Food Smokers and Smoking Tips/Tricks/Techniques

Started to cure some pork belly for smoked bacon next week!

 

Good morning, crew! What are you guys smoking this weekend? 4 graduation parties today and 3 tomorrow over here - 9 briskets and 15 butts total.

Up and at ‘em!

 

Boom!!!!!!! That’s some meat going! Haha… i only have 4 butts for our grad party today… hope you have fun! Enjoy

 

I'm new to this thread so be gentle with me.....

 

Happy Tuesday y’all

 

Mmmmmmmmmm nom nom

 

Bout 2-1/2 hours in.

 

How do you like that Dyna-Glo?

 

Love it. Can be a little finicky trying to keep temps even but it just takes a little time. Definitely not plug and play but well worth the effort.

 

5-1/2 hours later….

 

Lil’ partial myself

 

For the price it was a no brainer to try out, that being said…
The firebox is starting to rust out on the lid. I put in an additional stainless steel burn box to try and keep it longer. It’s not the thickest metal but I prefer it to a pellet grill all day.

 

What's wrong with a pellet grill?

 

Idt that there’s anything wrong with pellet grills just a personal preference myself. Kinda like a stick vs. auto. As long as the finished product is edible, I’ll call ‘er good.

 

Nothing is wrong with them, they are awesome. And they are way less work. But I prefer to work with wood chunks and natural charcoal. I notice a difference in taste and I enjoy the constant work checking in. I set a 20 minute timer on my watch and check on it three times an hour. You could do all that with a pellet smoker too but it’s not necessary

 

5-1/2 hours. A little dried out, first time trying brisket. Delicious anyways.

 

Ah, yes, fresh picked and unprocessed charcoal is my favorite.

Kidding, of course. What temp did you cook at and what part of the brisket did you check temps?

 

I was running between 225-250 for 5-1/2 hours. Just stuck a thermometer in the side of the brisket. Tried to aim for the center. Didn’t check the temp until I pulled it off. If I was monitoring it better I would have pulled it off sooner