Food Smokers and Smoking Tips/Tricks/Techniques

If you smoke meat more than once a month, you'll be saving even with the yearly fee. That's just my experience. Plus the quality is great.

 

Boo. Everyone needs stuff in bulk.

 

From the price of brisket I saw from Costco 12lb $49 plus the 30 min drive each way, it's cheaper to get the 10lb for $52 from the butcher around the corner.

 

You don't exactly have an unbiased opinion.

 

Everybody should buy their rotissiere chickens! They're organic and my Father-in-law grows for them.

 

Tasty...but smell like

 

Hopefully not after they're cooked.

 

Just saying....

 

That sounds like the cooks issue lol.

 

Must be regional thing, 12 pounder in Seattle area is like 38 bucks.

 

Yea this is NC where we're

 

Last summer I lost my Maverick remote transmitter. I don't know how, but an exhausting search and nearly a year later, it has not turned up. I've been doing ok without one but it was time for replacement.

The thing I did not like about the Maverick (and others like it) was there are a lot of functions but just a few buttons. You have to go through a lot of stuff just to get to the one thing you want to do. This was very irritating when the alarm went off at 2am and I couldn't undo it easily (I never set the alarm as it was a pain, so it was at default).

My criteria was low cost (fracking lost transmitter) and it had to have an iPhone/ipad interface to run it. So I settled on this one for about $30. It can have up to 6 probes and is fully and easily programmable from my iPad. Just got it in and set it up in 2 minutes (paired, test set temp range and alarms on both probes) without having to look at the instructions. We'll see how it works in the long run.

I also decided it was time to get a decent knife to cut ribs, brisket, etc...

 

Figuring this grill out, slowly but surely. Burgers and onions were amazing! Just need to figure out how to do a long slow cook next!

 

Char-Griller Akorn? I am literally looking at one online and TW at the same time? How long have you had it? I was thinking about one of these because of the low price point and to see if I would really use it.

 

I need a slicer. What kind you got there??

 

Doing a one last hoorah at our house this coming weekend before we head back to FL. Going to do a couple butts and a couple briskets along with some smoked beans. Think I'm going to do the pork the day before then get up early and put the brisket on the day of.

 

I went inexpensive but highly rated. There were certainly better, more expensive, but this seemed like a good value. I've used it tonight for dinner (inappropriately to cut vegetables!) and it worked great.

$20 MAIRICO Brisket Slicing Knife - Ultra Sharp Premium 11" Stainless Steel Carving Knife for Slicing Roasts, Meats, Fruits and Vegetables

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B073PXSQCS/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o00_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1

 

A couple of chicken from a few weeks ago, bacon wrapped jalepeno stuffed chicken breasts, and some reverse grilled steaks my 13 yr old made for Father’s Day, they were phenomenal

 

Yep, had it for about three weeks, bought it from a guy I work with for $75! I absolutely love it, nothing like the taste of charcoal grilled food!