|
Re: What's in your smoker?
Dude, you gotta wrap those weenies in BACON! You would not BELIEVE how good that is!
|
Re: What's in your smoker?
Looks great Keith!
|
Re: What's in your smoker?
Quote:
Quote:
|
Re: What's in your smoker?
I thought that was just a really high quality hot dog....LOOKED a little large to be a dog, lol.
|
Re: What's in your smoker?
1 Attachment(s)
A friend gave me a box of seasoned English Walnut from his family orchard, decided to try it out with some chicken yesterday. Smells like a mild hickory, tastes a bit nutty and like a cross between oak and hickory, although it is slightly astringent (that could have been the booze though). I think it will be really nice when mixed with a fruit wood; cherry, plum, maybe apple.
|
Re: What's in your smoker?
just got done with a chicken. can't wait to bite into it.
|
Re: What's in your smoker?
Quote:
:D |
Re: What's in your smoker?
it's already been devoured. :D
it was so tasty |
Re: What's in your smoker?
A likely story :)
:tu:tu |
Re: What's in your smoker?
lol. well the rest of the family seemed to enjoy it.
|
Re: What's in your smoker?
Spent my Sunday......prepping 31 pounds of chuck roast in advance of my son's high school grad party next saturday...bought 2 chuck rolls totaling 37 pounds, then cut thick roasts about 4 inches...used 6 roasts and saved 2 for later use...bovine bold and dizzy pig red eye express with extra turbinado sugar for the bark....hickory and cherry with a full basket of lump in the BDS...kept it at 225-250 for the first 2 hours when I flipped 'em then ramped up the temp to 275...started to foil 'em as they hit the 175-180 range...about 6 hours in, though 2 took an extra hour to get up to temp...foiled with beef broth and extra rub...took 'em off at 210...cooled a bit, then pulled...happy with the results....nice bark and smoke ring...vac sealed til next Saturday's party!...
http://i313.photobucket.com/albums/l...r/c8849927.jpg http://i313.photobucket.com/albums/l...r/ddadeb04.jpg http://i313.photobucket.com/albums/l...r/d6c9ba5f.jpg http://i313.photobucket.com/albums/l...r/17952062.jpg http://i313.photobucket.com/albums/l...r/5d37c12f.jpg |
Re: What's in your smoker?
Quote:
|
Re: What's in your smoker?
Dang Keith... that shredded chuckie pic made me drool!!!!
|
Re: What's in your smoker?
Coming from 2 "pit bosses" like Steve and Brent...I'm honored!!
|
Re: What's in your smoker?
Damn fine looking chuck there Keith.
|
Re: What's in your smoker?
Quote:
Your smoker is newer than your OS. If I upgrade you from windows 98 can I get dibs on your smoker when you buy a new one? :r http://goodluckmakingrent.com/images/lol.jpg Oh and AWESOME Que there BigAsh, absolutely amazing. |
Re: What's in your smoker?
Quote:
I was thinking about it this weekend, I that computer is at least 12-14 years old...amazing that it still works at all! But it is running XP :) Now back to the yummy stuff! |
Re: What's in your smoker?
Got a Fathers Day Porchetta hitting the smoker in a matter of moments.
http://i867.photobucket.com/albums/a...r/43961376.jpg http://i867.photobucket.com/albums/a...r/a8a9025a.jpg |
Re: What's in your smoker?
Looking good Dom. Love me some porchetta :dr
|
Re: What's in your smoker?
Fathers Day Dinner
http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7098/7...12dd53b598.jpg |
Re: What's in your smoker?
A little something that I did for the unit during a little R&R.
http://i271.photobucket.com/albums/j...r/480db439.jpg Yeah I know...But that is how I roll http://i271.photobucket.com/albums/j...r/7981f158.jpg Little Beer can chicken http://i271.photobucket.com/albums/j...r/304af823.jpg What else to do, when sailors are on land http://i271.photobucket.com/albums/j...r/9450c090.jpg |
Re: What's in your smoker?
Just pulled this off.
As with most things on the Traeger, this was done sooner than expected. The skin is done to a perfect crispness. I'm going to let it sit for at least 30 min, before I slice it up. I cooked @300 until an internal temp of 160 Then cooked an additional 30 min @500 to crisp up the skin http://i867.photobucket.com/albums/a...g?t=1339963708 http://i867.photobucket.com/albums/a...g?t=1339963713 |
Re: What's in your smoker?
|
Re: What's in your smoker?
