Who's smoking meat this weekend?

[kaffeenjunkie]

Smoking turkeys, they came out great. I highly recommend trying it. I do it around 350.

What do you have in the pans underneath?

 

[cfrazier77]

It is making stock for gravy, this is for each pan, 1cup apple juice, 1 quart chicken stock, 2 quarts water, 1 stalk celery cut up, 2 carrots pealed and cut, 2 onions quartered, 2 bay leaves, 3 sprigs rosemary, the backbone of the turkey, trimmings, the neck, and the wing tips. I let that boil down and turn to stock. I take some and thicken it for gravy, the rest I save for making turkey soup.

 

[betarhoalphadelta]

3 slabs of baby backs, broccoli cheese casserole, and cornbread yesterday.

And of course I forgot to take a picture.

 

[betarhoalphadelta]

Just cured 10# of pork belly for bacon.

Wondering if / how much I should devote to bacon ribs

 

[brewbama]

2x boneless Pork Butts ready to wrap

 

[Sailingeric]

Smoked up about 5 pounds of home made elk brats on my Grilla Grill Silverbac.

 

[corkybstewart]

Maybe a pork shoulder tomorrow, maybe not. Boss lady may want to do a couple next weekend and invite family over.

 

[InspectorJon]

There are a bunch of good deals on remote thermometers, among other things, in this thread from Inkbird.

 

[brewbama]

Brisket:

 

[Brewin’&Qin’]

Maybe not the weekend but Thursday into Friday smoking up about 50lb of pork butt. Will pull the pork for sammies for my daughters graduation party On Saturday.

 

[kaffeenjunkie]

Fresh ham from a 4H pig we bought last fall. Deboned, tied it up, injected and brined it for ten days. Smoked it at 200f over lump charcoal and hickory chunks to internal temp of 155f. Honey and mustard glazed after two hours on the smoker.

 

[Rodent]

headed to the BGE tomorrow afternoon for a date with lump charcoal and a chunk or two of Hickory plus a chunk of Cherry for some additional smoke ring color. taking some resting time to let the home made rub work its magic

Will be accompanied by home made scalloped potatoes and a fresh green salad

 

[cfrazier77]

Smoked meatloaf

 

[betarhoalphadelta]

37# of pork butt on the smoker.

 

[cfrazier77]

Wing time

 

[MrClint]

Well it's not hardcore smokery, just using a smoke tube in a little Weber Go Anywhere grill. Grassfed tri-tip from Crowd Cow, old school Kingsford coals and Camp Chef competition blend pellets.

 

[Dgallo]

Cooked this yesterday and posted in the “what did you cook this weekend” thread but figured it should go here too.

Carnitas style pulled pork tacos with avacado-lime crema, picked red onions, cotija cheese, and cilantro

 

[hout17]

Happy 4th!

Smoked brisket using hickory.

 

[Rodent]

brisket this past weekend when family visited. had high winds overnight, and that steady 225F rose to 300F while I dozed between midnight and 4:30A. thick area was right at 198F, so I thought this would be a tosser but wrapped in foil and rested for six hours in a cooler just in case

sliced this up and this was surprisingly moist and tender the entire way thru. got comments from a couple fam members that this was some of the best brisket they'd ever had.

smoking wood was 2 chunks of Post Oak and one chunk of Cherry to supplement the B&B lump charcoal with Oak. great flavor, but not as much smoke ring as I'd anticipated given I had a chunk of Cherry in the mix.

dry brined with sea salt, and then added black pepper plus a dash of seasonings 60 minutes prior to load in.

was still moist, tender, and flavorful served warmed up as leftovers the past two nights. also made for a great batch of brisket based hash and fresh eggs from the henhouse yesterday morning.

 

[betarhoalphadelta]

Most of the competition guys have moved to 275 for brisket from what I've heard. Allows them to power through the stall a little easier and not take as long... And if they're having success, I don't worry about being over 225. I've heard MANY home smokers who have followed them up to 275 and rave about it as well.

Granted, it may depend on smoker design... Aaron Franklin runs his smokers hotter, but recommends home cooks using smaller smokers run lower if there's a chance they'll be too close to the heat:

https://www.foodandwine.com/meat-poultry/beef/steak-cuts/crimes-against-bbq-brisket-aaron-franklin
But for me, with a Kamado that runs a pretty small fire to maintain 275, and with a 1/2" ceramic heat deflector between the heat source and the meat, I have NO difficulties with running 275.

I actually even run 350-375 for pork butt. But brisket is too finicky for that.

 

[cfrazier77]

Smoked some bluefish after brining it for 24 hours.

 

[Erik the Anglophile]

Firing up the Weber smoker for an all-day pulled pork cook atm.
Vacation is good, life is good...

 

[betarhoalphadelta]

Not smoking, but making some ribs...

Single rack cut in half. Standard rib rub, then vacuum sealed. They've been sitting at 147 since yesterday evening, will go 24 hours. I'll finish them on the grill for a little bit first to firm up the surface, then add a little sauce.

 

[betarhoalphadelta]

Sauced on the grill...

And the bones tell the tale of tenderness. Clean!

 

[bailey mountain brewer]

Put a brisket on last night and tonight around 9pm putting a whole hog on the big smoker

 

[bailey mountain brewer]

Pig on last night, all cherry wood smoked. Should be done around noon, 14 hours average temp in the smoker was 250 to 275. Pack the loins with a sausage and cornbread stuffing to protect it from getting over cooked.

Edit.. 245lb hog btw

 

[Jayjay1976]

Beef birria, recipe adapted from Mi Cocina by Rick Martínez. If the consommé turns out really good I'll use it as a basis for a chili next weekend. I love cooking with dried chiles. I used chuck roast plus a shank to enrich the stock. Sous vide 18 hours @145F, then onto the grill at 275 on a rack over the braise. As soon as it reaches 175 internal I'll move the meat into the pot and let it simmer another few hours. This is tomorrow night's dinner.

 

[RocketBrewer]

I love Birria tacos, but never seen it done this way before. Please let us know how it comes out!

 

[cfrazier77]

I small rack of spare ribs while camping, happy times.

 

[Dgallo]

I’d probably cook spatchcock chicken every night of the week if I could. This is going to be used mainly for enchiladas