Food Smokers and Smoking Tips/Tricks/Techniques

dayum, never heard of that, then I google-eyed it, that mo-fo is badd ass,, all I got is a Primo Xl

 

Turkey and drumsticks came out amazing. Smoked whole bird for 2 hrs then roasted for 2 more. Was the best turkey I've ever had. Smoked the drumsticks for 3 hours and they were great too

 

The turkey on thanksgiving was somewhat bland and we didn't take home any of the left overs so today I'm smoking a turkey and also a turkey breast for my grandparents. It's got lemon, rosemary garlic butter under the skin.

Also making apple, sausage, cranberry sourdough dressing...

 

Traeger?

 

yeah, cooking on my dad's lil tex. I have an old texas (15+ years old) from when they still made them in Oregon

 

Smoking a smoked ham! We'll see how it turns out. Just started out...

 

shit,,,,,,,,,,it'll be done before i can get there

 

I really want to know how this turned out.

 

4 hours @ 225 with Hickory....results to come....

 

Good smoke flavor! Not overbearing considering it's already smoked and cooked. If anything, maybe lower temp for more smoke flavor! I like!

 

Looks great. What did you do to it? More smoke you say, I like that? There is no such thing as too smokey IMO.

 

Just put it straight on the grill with hickory at 225 for 4 hours. Last 30 minutes placed in a foil pan with the glaze packet. That's it. Easy peasy.

 

Did you qoute yourself to get some help? I've read those mazes just don't work that well, especially in pellet grills. Maybe try covering the top with foil once you get it going?

The tube does work, once you get it burning. Maybe time to dump the maze for a tube. I turn my tube upright, add an inch of pellets, mix in a little pellet dust, add an inch of pellets, then a little more dust, repeat. Burn the top layer with a torch until the whole top is going and there is a flame a couple inches high. Let it go like that for 10 minutes or so before laying the tube over.

 

Can't speak for the pellet mazes, but I love the dust ones. Light it and forget it, 6-7 hours of perfect smoke. Never any problems.

 

I just ordered a 12" tube from A-maze-n to try in my Weber gasser when doing quick grills. They had 20% off sale going for Thanksgiving that I jumped on.

The dust mazes work great...i've used mine for years now to cold smoke cheese. This video sold me on the pellet tube and I am now considering a Yoder YS640 smoker after seeing this video and Conundrum's results with his.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DrsdPz1rEpI

 

Yoder's are AWESOME! Buddy of mine has one, built like a tank! I just couldn't convince the boss...not yet at least!

 

Here is my home smoking forum, lots of Yoder users, pellet and wood. Look in the pellet sub-forum.

If you have any questions, go ahead and ask about the Yoder pellet poopers there.

http://www.smoked-meat.com/forum/index.php

 

Thanks for the information I will check it out. I was an anti-pooper guy for a long time after burning sticks for so many years but seeing how flexible a cooker like a YS640 made me change my opinion. I showed my wife that video over the weekend and she said to let's start saving for it!

I'm also a long time member over at the Brethren forum. You have probably been there before but figured i'd share it here to give the others another barbecue resource.
http://www.bbq-brethren.com/forum/index.php