Who's smoking meat this weekend?

[owmatooth]

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[jammin]

That's a nice smoker. I gotta get a stick burner one of these days

 

[Temptd2]

We have this one - the offset box is about 5' tall at the top - the whole thing is bigger than what this makes it look:

 

[November]

I brewed an Oktoberfest today and threw some ribs on the smoker this'd morning. About 2 hours out from the rib. I cleared a section of mesquite off the property yesterday. Shockingly, I opted to use mesquite wood for the ribs.

A guy was selling mangos at a dollar a case, so I made mango BBQ sauce. We'll see how that goes.

 

[kev211]

All this talk of ribeye made me hungry for a ribeye. And this fits into the smoking thread cuz while I was grilling the ribeye I had bacon in the smoker which I put on the polenta

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[Dixon9717]

I was going to smoke some meat this weekend but my bong broke so now I have to grill it.

 

[applescrap]

That's a nice smoker. I gotta get a stick burner one of these days

Help me understand what will this do that your egg wont?

 

[weirdboy]

You can cold smoke in an offset.

 

[betarhoalphadelta]

Mmmm... Brisket...

Only problem is that it's too close to done. 19# and I put it on around 9 PM, and at 8 AM it's almost done. Dinner isn't until 5.

So I guess I'm going to preheat a cooler and rest it in foil and towels when it's done in another hour or two...

 

[betarhoalphadelta]

You can cold smoke in an offset.

You can cold smoke in a kamado as well (granted, you need to do it in colder months).

Get one of these: https://www.amazenproducts.com/product_p/amnps5x8.htm

Put it in your kamado without any charcoal, and with a heat deflector / platesetter between it and what you're smoking. In the cool months, it'll stay cool enough to still be cold smoking...

That said, if you want a stick burner, I'm not gonna tell you no!

 

[applescrap]

Mmmm... Brisket...

Only problem is that it's too close to done. 19# and I put it on around 9 PM, and at 8 AM it's almost done. Dinner isn't until 5.

So I guess I'm going to preheat a cooler and rest it in foil and towels when it's done in another hour or two...

Man, that looks great. I love the bark. Just needs to be above 140, i think. We have has good success with microwave reheat.

 

[HopGobbler]

That brisket looks amazing, definitely itching to smoke some meat, been so busy moving the gf in that I just haven't had the time. Hoping to get some good meat smoking time in over Labor Day weekend at least

 

[Johnnyruk]

Grabbed a top round London broil. Any suggestions on what to do to it?

 

[jammin]

Grabbed a top round London broil. Any suggestions on what to do to it?

make jerkey

 

[JonM]

Got a request for baby backs, so I figure I'll light the WSM right around the time I'll be pitching the yeast into the ESB I'm brewing now.

 

[HopGobbler]

What are you guys planning for Labor Day weekend? I'm planning to smoke a brisket and some salmon

 

[arcorey]

Doing an Iron Brewer contest soon. Brewing the beer this weekend on my new rig. Only run one 10gal and one 5gal on it so far. Looking to do another 5gal batch and smoke a pork loin while the stand does the work and we drink beer.

 

[kev211]

Doing an Iron Brewer contest soon. Brewing the beer this weekend on my new rig. Only run one 10gal and one 5gal on it so far. Looking to do another 5gal batch and smoke a pork loin while the stand does the work and we drink beer.

They need to add a drooling emoji...

 

[passedpawn]

They need to add a drooling emoji...

Hmmm...

 

[passedpawn]

Try : d r o o l :

:drool:

 

[MindenMan]

It will be tomorrow, not this weekend. I am presently marinating pork brisket tips (rib tips) in a 5:1 water to dill pickle juice overnight, and tomorrow I will dry rub them around 7am and place them in the smoker around 1200. I have only done rib tips once before and even though the smoker was a bit too hot they still came out really tasty. This will be my first time using diluted pickle juice as a marinade, but I thought it would add a little brightness to the flavor of the ribs when done. I mean, who doesn't like dill pickles with BBQ?

 

[TorMag]

I was able to get 28lbs of pork butt on my large BGE to do an all night low and slow to feed my daughter's college soccer team.

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[passedpawn]

I was able to get 28lbs of pork butt on my large BGE to do an all night low and slow to feed my daughter's college soccer team.

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Nice bark!

I have a lot of egg envy, but one advantage my old rickety WSM has over it is the second level. You can get a lot of butts in there. I'll replace my weber kettle with an egg when (if!) it ever collapses.

 

[TorMag]

Nice bark!

I have a lot of egg envy, but one advantage my old rickety WSM has over it is the second level. You can get a lot of butts in there. I'll replace my weber kettle with an egg when (if!) it ever collapses.

I am real happy with the egg, was my 50th birthday present to myself, but real estate is at a premium on the egg.

 

[applescrap]

Used is always an option. I would offer 400 on this one.

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[betarhoalphadelta]

Yep, a kamado in general can be limited on space. I don't have too much trouble with the Big Joe for smoking brisket or pork butt, but if I'm doing ribs I can only fit 3 slabs without a rib rack. One of these days I'll need to get a rack if I have a bigger group. If I'm doing something like buffalo wings, I can only do about about 32 wing pieces. I might someday try to get the KJ grate extender for just that purpose though.

Generally the Big Joe (equivalent to the XL BGE) is enough for a family of 4-5. I have trouble understanding how people feed a family with just a Large BGE, and the Medium seems like it would be VERY constricting.

Though a medium BGE alongside another grill/smoker makes a lot of sense. I also have a Joe Jr (equivalent grate to the small or Minimax BGE), which is great when I'm just cooking smaller things for just my girlfriend and I, or 4-5 burgers for the family...

 

[TorMag]

Yep, a kamado in general can be limited on space. I don't have too much trouble with the Big Joe for smoking brisket or pork butt, but if I'm doing ribs I can only fit 3 slabs without a rib rack. One of these days I'll need to get a rack if I have a bigger group. If I'm doing something like buffalo wings, I can only do about about 32 wing pieces. I might someday try to get the KJ grate extender for just that purpose though.

Generally the Big Joe (equivalent to the XL BGE) is enough for a family of 4-5. I have trouble understanding how people feed a family with just a Large BGE, and the Medium seems like it would be VERY constricting.

Though a medium BGE alongside another grill/smoker makes a lot of sense. I also have a Joe Jr (equivalent grate to the small or Minimax BGE), which is great when I'm just cooking smaller things for just my girlfriend and I, or 4-5 burgers for the family...

There are just 3 of us so the large is great and now with the daughter off in college, it's spacious for the 2 of us.

When she was still in high school, I cooked ribs a couple of times for her friends, 10-12 kids. I just used the BBQ Pit Boys "Mountain of Ribs" technique. You cut the ribs into singles and pile them in a large mountain on the grate. Come back every hour and give them a tossing with your heat resistance rubber gloves. Works great.

Edited to add video link to Mountain of Ribs

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[HopGobbler]

:drool:

 

[GoeHaarden]

Just finished some cornish game hens...

 

[jammin]

For you real BBQ geeks, start this video @ 3:50 and give it about 2 minutes. This is a great look back in time to classic open pits from down south. The general rule of thumb to find a good BBQ joint was to look at the stack and see how how much smoke was built up on the outside. Great visual demonstration here.

Hope you enjoy!


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..beware of srs smoker build porn @ the end. **** (not safe for wife)