Food Smokers and Smoking Tips/Tricks/Techniques

Nice. My parents and aunt and uncle are here. We all like steaks at least medium. They were still juicy as hell.

I gave up soda in 2000. Was drinking a 20oz dew before going to bed. Sad thing is, I gave up biking at the same time, and need to get back into it.

 

20 oz dew? That'll keep you up. Think I heard it has the most caffeine of all sodas.

 

Before long you're gonna be lookin at that trash can and thinking "I'm gonna make a smoker out of it" lol

 

it's already happened

but i have a source for 55 drums, and water pressure tanks with bad bladders, i'll go that route first, they're bigger

 

Sub't

 

I normally paired it with a nice skoal mint. So nicotine and caffeine, just before bed. Something had to give.

In all seriousness, it didn't keep me up, and I was drinking like 2 gallons of that stuff a day. Just up and quit the one day, and have had maybe 10 sodas in the last 17 years. I normally pour it over a rum or whiskey if I drink a soda.

 

Where you been? Missing all the good food up in here!

 

Sounds like me with coffee. I can drink half a pot and go to bed and be out in less than a minute.

 

I'll be around more. Just bought an offset smoker/grill.

 

He was out buying that brisket he's about to smoke.

 

What did you get?

 

Haven't looked around at meat yet. Gonna be a couple of days before that happens. Will post pics when I do tho.

 

Half chimney of unlit coals against one side, 10 lit coals on top of that. When 225, put a couple chunks of oak or pecan on coals and put seasoned (salt 2 hours before, then fresh ground black pepper, garlic powder, paprika, don't be shy) tri tip on other side, away from coals. Smoke till IT is 115 then sear over coals both sides of tri tip till IT is 125. Let rest 10 minutes loosely tented with foil, then slice properly (look it up, tri tip has two grain directions). Serve with crostini, pico de gallo, and Brie slices if you're feeling fancy. Did exactly this at the beach last week, it was devoured by all within minutes.

 

A little cheapo piece from Home Depot.

 

Need to go back by Depot and grab a dryer vent to go in that thing.



This was right after I pulled the meat so excuse the messy grate. Buddy at work asked me to take a pic for him to see what I did.

 

Interesting.

 

Keeps the smoke in there around the meat. It has to go down to get out instead of moving across and going out over the top.

 

I figured. I hope they sell good wood for smoking here, I forgot to check.

 

Depot should have some on the grill isle. They do here, I'd assume the same there.

 

I'm crossing my testies they sell it. I have thought about infusing some of the local wood we use for grilling.