-2020, 09:36 PM	#2563
srvy Fight, build, win! Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: KC Casino cash: $-288750	[QUOTE=cooper barrett;15284746]Did not get to take after pics but 4 chicken halves,2 1-1/4" center cut chops,1 slab StL ribs,2 slabs chuck ribs. Looks like you are getting her broken in pretty good. Anything worth catching and smoking in that pond? __________________ "The victim stance is a powerful one. The victim is always morally right, neither responsible nor accountable, and forever entitled to sympathy."
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10-29-2020, 11:21 PM	#2565
srvy Fight, build, win! Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: KC Casino cash: $-288750	So like a said a pond. The word "lagoon" derives from the Italian word laguna, which means "pond" or "lake." __________________ "The victim stance is a powerful one. The victim is always morally right, neither responsible nor accountable, and forever entitled to sympathy."
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