Smokin.....Oh Yeah !!!

[scott_vt]

I'm going to have to buy a smoker!

mark

Good Afternoon Mark,
Did I ever tell you about the beer drinkin that goes along with the smokin ???

I highly reccomend it, thats the smoker of course !

 

[dmccarty]

I didn't know what real barbecue was until I moved to N.C

AMEN. Who would think that a sandwich with chopped smoked pork with a vinegar sauce topped with slaw would be one of the worlds great foods.

Mouth watering thinking about it.....

Later,
Dan

 

[dmccarty]

Scotty,

Are you using the tractor as a seat to watch the smoker? Good choice of beer!

Its got cool enough for me to start smoking meat again. We just had some pork loin I smoked last spring. Wrapped it in plastic wrap, Aluminum foil and put in a zip lock bag and tossed in the freezer. Heated it up and you could smell the smoke. Just as good as hot from the smoker.

Hope to start the smoker soon. Really want to do some oysters.

Later,
Dan

 

[Bird]

Scotty, that does look good. And I certainly have nothing bad to say about North Carolina barbecued pork; it's delicious, but to say "I didn't know what real barbecue was until I moved to N.C" makes me assume that Sigarms has never had any Texas barbecued beef.

 

[Flatheadyoungin]

Ah, you guys want to make me give 'er another go...

I used my uncle's little Brinkman style and I had a lot of trouble maintaining the heat and the meat wasn't that great......too smokey.....it was ok but needed some BBQ or something on it....then, again, I think I only used lowerys, pepper etc....

I picked up a little brinkman style smoker but it doesn't have the door to throw the coals in.......i think you just lift the whole thing off but i'm thinking you'd lose too much heat.......

I may pick up some chicken and some pork and then let you fellas walk me through it one day.....

man, i'm hungry now!

 

[dmccarty]

.... but to say "I didn't know what real barbecue was until I moved to N.C" makes me assume that Sigarms has never had any Texas barbecued beef.

And the BBQ Wars Have Begun!

I have had Texas BBQ. Its good and I won't turn it down...

But smoked chopped pork with slaw is Super Duper Yummy!

Later,
Dan

 

[dmccarty]

Young Mr. Flat Head,

I have a 7n1 cooker from Cabela's. For smoking I start a small fire with hardwood in the bottom of the cooker. Once it gets some coals going I put in more wood, clean off the grill and put on the meat. The cooker I have does have a door at the bottom. I wish it was a big bigger but once the coal are going I only toss in a few chunks of wood. I have use hardwood twigs/branches of the oak trees to do this. Lately I have been burning little chunks of oak/hickory I save from splitting firewood. Nothing bigger than 2 or 3 inches across and maybe 6 inch long.

The cooker came with a thermometer but it got overheated and I dont trust it anymore. Instead I use a instant read thermometer to test the meat and the smoke coming from the vent.

I pretty much just salt and pepper the meat on all sides. That is it. This and the smoke is all that is needed.

Later,
Dan

 

[scott_vt]

Scotty,

Are you using the tractor as a seat to watch the smoker? Good choice of beer!

Later,
Dan

Good Evenin Dan,
I was pulling the sweeper to clean up the yard while I was waiting to eat, and every so many trips around the yard I would through a hand full of chips in for more smoke and crack another beer

BTW good advice to Flatheadyoungin, I do the same thing, small chunks of white oak for my coals and more heat, and i can use that little door !

Bird,
Everything came out good with these marinades but I think Im partial to Texas Bullseye Barbeque and I doctor it a little bit !

Joe,
I would love to come to that festival, problem is that I might like theirs better, and they dont give their recipes away !

Anyways here is a pic of the finished product !

 

[Bird]

I think Im partial to Texas Bullseye Barbeque

Scotty, I haven't tried that one. Years ago, we used to make up our own barbecue sauce and tried a lot of different recipes. We also tried a lot of the different sauces from the grocery store, and finally just quit using any sauces except the original KC Masterpiece, although we do still use some different marinades and dry rubs.

An old friend who is also a former next door neighbor in Dallas was from Kansas City and moved back there after retirement. He tells me if I'll come visit, he'll take me to another Kansas City barbecue place that's even better than KC Masterpiece.

Several years ago, I went to Ellensburg, WA, with one of my brothers to bring back some things that belonged to his mother-in-law and he told me he would have to buy some barbecue sauce while we were there because what he thought was the best he'd ever found was sold in Anchorage and in Washington state, but not in Texas. I don't remember the brand and he didn't know where it was made until we got to a supermarket in Ellensburg and he bought all they had of that brand. And when we looked at the bottles, the stuff was make in New Jersey! I told him it was no wonder it wasn't sold in Texas.

 

[lhfarm]

I've used a little Brinkmann electric smoker for years with good results. However, I found this add-on for a Weber kettle grill Smokenator 1000 last spring and it is great. You can get 6 hours of cooking from one fuel load and only requires filling the water tray hourly. Doing a turkey this weekend. Can hardly wait.