What time is dinner? :dr
|
Re: What's in your smoker?
looks amazing dom
|
Re: What's in your smoker?
Quote:
|
Re: What's in your smoker?
Quote:
|
Re: What's in your smoker?
Nice looking stuff Vin, Dom & Shawn.
Nothing on the smoker this weekend for me. Did everything on the grill. (smoking hanger steaks would be sacrilege) |
Re: What's in your smoker?
I punished the landlady this weekend. She took in a dog that her daughter had irresponsibly bred and pawned
off on some guy who has had him a couple years. Apparently he is in transition between houses or something, so he brought it to the landladies house and she just tied him to the bars in the window of the abandoned house next door. The POS bit me, too. Where was I?? Oh yeah, I told her that dog goes or I stop helping her do things. She is old and in the past if she needed a flower bed dug, lawn cut, dogs fed, pond pump fixed, pond de-leafed in the spring, EVERYTHING, I ended up being the one that did it. So she had a choice, dog or work out of me. She chose DOG and was upset that I had given her an ultimatum that she felt removed her right to free will. I told her, no, that's exactly what you GET to do...choose one or the other.....the lady or the loot (The Grifters) Apparently she chose no more smoked meat, hahahahahahahahaha. So yeah, I was idle this weekend. I did cook up a WICKED batch of pintos with some rib trimmins I had in the freezer. Ate almost a whole pot's worth this weekend. Just phenomenal. In fact the recipe is going up this morning. |
Re: What's in your smoker?
Quote:
|
Re: What's in your smoker?
Quote:
|
Re: What's in your smoker?
Some hickory smoked chicken halves, bacon wrapped pork.
https://fbcdn-sphotos-a.akamaihd.net...35833831_n.jpg Some brats that I actually stuffed myself. https://fbcdn-sphotos-a.akamaihd.net...60223996_n.jpg And some super yummy twice baked potatoes, these were awesome! https://fbcdn-sphotos-a.akamaihd.net...17668212_n.jpg |
Re: What's in your smoker?
I am so glad I got to SEE those photos. That is some kind of epic cook, maybe a record for this thread.
Just WOW....wow, wow, wow. |
Re: What's in your smoker?
We have a cool day here today for a change, so I decided to take advantage of it so I'm just about finished smoking 8lbs of pepper jack and cheddar cheese over applewood this morning.
|
Re: What's in your smoker?
Quote:
I assume it's a cold smoke but for how long? Also, how do you keep it from turning rock hard? |
Re: What's in your smoker?
Quote:
|
Re: What's in your smoker?
Quote:
Every smoker is going to be different due to how much smoke they make and how well they trap/contain it. Additionally, it depends on how thick and how much surface area there is for what you are smoking. In my case, I typically use 8-10 oz rectangular blocks (about 7"x2"x1" to 8"x2"x2") and smoke the cheese for about an hour, sometimes as long as two if I'm using a very mild wood or the element is nearing the end of it's useable life. Someone with a different smoker might have different times. It's something that you just have to experiment with to find the smoking time that works for you. Never had an issue with it hardening anymore than just it forming a slight rind, which is to be expected. |
Re: What's in your smoker?
Quote:
|
Re: What's in your smoker?
Quote:
BTW, just as with BBQ'ing, different woods will behave/taste differently and different cheeses will work differently / need different amounts of smoke. Some woods will create such a pungent smoke flavor that you will need to rest the cheese for some time to lose the astringency before serving. Others, it can be served within days, or even hours. Minimize your variables and experiment to find what works - pick a cheese to work with, medium or sharp cheddar is a good place to start, use the same brand & cut them the same size each time, use the same wood, just change your smoke times. After you get that baseline time figured out, adjusting for different woods and cheeses is pretty easy. |
Re: What's in your smoker?
Quote:
|
Re: What's in your smoker?
Oh great mother of ......... This is heaven I just stumble upon. Seriously guys don't mind asking me to come over please do lol I need to learn to smoke meats man those things look mouth watering..
|
Re: What's in your smoker?
