Food Smokers and Smoking Tips/Tricks/Techniques

Your neighbor seems like a good person.

I don't have a recipe.

 

Costco had $15 off Turkey day after Thanksgiving so I did this tonight. Brined about 18 hours in a mixture of salt ,brown sugar, with cayan pepper and red pepper flakes. Trying to get it spicy. Turkey was awesome, but not spicy at all??? Even put butter with pepper flakes under the skin. Suggestions? I have an injector, is that the way to do?

 

I’m very new to injection, and don’t even really like turkey. However, the one I posted a few pages back was probably the best turkey I’ve EVER had. In fact, I had tacos off of it last night. I highly suggest it.

 

Salt and pepper both sides. Throw them in a scorching hot cast iron with a little butter or bacon grease for about a minute each side. Rest 10 minutes and enjoy.

 

If you've got a Smokey Joe, I think that might be carry-on size. Imagine it under the seat in front of you. Don't recommend operating while flying due to Carbon Monoxide.

 

Well, when it comes right down to it- smoking is low-temp.. and steel trashcans are everywhere.

Hell, Alton Brown made a smoker out of a cardboard box.

People have been smoking meat to preserve it for millenia. You don't need to get the smoker to fit on the bus, just your arse. Figure out the smoking setup when you get there.

(EDIT: comments about zinc fume poisoning go to /dev/null, ok? Zinc doesn't vaporise till somewhere around 700 degrees. We smoke at 250-350 or so. Granted, you won't want the fire to be laying in a zinc vessel. You could use some cheap dollarstore foil pans for that, though. When my son was in the Scouts, we had a BBQ grill we used that collapsed down into hinged plates. Fire was held in the foil pans. Worked out exceptionally well. Granted, the pans didn't get used more than once, but when you're getting them for around $0.50/per, it's like charcoal- a disposable/consumable item)

 

Pullin Butts off the smoker to wrap and put back on!! Hell Yea!

 

Too shaky up there and cold

 

Too soon?

 

These are a good drinkin snack till BBQ is done. Take a box of Cheese Its Crackers in a bowl. pour in 1/4+ cup of canola oil. add 4oz. ranch seasoning mix,2Tbs red pepper flakes, toss,spread on a cookie sheet and bake at 225 for 15 minutes. we call them Firecrackers!

 

Interested, what kind of cheese?

 

Cheese Its. Those little cheese flavored crackers.

 

Well I can't read! That also makes a lot more sense!

 

a box of Cheese It Crackers. my bag ill edit post. im computer illerate!

 

my bag. sorry!

 

We're both struggling. Could be a Friday thing. Sounds delicious!

 

No issue at all. I miss many things all the time.

 

Yeah injector, but it will leave red streaks (if your spicy marinade is red like mine) in the turkey when you slice it. If appearance is a concern to you, doesn't bother me though. It is one of the main reasons I switched to dry brine instead of wet brine and started injecting my birds. Brine can't penetrate that far down in the meat. And dry brine helps make some crispy skin as long as you get the temps up high enough.

 

Short ribs are short

 

I won’t lie, that was some scary shit. Been up here a long time and that was the worst earthquake I’ve seen. Fortunately it wasn’t so bad down where I am. My property in Anchorage, however...I haven’t heard from my property managers yet. Hopefully everything is still in one piece.

And it’s warm today! 37F as I type this!