Food Smokers and Smoking Tips/Tricks/Techniques

Up at 5 and sat down at 6 to connect to work. Dumb thing to do. Was almost 9 by the time got the pork butts on, damn work thing.



Running 275-300° on purpose. With butts running hotter than I normally do doesn't seem to hurt them a bit. 8-10 hours instead of 12 plus works for me. The older I get and the more smoking I do the less I worry about running at a specific temp, more a range now. And don't do probes so much anymore. After 8 hours will stick the Thermoworks in to check and once in awhile after that. They will be done when they are done.

 

I like your style I used to do the same, before I got real thermometers and the side fire box. Still operate in a range more/less.
You can also rip right through a stall, sometimes, with the higher heat. I do love a good butt! Sliced or pulled!

 

Happy birthday (...yesterday) @Cold Iron

 

Happy Belated Birthday @Cold Iron

 

Starting to get that way, way more relaxing than trying to time something for a specific time.
Throw it on, check it a couple of times, pull it, rest it, serve when ready or the next day.

 

What She said too.

 

I don't do the probes either, I use a regular meat thermometer when I think it's near done. Or I do check and make sure I am in the stall before I pull it and put it in a boring oven.

I have started to realize the benefit of doing the smoke prior to day of. My family is not a "smoke and sit" family, so for them to show up and then be told heyyy extra 2 hours SURPRISE doesn't always go well. So smoke the day before, get it all done up, and then heat it up the day of. Haven't noticed a loss in quality at all either.

 

Pulled the trigger today. Let’s hope there is no disappointment

 

Glorious meats and much fun are in your future!

 

There will be disappointment. Though it will come from the price we are all paying for meat right now.

 

Happy Birthday @Kanyon71 & @Cold Iron !!

....better late than never, right?

 

You got it.

 

Ditto!!

@Cold Iron @Kanyon71

 

Great day! Seat time on the girl and outdoors cookin’ for dinner!


@uhplifted you at least cooking for pops??

Tri tip, sautéed veggies a la blackstone, Cajun rice pilaf.

 

Seat time on the girl? That sounds wrong

 

Yo! Don't forget @Misplaced Nebraskan just had a birthday too!!

Probably a bunch of others too

 

Nah. I bought beers on the course. Having some beer and food at a brewery then gonna go grab some dinner

 

Seems like everyone has a birthday every year or so. Another day older, another day closer to death.

 

If no one knows your birthday do they really happen?

 

Good question, kinda like a tree falling in the forest.
My post was meant as a joke, but it wasn't very funny. No disrespect meant to anyone.