Food Smokers and Smoking Tips/Tricks/Techniques

Haha you so need Instagram!

 

I feel like that would be the final nail in the coffin to being "that guy" as I used to refer to them

Maybe I will at some point.

 

Gonna make my first pork butt tomorrow - any words of wisdom?

 

Start a couple of hours earlier than you think you will need. You can always rest it for an extra hour or so after the cook, but you can’t make it cook any faster to make it ready for mealtime.

 

^^^This is big. That and have fun. Keep notes or pics so you can make changes next time to tailor to your liking. Pork butt is forgiving.

 

Oh. Oh lord. I can feel my arteries restricting and I’m okay with it.

 

Thank you! Yes I heard it’s fairly forgiving so I want to do it before a brisket. Stoked to use the smoker more this summer!

 

yeah for a long cook it’s the most forgiving. If you keep it between 225 and 250 you won’t be able to mess it up.

sausages are also forgiving. At least they have been for me.

 

At least I know how I'mma die if the wife don't get me first

 

Oh come on now!! Are you really going to leave me an opening relating the "eating of the belly" to "acquiring another belly"?

 

Apparently

 

FINAL NAIL? I think you used a framing nailer to get there.

 

That looks like fun to do! Thanks!

@Misplaced Nebraskan , do you have a recipe I can try out?

 

Here's how I did em.

Prep pic too



I liked doing them larger like this. That had a better end texture.

 

Thank you! I’ll try that.

just had to share how it looks on the inside. I think I cut it correctly.

Eating with rice because I’m Asian. Lol.

 

Looks great!

 

Skirt steak tonight for tacos, and leftovers for whatevs. Used the “freebie roadside find” Weber kettle since it’s more shallow than my other one for a good sear (still too nervous to attempt the Alton Brown direct on the coals method).



The marinade

 

Damn.

 

Just an FYI if anyone is in the market. It’s not the MK4, but still a good deal.

 

Let me see if I can scare up a picture.

Edit- One of my first attempts here:



@WBF610 introduced me to this. My co-worker dubbed it the "Chubby Rapunzel".