Food Smokers and Smoking Tips/Tricks/Techniques

Great day! Served over 275 of these bad boys in the People's Choice event. We got a great response, too. We actually ran out 30 minutes before the event ended. Won't know where we finished until tomorrow evening, but we spanked our neighbors, including Fergolicious .

Huge thanks to @RickS for coming to support us. Him and his wife are good people.

 

Here's what I just picked up at Costco, passed on the tri-tips at $6.99 though they are well trimmed, what I bought for $2.79 recently was untrimmed.
I would have possibly purchased a Choice brisket but all they had was Choice Certified Angus for the same price as Prime. No reason to pay more for Certified Angus of the same grade as non Angus, mostly a marketing scheme.

 

Wow, with 275 tickets in the box there must have been plenty of poker chips too. Liked the guys who went with the pulled pork and brisket street tacos. Tasty treat but after they add the chipotle/lime/bacon coleslaw, the BBQ gets lost in the concoction. Bet it'd be great in something like a food truck though.

 

Got 2 degrees to go on mine. Slow is the name of the game. 14 hours at this point.

 

85 votes. For perspective, the team next to us had 39. We are ecstatic with the response.

 

The wife loves it, so it's a successful smoke!

 

Trying my hand at St. Louis spare ribs for the first time.



Used some Stubb's pork rub. I like their beef marinade, so this will hopefully be good as well.

 

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too far round trip for me especially cause I have no gas

 

Pitfaced BBQ with a second place finish in the People's Choice! Only lost out to the three time champs. We're pumped!

 

Opened up at 45 minutes to spray with an apple juice and Rebel Yell whiskey mix. I figured, what the hell, i know I will never drink it.

 

Awesome. Hopefully you guys can ride this out to a controllable expansion of this great thing you guys are doing.

 

I find the spray brings nothing but an excuse to look at the meats. Doing a store bought St.Louis style is not a bad start - using a store bought rub is not a bad way to start - using a store bought sauce is not a bad way to start either. The ribs are pretty fool proof, pull the membrane. The rubs are easy - don't use beef types on chicken, use chicken on pork and pork on pork. Sauces are subjective - to me, less is more.

Let us know how it turned out - I'll post pics of my ribs then too - needless to say no complaints = no ribs left...

 

Congrats!

 

Pulled the membrane and am pretty much following this guy's video. I am also not a big fan of using sauces and prefer to eat meats on their own merits and the prep work.

 

Beef ribs and brisket after a few hours of smoke.

 

It's been a while since I smoked anything. Bacon burnt ends and some salsa. This piece had what I think was a nipple on it.

 

nice! I experimented with pineapple juice last time I smoked ribs -- loved the flavor!

 

I really just need a red kettle or a 26. Thanks for the heads up

 

So without having to read all 754 pages what do recommend for a cheap beginner smoker setup . Keyword being cheap lol , I just want to try smoking at first without spending a a lot . Can I start out at $30-$50?