Re: What's in your smoker?
 

Sorry, brutha, you don't get no pot roast the size of a child's sleeping bag, :r:r:r

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LOL.

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no good pics, but last weekend I finally fired up the smoker and threw in an 8lb bone in pork butt and a 5lb brisket. Smoked both of them for about 5 hours and then threw them in a 250f oven covered with foil and a bit of apple juice in the pan for another 3 and they were delicious. I had to practice for the june MoB herf at my place :ss

Re: What's in your smoker?
 

beer can chicken. used a can of Burried Hatchet Stout

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used the ring and lid from my fire pit for extra clearance

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2 1/2 hours at 350 degrees and done. dam tasty and moist. shocked myself as this is the first time i ever cooked a full chicken in any way.

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Very Nice. Looks Tasty.

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Very nice Wes.

Hurm... I haven't done a beer can chicken in a long time - maybe I'll put that on the roster for this weekend. Thanks for the inspiration.

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Argh, and YAY. I have a 13 lb Brisket I am doing u p this weekend.
Pretty ballsy for a first attempt at brisket ona new cooker to boot. But what are you gonna do?
I just love F'ing with the stuff. I am as sedentary as it gets, and at least if I smoke up a big chunk
of a cow I will get up and down the stairs and work in the yard and clean the house, etc.
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By the way, the beer can is really a gimmick. If you enjoyed the chicken, you will really enjoy just
cooking whole chickens on the pit on a regular basis. Not that you should STOP doing it with a
can up it's...cavity, but you get nearly the same result without the can.

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I agree with you to some extent on the gimmick part of it, but as you said, it's "nearly the same same result without the can" .

There are some differences in the cooking & fat run-off when you lay the chicken down versus when it's vertical. But, yeah, the type of beer used, doesn't really make much difference.

I pack my beer cans with lots of chopped garlic and Dave's Insanity Sauce so you get some minor flavor infusion from the steam, plus the smell off the pit with the garlic, smoke and cooking meat is wonderful.

So, is it gimmicky, yup a bit. But it's fun, and it's a great presentation for a crowd, even a small one. That alone can make it worth doing. :tu

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Got 3 nice slabs of Babybacks for the smoker tomorrow, during our Garage Sale. I will "try" to remember to take pics. :tu

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Selling or giving away ribs at your garage sale Brent?

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LOL
Neither, they will be in the back yard to to temp the customers. They're mine...all mine, muh huh hahah :dr

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Just got an 8lb bone in pork butt out of my smoker this morning, had it taking a nice long rest overnight. Got 4 slabs of baby backs that I'm putting in there today.

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:tu:tu

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Doing bar food at the casa tonight... a batch of my hot smoked wings, some cream cheese stuffed jalapenos, and some guacamole and chips. My kind of meal!!

Oh.. and Barry that butt looks killer!!

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That sounds decadent Brent :D

And yes,the Butt is a thing of beauty :dr

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That is actually the first time I have smoked a butt. I have done ribs and chicken before... this came out tasting awesome though, I made my own bbq sauce to go with it and it got good reviews.

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Got a 8.5 lb. butt on the UDS as we speak.:banger

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more butt = "more gooder".....

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indeed

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butt is always good!

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Made pork back ribs on the smoker on Thursday. Once the smoker had cooled down to around 100*, I threw a block of Blue Cheese on the rack, and a few small pieces of wood in the ash pile. I smoked the cheese for about 2 hours, then put it in the fridge for 30 mins to cool it back down. The ribs were fantastic, but the cheese...:dr:dr:dr This is the scond time I have smoked blue cheese, and it is amazing how the flavor changes.

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the bleu cheese sounds great, I might have to try that next time.

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have a large center cut blade in chuck roast on now. half seasoned with my favorite rub which is spicy, and the other half with mrs dash and pepper. wife doesnt do spicy.

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I plan on Chuck Roast this week. They're on sale.

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i really like a good chuck roast. as i am eating this one, i remembered i forgot to take a pic

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I heartily recommend it! I put the block of cheese on a piece of foil with the sides turned up to catch the small amount of oils that seep out. I keep the temp around 100 or less. AFter I take it out of the smoker I put the cheese in a piece of waxed paper, pour any oils that seeped out on top, roll it up tightly and put in the fridge to get it back solid for cutting. The taste only improves over the next day or 2. Blue cheese has complex flavors, but this adds new dimensions to the flavors. I like to use Hickory for smoking blue cheese, but next time I am going to try some apple wood.

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Thats a nice lookin' Butt

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Here was Saturdays goodness.
6 hours at 210*. Ran the smoke for 3 hours. Apple / Alder / Hickory. They were AWESOME!!





In the pot ya go!
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6 hours later. :dr
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Re: What's in your smoker?
 

Nice looking ribs Brent!

(but no photos of a sliced rib for the smoke ring :sad)

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I'd hit that!!:tu

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man, looks good!....gotta do some ribs....SOON!

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Tasty, tasty! I did a rack of ribs and a dozen chicken drummies this weekend. I need to make some mods to my cheap smoker because I had trouble keeping the temps low, but everything still tasted good.

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The low temps are the reason I have stuck w/ electric smokers. Much more control, IMO.

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:tpd:

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I already own an oven. I don't need an AEK in my backyard too. :tg

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It's all about learning you cooker...:D

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I thought we were talking about smokers :tf

















;s :r

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We were until you mentioned electric. :hf

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OK, I'll bite. Whats an AEK?

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All Electric Kitchen, ie: electric range and oven

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Oh, ok.

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I was right there with ya :r

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Went back to basics today.....ribs, ABT's and a fatty for good measure....Ribs were rubbed with Yardbird rub...The fatty was rubbed with a Maple rub...ABT's stuffed with cream cheese with the maple rub...nothing fancy.....just real good

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DayUm Keith... I have freakin' pizza for dinner and you post that!!! Killer lookin' cook!!!

BTW... I didn't know you had an UDS.

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Yep...a BDS from Rocky in North Carolina....got it 2 years ago and love it!....hahaha, I had pizza last nite so we're even!

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You were kinda ahead of the curve on the drum cookers. Guess that is what you get when you are a smart guy:tu

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Bigash, that looks freakin tasty!!!!

just fired mine up about 90 minutes ago for an overnighter...

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since i couldnt make cfest, i decided to cut down a new supply of mulberry and apple for the smoker.... and smoke up some stuff.

made a 2lb Fattie (breakfast pork sausage roll) filled with mozzerella cheese and pears, and rolled in a bacon weave... cant wait to pull this one off the smoker.

also have a 10lb boston butt for pulled pork on. will let it go overnight and for a total of about 14 hours.

unfortunately i forgot i was out of kingsford competition charcoal and only had regular kingsford for the grill. so i figured i would use a little more wood for smoke flavor than usual. i used only maple this time, usually i use mostly mulberry and a pice of black walnut for contrast/bite

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Great looking stuff guys! :tu