Who's smoking meat this weekend?

[KCBrewer]

three racks of baby backs, atomic buffalo turds and fresh caught lingcod this past weekend for Father's Day. Also fresh caught dungeness crab.

Interesting problem I had with the ribs...have never had this happen before. I bought the Costco three pack of baby backs that are sealed in plastic. As I went to prepare them I discovered that the membrane was too thin to remove. Every time I got a handle on it, it would just tear. I tried and tried and no matter what I did I could not peel it off. Usually I can grab the thing and peel it all off in one go. At one point I started questioning if there even was a membrane at all. But there was; it was easier to see after they were cooked. I eventually gave up and went about my cook. No poor results because of it, but it was very frustrating as I have never cooked ribs with the membrane still on. It was so thin that it was hardly noticeable when eating.

Has anyone experienced this?

I had this issue on one of my 6 racks of baby backs that I did over memorial day. I fought for over an hour to get the stupid membrane off and only a small amount of it even tore off, eventually I accepted defeat and was happy that I did get the membrane off of the other 5

Yes. My solution is to score along the bones. I sometimes then try and lift with a fork tine, but usually just leave them scored.

I used to do big summer parties where I'd smoke ~30 slabs at a time. Pulling the membrane on that many was a major PITA. One night in the garage I saw my fish skinners on the shelf and the light bulb went off. No trouble from there on out, no matter how slippery or small of a piece you're trying to grab. Just smoked 3 slabs on Sunday as well and spent maybe 60 seconds pulling membranes.

Fish Skinners on Amazon

 

[jammin]

^i immediately ordered a set after seeing this just now

 

[JonM]

Grocery store has whole chickens for 69 cents/lb, so I guess I'm smoking some chickens.

 

[HopGobbler]

Grocery store has whole chickens for 69 cents/lb, so I guess I'm smoking some chickens.

This is the reason that there's a whole frozen turkey in my gf's freezer waiting for me to smoke it

 

[jammin]

Grilled corn can change your life

 

[schiersteinbrewing]

Started a brisket at 5 am.

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[EDF713]

I want my baby back baby back baby back.

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[JonM]

Decided to do these on the kettle with lots of apple wood rather than the WSM.

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[xpops]

Did up some jalepeno ham and cheese Fatty's a la drgonzo2k2. Turned out great and will for sure be making them again!

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[richbrew99]

Decided to do these on the kettle with lots of apple wood rather than the WSM.

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Man those look good!

 

[user 204491]

Did up some jalepeno ham and cheese Fatty's a la drgonzo2k2. Turned out great and will for sure be making them again!

Looks really good! I did the pizza fatty I was talking about yesterday. I used Italian sausage, home made pizza sauce, mozzarella, and pepperoni. Unfortunately I did get any pics when it was done because the family was too hungry, but here is is going on the smoker with a pan of mac n' cheese with bacon:

 

[user 204491]

I did an 8 lb pork butt for pulled pork for a party on Saturday. I did it overnight, starting at 8 pm on Friday.

Here it is rubbed down and going on the grill at 8 pm the night before the party:

8 am the next morning it was just about 160:

At noon it hit 205:

I double wrapped it in foil and towels and put it in a cooler until 4 pm:

It basically fell apart by looking at it:

Nobody went home hungry that night!

 

[HopGobbler]

^Looks awesome!

 

[jammin]

bock bock bock, B'GOCK!!!

 

[xpops]

Looks really good! I did the pizza fatty I was talking about yesterday. I used Italian sausage, home made pizza sauce, mozzarella, and pepperoni. Unfortunately I did get any pics when it was done because the family was too hungry, but here is is going on the smoker with a pan of mac n' cheese with bacon:

have you ever tried the fatty's with ground beef? i was thinking of doing pizza fatty or bacon cheese burger fatty this weekend, but wonder how it would turn out with ground beef instead of pork?

 

[user 204491]

have you ever tried the fatty's with ground beef? i was thinking of doing pizza fatty or bacon cheese burger fatty this weekend, but wonder how it would turn out with ground beef instead of pork?

I've not. I've only used pork for mine so far, but I have seen some other people online use ground beef.

One thing you'll miss with beef over the sausage rolls are the spices, but I'm guessing you could easily compensate for that.

 

[jammin]

heated leftover chicken on the fire while the corn was grilled

 

[bfish]

have you ever tried the fatty's with ground beef?

Yup, smoked meatloaf.

 

[applescrap]

I need to smoke a fatty this weekend!

@jammin looks good, nice pic

 

[xpops]

I need to smoke a fatty this weekend!

@jammin looks good, nice pic

do it up! post some pics! i'm going to give pizza fatty's with ground beef instead of pork a whirl. stay tuned!

 

[JonM]

Doing a pork butt for FIL's 7/4 birthday and lots of brats and dogs for a get together at our place tomorrow.

 

[GrogNerd]

it is with deep regret I must announce the news of BubbaQ's passing

1 hour into a 6lb butt, the smokebox disintegrated into a pile of rust, ash and still-smoldering briquettes

must finish off the butt in the oven & dispose of the smoker's remains

RIP, BubbaQ, you will be missed

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BubbaQ II. The Revenge

Because awesome BigHair, this one is shiny new, still in the box

Now, we must select its first victim!

Well... after assembly & seasoning, of course

 

[Temptd2]

Today is KOTC's birthday. He elected to smoke-grill a 4.6 pound bone-in prime rib roast on the Weber kettle grill, using briquettes, split oak sticks, and sprigs of freshly-cut rosemary. The roast took 1 hour 40 minutes and was absolute perfection!

For my part, I baked two taters, sauteed sweet red onions, and sauteed baby bella mushrooms in homebrewed blonde ale and bacon fat til the liquid evaporated, seasoned them up with garlic salt and crushed dried thyme and a fat pat of buttah.

It was all delectable. Polished off with a glass of Silver Oak cab.

 

[brewbama]

Smoked a rack of St Louis cut Spares

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[jcav]

Got 6 slabs/racks of St. Louis ribs and four chickens going in the smoker on Tuesday for our fourth of July celebration. All the fixings, 10 gallons each of two different home brews on tap, and chilled ripe watermellons from the garden. Should be an awesome day!

John

 

[xpops]

Pizza Fatty's!

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[smit70136]

A few drumsticks, pastrami turkey breast, and pastrami eye of round. I'll try and remember to take after pics. Brewing at the same time gets a bit hectic on occasion. View attachment ImageUploadedByHome Brew1499107473.102766.jpg

 

[applescrap]

Pizza Fatty's!

YES!

How was it? Cooking tips, thoughts appreciated.

 

[bfish]

First 5 lbs of garlic/lemon/buttered drumsticks (total of 15 lbs) as they come off the smoker and headed to finish in the oven, for the guest last night:

 

[smit70136]

And the after pics... drumsticks got a lot of hickory for my taste but otherwise everything was awesome!View attachment ImageUploadedByHome Brew1499144457.779108.jpgView attachment ImageUploadedByHome Brew1499144486.888692.jpg