Food Smokers and Smoking Tips/Tricks/Techniques

Like an hour and a half in the cooler and 1 min per side on a hot grill . My brother and sister in law hooked it up for Christmas lol

 

Go easy on the smoke. If you are ambitious, do lollipops. They are a ton of prep work but look neat if you are feeding people.

 

I'd never heard of it until that girl said they do them like that in Wisconsin... Maybe only her family does that.

And yes for doing brats in beer.

 

You all can look for a little extra in your next paycheck! It won't be there but can look and deserve it. Ended up using a full bottle of Montreal steak seasoning with a little chipolte powder in it. Mixed with water to make a paste and covered it well. Cooked at 350, windy wanted to get down to 250 but with the wind and vents closed that wasn't going to happen. Pulled off at 115 and seared. The wind fanned the flames pretty quickly and got the outside darker than I wanted but was all good in the end. Used some of the juice I made from boiling the bones for 9 hours to dip it. Perfect! Wanted something different than the salt pepper etc. that I normally do, this was great.

 

Super fun toy. Once you wire it. I have a fun 24hr reverse sous vide recipe...smoked-vide beef ribs with hog foam. Full of win

 

I'm with Scott, getting me one o' these real soon. Must have.

 

Looks damn good! I also use the weber Chicago steak and it's pretty damn good too.

 

Boiling brats does render quite a bit of the fat. I boil them in the darkest, chewyest beer I can find, with some diced onion. Finish on the grill

Maybe some beer boiled ribs, hmmm...

 

pardon my ignorance haha whats lollipop?

 

Ignore the recipe, just look at how the chicken is cut.

http://allrecipes.com/recipe/8782/chicken-lollipops/

You push the meat to the ends of the bones and then cook them. You can do it with wings or legs.


Here's a video of a guy doing wings this way so you know where to cut.

https://youtu.be/c_3avwnvEJQ

 

interesting. i may give that a go if i can.

 

Working on my first brisket today with my Brother in Law. 14lbs went on the heat at 7 running at 225. Already had my first beer and life is good. Ill post pics l6ater today sometime after 6

 

Smoking some bacon and sausage for breakfast this morning. Just some brown sugar and maple syrup, and a little cracked black pepper.

 

parchment paper

 

So I've been out of the smoking and grilling scene for a little bit due to a move.

Sold my old masterbuilt smoker before the move and a local guy here is selling a traegar junior pellet smoker for $100 and in pretty good shape.

Anybody use this model?

 

Not a pellet fan either but figured $100 I could look past that

 

http://honolulu.craigslist.org/oah/hsh/5936408577.html

Or this

 

No but I have a GMG and i love the damn thing. Program the thing and let it fly. I get all my honey do stuff done and be rewarded at dinner time!

 

the junior is small, but can be an awesome tailgater/ camping unit. if I saw that deal I would jump on it. I love my traeger