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Ribs. About 5 to 5.5 hours at 275. Pecan. 3 different rubs. One I made, penzies pike peak butcher rub and tonys meat market rub. Haha, ran out of each as I went. Not my normal 2 to 1 sugar salt rub. Was really good. The pikes peak butcher rub while not bbq per say was good to. You can see it in one of the pics. The tonys rub was good too. Has me thinking about buying a commercial rub. Killer hogs the rub maybe? Ribs were good, no wrap.6 baby back slabs, cut nicely in half. I think I will always cut them in half they cooked great. Well and dont fit full!View attachment 674305 View attachment 674306 View attachment 674307


If you like sugar forward rubs, check out Pitfacedbbq.com. Their meat massage is heavy on the brown and turbinado sugar while not being overly salty.

I like the meat massage on pork and the On Point on everything else.
 
Fresh off the smoker! It is now under foil and some towels to rest...put it on the platter kind of fast because it started to break apart on the transition...
 

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Smoked an 11# beef brisket this weekend at my buddy's house. He ran a 40# batch... Gotta love brisket, cut into pieces and throw in the freezer for a quick meal later... My favorite is to cube it and make chili out of it.
 
Costco was as stocked as I've ever seen it today. Had my pick from 8 different USDA prime briskets and who knows how many pork shoulders. Anyways, picked up about 35lbs of tough fatty animal flesh for the smoker this weekend.
 
Costco was as stocked as I've ever seen it today. Had my pick from 8 different USDA prime briskets and who knows how many pork shoulders. Anyways, picked up about 35lbs of tough fatty animal flesh for the smoker this weekend.

Hoping Costco will be the same for me... We've been waiting weeks now to get chuck roast. I have 7# of frozen brisket point that I want to grind up with some chuck roast for burgers, and then need to buy an additional chuck roast for upcoming menu items. Then I want to grab a 10# pork belly for another round of bacon...

Costco is normally a weekly stop for me, but with social distancing, I want to make sure I get at least 2 weeks with this one. So with my normal meat x2, my normal beer x2, and then extra meat for these "projects", it's going to be a pricey trip lol...
 
How does one “smoke” on an “air” “fryer”? Seems like so much contradiction. Curious how to do that?
 
Finished at 6.75 hours, 208 degrees internal temp. Didn't trim extra fat off, as you can tell in picture. I was being lazy this morning, as well as running behind. You can really see how well the fat layer prevents the smoke from entering the meat though!
 

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How does one “smoke” on an “air” “fryer”? Seems like so much contradiction. Curious how to do that?
Butterball oil free Turkey fryer. It's basically an electric convection BBQ, with a smoking tray inside.
It's certainly not real smoking, cooks ready to fast for that. I like how it makes a nice crispy turkey that is nice and juicy.

Sometimes I will actually smoke a turkey for several hours in one of my real smokers. But unless you finish it in the oven or over fire, you don't get that nice crispy skin.
 
Smoked a ham on easter with pecan. Made a neelys rub, the one with sugar salt mustard cummin ginger and cinnamon. It was good but man I missed the sugar coat. I will be sure to rub it with sugar next time. Then sprinkle rub?! I know I said this on the cooking thread, but I made mustard too. Goes so well with the smoked meats.
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Thinking I'm finally going to move on from my masterbuilt electric smoker. Does anyone have recommendations for a good charcoal smoker that I can get locally? Was planning on checking Lowes out on Monday when our stay at home order is lifted. So far, I'm intrigued by the Bronco Drum Smoker from Oklahoma Joe's. Any other recommendations?
 
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Thinking I'm finally going to move on from my masterbuilt electric smoker. Does anyone have recommendations for a good charcoal smoker that I can get locally? Was planning on checking Lowes out on Monday when our stay at home order is lifted. So far, I'm intrigued by the Bronco Drum Smoker from Oklahoma Joe's. Any other recommendations?

If you’re wanting charcoal and want something you can get at Lowe’s, you can’t go wrong with a Weber Smokey Mountain. Once my back patio is complete, I plan to add one to my arsenal.

You can’t beat the plug and play convenience of a pellet pooper or electric smoker, but there is something special about charcoal with a couple lumps of oak or apple.
 
I didn't smoke anything this weekend because I brewed. Though I have smoked and brewed at the same time before. I decided to do hot and fast 1 hour ribs which I am much less experienced with than my usual low and slow indirect method. Came out alright. Double wrapped 2 racks of baby back in foil and put directly over the coals bones up. probably should have flipped them at some point because they got a bit crispy on top but not more than I could deal with. Unwrapped after an hour, slathered with sauce and set over indirect to let the sauce set. Overall I'm pretty happy with them. Never going to compare to competition style but for the time investment, it was worth it. Still got the meat receding off the ends and flavor was there because I threw a couple oak chunks in for the last 10 minutes while the sauce set.
 
Figured I would show y'all some foreplay!! Rain or shine, that has a date with the smoker tomorrow!!

that is a recipe I followed to make a St. Louis dry rub, and it smells fantastic! Hoping the flavor matches!!!
 

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Okay....changed plans...a little! On the smoker right now, I have 2 slabs of pork ribs, with a brown sugar rub. After they finish, the above Boston butt will be going on!!
 

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Almost had no proof of cooking....that is all that is left. Got so mesmerized with how they looked and tasted, it was all in when they got to the counter! Made a blueberry chipotle bbq sauce that was slap yer momma good to compliment them.
 

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In my search for a charcoal smoker, I finally decided to get the Pit Barrel Cooker. I've already tried a variety of foods and I gotta say... I love this thing!

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I've also made stuffed burgers, jalapeno poppers and bratwurst but failed to get pictures. Everything has turned out amazing!
 

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7 pound brisket, was for dinner today. Started the smoker at 6:30 this morning and at 08:00 threw that slab of meat on. At 3:00, removed it, and wrapped it to let rest for an hour and a half. That was so damn tender and tasty!
Now on deck is a 9 pound butt.
 

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