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Planning baby rack ribs for the weekend along with an Oktoberfest ale to test out the new BK and pump.
 
I just pulled all of last year's salmon out of the freezer. My girls and I will be starting the brine tonight and smoking on Thursday.

It's gonna be great, we've been out of smoke fish for a couple of months. Kiddo's need that brain food!
 
Smoked a chicken last night. Brined a bit too long I think, but I only ate one wing yesterday as it was pulled off the smoker at bedtime. Kind of salty (But maybe the bigger pieces of meat are not as salty.)

Spatchcocked that sucker and smoked for a couple of hours. I need a better chip box. I tried the cast iron one that came with the used smoker I bought and I don't think it gets much smoke going. Time to hit the resale shops and find an old pan or something.
 
Heading to CO this weekend so most likely I'll smoke something! [emoji56]
Wait we're talking meat here. Well that will happen when I get home next week. Going to do some brisket, ribs and chicken legs.
 
Went to the butcher today to pickup meat for the weekend celebration... (2) 17# briskets, (2) 10# pork shoulders, (4) racks of baby back ribs plus about 30 drumsticks... It's going to be quite the feast.

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"Finished" the new smoker, been doing a test burn for the last 4 hours or so. Brisket and pork shoulder going in around 10 tonight... It's going to be a long night, but I think I've got the hang of making adjustments on it now.

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That looks like sheets of galvanized steel like you might find in ducting.


My wife nixed the smoked trout. Says she wants to grill it instead.

So now I'm thinking about a brisket.
 
Doing the traditional smoked pork butt for 4th of July/FIL's B'day. The crowd will be smaller (some family members came for a visit in June and won't be here for their usual 7/4 visit) so there's gonna be some leftovers. Looking forward to:

Pulled pork veggie/garlic/ginger stir fry
Pulled pork breakfast hash
Pulled pork leftover sandwiches
And so forth!
 
That looks like sheets of galvanized steel like you might find in ducting.


My wife nixed the smoked trout. Says she wants to grill it instead.

So now I'm thinking about a brisket.

No, it was a file cabinet at one point.
 
Brisket plans are also on hold. I'm having trouble finding a whole packer anywhere. One butcher I talked to said they simply aren't getting them recently, but instead just getting flats and those are a bit scarce.
 
Brisket plans are also on hold. I'm having trouble finding a whole packer anywhere. One butcher I talked to said they simply aren't getting them recently, but instead just getting flats and those are a bit scarce.


Try Walmart. Some of the best packer briskests I've smoked are el cheapos from Walmart.
 
Costco here usually carries USDA prime brisket packers here for $2.99/lb. One of these days i'm going to buy one.
 
Costco was in fact the first place I tried today. And normally I think they do have them. There must be a shortage around here.

Something about holiday weekends and Costco running out of big cuts of meat for the smoker... learned that lesson before. I do my meat shopping for any holiday weekend in the middle of the previous week.
 
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