Food Smokers and Smoking Tips/Tricks/Techniques

This was last year when I loaded up the OK Joe

 

I will use spicy mustard and slather the ribs the day before I smoke them. May just be me but in my mind I can taste it but it may just be a mental thing. I really want ribs!!!

 

Same here With either BB or St.Louis. 275 no wrap. I'll spritz with apple juice every 1/2 hour or so. Just use the tooth pic check for tenderness. Light paint of sauce if desired at the end.

 

apple juice trick works wonders

 

Cold smoked some faux mezcal a while back for sh1ts and giggles. Poured a bottle of deer in a foil pan and used apple pellets in the smoke tube. Went 50 minutes around 60 degrees. Hindsight I’ll go 30-40minutes next time.

 

Nice rigs

 

dry brine kokanee recipe...
4 cups of brown sugar
1 cup of pickling salt (I used kosher salt)
4 tablespoons rosemary
3 tablespoons oregano
3 tablespoons basil
3 tablespoons of bay leaf

This was mixed and layered between the fillets...put in the refer and rinsed off in the morning. Alder chips were used in the smoking process. Removed after around 4 hours and will sit in the refer overnight before vacuum packing. Big Chief Smoker.

 

Thanks, only the one on the left is mine. The one on the right is my buddy’s, he hauled it over for the day

 

Do you have a dedicated fridge for that or how do you deal with the aroma and your other foods?

 

Never noticed an aroma in the refer... i store the vacuumed packed smoked fillets in a small freezer in the garage.

 

Whenever i rest my smoked meats in the cooler the thing stinks, in a good way. I thought for sure smoked fish would do the same in a fridge.

 

Just scored this mint condition performer that's only a year old for $100! Feeling pretty jazzed.



My wife says I can't have 5 grills though so I have to get rid of my kettle. Kind of sad because I've cooked so much amazing food on that thing I hate to see it go.

 

Nice grab! I love the performer. I picked one up on clearance a few years back from home depot. Cant have 5 grills?! I had a wife that said something similar to that once..

 

Hi all, somewhat of a newbie to smoking, I have a rectec bull/rt700 pellet grill/smoker. Done some pulled pork, ribs, salmon, trout, etc so far, haven't attempted a brisket yet. It's a fun hobby

 

it can be addictive!!! enjoy the thread. a lot of good advice

 

I swear by my pellet smoker, BBQ purists be damned. I do everything from low and slow smoking to homemade lasagna and everything in between. Enjoy!

 

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Kebabs

 

Looking for a compliment to my big green egg. I love it, but it’s a pain in the butt when doing simple brats, burgers, or really any direct grilling. Any suggestions on something simple and reliable? Always preferred charcoal, but not against gas if that’s really what makes sense.