Food Smokers and Smoking Tips/Tricks/Techniques

Did some ribs this weekend. 321 style but I was slacking so it was more like 3.5 3 1.5

Still turned out great and I got to repay my wood hookup guys with a rack.

 

Oooh I paid the price for eating too many of those jalapeño poppers last night. They tasted like candy though.

 

Amen brother

 

Anyone willing to share a pulled pork and technique recipe?

 

Mustard, Oakridge BBQ Secret Weapon rub. Let sit in fridge. I cook mine at 275 til 205 or you can pull the bone. Rest in cooler for hour or so. Pull a and eat.

If you want something different MOJO marinade at least over night. Cook 275 till 205 spritz with MOJO (filter out herbs and spices). No rest, pull and mop with mofo back on bbq for 10 15 min. Eat.

 

Sounds easy peezy. Thanks! Gonna give this a try on Friday. Been working 17 hour shifts a lot lately. Gonna be nice to just sit at home on a day off, smoke some cigars, fire up the smoker, and drink a frosty beverage or 4.

 

Sounds like a good plan to me! I have one in the freezer waiting on the right day.

 

My pork recipe is on the first page, but yeah - pretty easy to make great pulled pork. I always recommend it as the first smoker project for a newbie.

 

LMAO been there, done that. RING OF FIRE.

 

I wanted to make some joke about how the poppers caused havoc on the pooper..

 

jalapeno poppers got nothing on nashville hot chicken. i've twice (why the hell?) tried the 2nd hottest flavor at a place called hattie b's. it was so hot, i could feel it move into my stomach.. and burn. and then move around my small intestine...and burn... and then move around the perimeter of my abdomen (large intestine)...and burn the whole way. then when it started going south on my left side, i knew shit was about to get real.

for those unfamiliar, hot chicken fried chicken dipped in a mix of lard and spices, mainly consisting of cayenne, chili powders, and sometimes ghost pepper.

 

I did that with Chili in San Antonio I was like oh ya I love hot food. SO I TRIED to go 3 alarm at this place, stuff burned just smelling it. Sometimes I think I'm pretty dumb for a supposed smart person lol. I can assure you stuff was just as hot coming out as it was going in.

 

Nope nope nope. At least not straight up.

 

All this talk gives new meaning to:

 

My grand dad's favorite saying was, "I'd have to shit in the creek to keep the woods from catching on fire."

 

I saw a tip on an old episode of Alton Browns show, for starting briquettes in the chimney. sprinkle a little canola oil on the paper prior to starting then crumple up the paper and light it. Supposed to burn the paper longer. If this is a reposted tip my apologies...

 

I use veg oil in paper towels. This yields zero ash. Newspaper ashes really bad and you wind up with a big pile of black ash. I've also been known to use a handful of Doritos.

 

I use the gas side burner. No paper or oil needed!

Planning on doing a flat on Saturday. Any of you on smokingmeatforms.com?

 

Yep, that's my smoking bible.

 

I just joined up there the other day looking at briskets. I may be screwed as I could only find a flat only. Oh well, I can't return it, might as well smoke it.