Food Smokers and Smoking Tips/Tricks/Techniques

I'm glad you both liked them! But I can't take credit for them, first read about them on here about 6 months ago. Then not long ago @bvbull200 did them and posted pics that got me to get off my ass and do them. And as you know well worth it!

That was me up until around 45. Retied Navy and used to inhale pot after pot all day and most the night. Now I'm down to one or two cups in the morning. Then a diet dew. But either one after about 3-4 PM now and I'm screwed up on sleep.

Last couple of times done jerky have started mid afternoon because one thing or another comes up during the day. Same this time so another long night. Think I'll set my phone alarm every hour and get up to check them until the 5 pounds is finished. Ate a few ounces of thin cut that was done already and worth it though. Pulling your meat out before it is done is just wrong, in so many ways.

 

That's what she said

 

Thanks!

not much competition...and I was the only one using charcoal...but thanks!
One guy said hes going to try and run the bbq rib cookoff next year and anyone using propane will be disqualified! Should be interesting.

side burner on propane stove, put a little oil on the news paper then wrap it up 3-4 sheets crumpled up, or propane torch..

 

Turns out the wife did take a pic. Notice the size of the jalapenos. Also tried a couple center sections of onion then wrapped, they were just as good as the rings.
The bacon was a little thick, so I went 200F for 3 hours.
And, at 2am this morning my guts were NOT happy! Still worth it.

 

Stayed up until midnight watching the jerky and finally said the hell with it and went to bed. For the first day after I smoke it I put in a paper bag in the fridge it seems to help even out the moisture and just seems to help it in general.

Used 2 paper bags and put the done pieces in one and the others that I felt needed more time in another. I put those back on the WSM for about 4 hours today then put everything in the one paper bag. Worked perfectly.



Best batch yet (5 pounds, wish it was 10). Although from now on think I'm just going to plan on up to 12 hours straight, just in case.

 

Drill some 1" holes in a metal garbage can, attach a cookie sheet to bottom of that grate, raise the meat up on a grill extender doohickey, place can upside down over that grate, you be smokin! Would take some trial and error to get the fuel / air mix to stay consistent.

 

Well that'd be a DIY idea. I'm going to think about that. Camp fire smoker. Nice.

Cooking over a camp fire is actually what motivated me to invest in an actual smoker. Best tri tip I've ever had was cooked this way!

So now when I camp I try to replicate it.

 

Meat. Fire. It doesn't get much better than that.

11.5 pounds of pork belly. Sure is a pretty one


Only half of it gets the maple cure.

 

This wood work great in my pellet grill.

 

Doooooo ittttttt!

Only a few bucks. My smoker is a lot better with it in.

 

How we attaching it?

 

I just jammed it up in there so it could be removed. Let it long, in expanded, so it has positive pressure keeping it tight.

 

Wtf don't they make these things with that mod? Everybody does that after they buy it, must work. Think they'd notice.

 

I hear some mulberry is a great one to smoke. Has a nice Cotton candy flavor to it

 

Yup.

I need to think up a solution that doesn't take up grill space. It's not much space lost, but it makes it difficult for placement of meat sometimes. Was thinking of maybe drilling a new hole below the grate and re-routing the pipe from that location, and sealing up the original hole.

I also plan to convert the whole unit into a full size smoker when the gas grill side goes.

 

You and I need to have a chat about pork belly. I'd like to get better at cooking it. You're making bacon, there, correct? Ever do anything else with it?

 

I went with a coat hanger through the stack and bent over the stack to hold it. If you get one of the flex metal ones I think it would work a lot better. This one was very flexible and all they had.

 

That works. I cut mine longer by about 4", made a cut down that 4" length. Pushed it right up in there. It stays put when in use, and comes out easily when needed.

 

A lot cheaper than this...