Food Smokers and Smoking Tips/Tricks/Techniques

Prepping ribs for a party this afternoon. Baby backs..

 

Honestly just about everywhere that’s sells charcoal now sells pellets. They work great I’ve been turning out too notch food for a while on one. All pits have their place and all take skills to make them work well. Pellets just make my life a little easier. End of the day it’s still wood and fire that’s making the heat and smoke.

 

We wouldn't know nothin about that down here.

 

Can not say i have lol. That must've been fun!

 

Looks good
4th of July bird
Nice!

 

I got to see the blue angels practice all week right overhead my work. Airshow this saturday in KC. Just got to hear them roar through the sky and do formations.

 

Got a late start to the day. Had to take the kiddos too get some fireworks. Doing a chicken with the basics. Paprika, black pepper, salt, brown sugar, onion powder. And doing my first tenderloin on a smoker like this. Seasoned with paprika, salt, black pepper, garlic and onion powder, cut down the middle and stuffed with apple onion and fresh rosemary from the garden. All of it is going down with an 805.

For you California guys, you have no idea how hard I had to beg the local grocery store here to stock it lol.



I don’t know how to add pictures correctly so if a mod would like to change it please do!

 

Forgot to take pictures before it went on but the 4th of July tacos are on the smoker.

10lbs of pork butt sliced up and marinated for 36 hours in an al pastor marinade. I don't really have the stuff to do it fully authentic and slice bits off as it cooks but I figure this should be pretty close.

Sliced into slabs about 3/8in thick and stacked on skewers. I had pretty good success last time I did pork butt for tacos and pork belly burnt ends using the skewers. Should give enough surface area for good bark.

Thanks to @Misplaced Nebraskan too for the thermometer, I can watch and stress over all the different temps now, Haha.

 

Turned out good man!

 

little late getting up but same, I got the coals lit and ribs on the smoker...

 

Ill be posting a pic for the contest later...

 

Tomorrow morning will be brisket on the smoker and a pork butt into the crock pot (NOT my idea) but more people are coming over tomorrow that we didn’t expect and the smoker we have here isn’t big enough to fit both in it.

 

Tried a shoulder in the crockpot last weekend. Wont be doing it again thats for sure

 

Currently at 171*

 

Damn. All you guys smoking stuff and I’m not smoking shit today! Goin to a friends who’s got something goin in his pit. I’ll be doing some pulled pork probably on Saturday though for a bonfire I’m putting on down at the beach

 

Hard to go wrong with baby backs!

 

Ya not my way of doing it either. Would rather it be on the pit, but the big pit is back home, using the small masterbuilt at the cabin. Luckily I’ll be eating brisket I’m putting on the pit.

 

. Glad it's working out for ya. Looking good from here

 

Aloha from Oahu and Happy 4th of July!

Currently:
-0830 local time
-Guzzling down some Sam Adams
-Star Spangled Banner on repeat
-Volume cranked up to 1776
-Pitfaced Pork butts on the PBC
-1 hour in, no flare ups and no heat spikes

 

That’s the weirdest smoker I’ve ever seen