Albert, I will grant you that this board is awfully slow right now, but you could age a few years before you
worked your way through all the great material on this site. This is my favorite thread in fact. Just the meat pics alone, excluding all the good tips and info and discussion, makes it a phenomenal thread. If you like liquors, beer and wine there are equally as gigantic threads for those kinds of things round here....lotso passions in the old asylum. Like no other board on the winternet, you will SURELY find it here. Welcome. |
Re: What's in your smoker?
My WSM came this week, so I thought that yesterday being the hottest day of the year, would be the perfect time to fire him up for his inaugural smoke. I went with something easy to start with, a beer can chicken. There wasn't a whole lot of forethought put into is so I just did a quick rub with olive oil and a sprinkle of lemon pepper and Weber Kick'n Chicken seasoning. I also used the opportunity to start breaking my my new Tinsky I got in April.
http://i169.photobucket.com/albums/u...-15-46_212.jpg http://i169.photobucket.com/albums/u...-41-59_839.jpg The chicken could have been seasoned more, but the meat was perfect. Right now I've got 8 lbs of bacon dry curing in the fridge, and I should be receiving my new a-maze-n smoker tomorrow, so sometime this weekend I'll be cold smoking the pork, and I promised the wife I'd do a turkey breast for her as well. |
Re: What's in your smoker?
Plannin on COOKIN that bird, Quan? lol. ;)
|
Re: What's in your smoker?
Quote:
I'm starting to get on the same wavelength as Brad. Next thing you know I'll be boycotting the Saints! ;) :tf:tf |
Re: What's in your smoker?
http://images.lowes.com/product/conv...92067193xl.jpg
I picked up a Char Griller Akorn 2 weeks ago and I love this thing! Lowe's had them for $299 and with the cover, extra grate to holder the diffuser, and diffuser (a 14" glazed flowerpot water pan), I'm in it for $350 (12 month no interest). Always wanted a smoker/grill/kamado. It is metal with interior insulation and a porcelain glaze on the inside. I could never justify spending upwards of $1000 (or more) on a ceramic kamado, but I've always wanted one. This thing was cheap enough and built well enough for me to finally give the kamado world a try. It will hover at 225F or 250F and will jump up to damn hot very quickly. So far I've slow-cooker a 5 lb brisket and 3 full racks of baby back ribs. The brisket cooked at 230-240F for 4 hours and sat wrapped in foil, a towel, and in a cooler for 3 more hours. It was awesome! The ribs cooked at 350F for 1.5 hours, then I shut the vents and let it slowly cool to around 200F for another half hour or so. I skipped the sauce on the ribs, as the meat was rubbed prior to cooking and tasted great. Sorry no pictures this time, but I will get some next time. Butts are next. Costco has a two pack I'm eying. |
Re: What's in your smoker?
For a 'discount" manufacturer, I like the Char-Griller stuff. I had a hand-me-down smoker that I got from a guy
whose landlord was threatening him to get it OFF the pool patio, so we threw it in my truck bed and I was smoking the next weekend. But the bottom fell out after a couple more months of intense training. To replace it, I went with the CG unit I have pictured a few pages back. Heavy gauge steel and perfect for my method of meat-smoking. I am gonna be on the lookout for that egg-beater you got there and see it up close. Don't really NEED one, but I'd like to take a gander...or smoke one. I saw this page which is really descriptive http://bbq.setzler.net/2012/02/29/char-griller-kamado/ |
Re: What's in your smoker?
You'll love it, Brad. After years of looking at Primos, BGEs, Big Steel Kegs, etc., when I saw this guy at Lowe's I knew it was a done deal. I did buy some high temp nomex strip to further seal the lid and ash bottom seal. It comes with this tubular chinese finger trap-looking material as the sealing gasket. It works alright, but I wanted as close to air tight as I could get. It's a cooking machine!
|
Re: What's in your smoker?
OLS I believe you man I been reading the scotch thread a bit and I admit there just a ton of info in this site, its not just only excellent for cigars but food and liquors equally.... man its like a library of great living lol. I'm looking forward to learning much more from everyone in the asylum, I doubt ill Ever stop learning which is awesome :D
|
Re: What's in your smoker?
Yeah, it got a little hot at the beginning, but I got the vents adjusted an he settled down.
|
| All times are GMT -6. The time now is 05:56 AM. |
Powered by vBulletin® Version 3.7.4
Copyright ©2000 - 2025, Jelsoft Enterprises Ltd.