I finally gave up on my smoker and decided to get a new smoker. I went with a bigger model but less tech. Yes, its a cheater electric smoker. My 3rd one. I need more space to cook, I don't need help getting my smoke and temp right. :-)
I've also never used injection for flavor except for pork butt or other big cuts of meat. I decided to give it a try. I developed my own injection. Basically like the other recipes you have out on the internet but I'm putting the rub in the injection and using sirracchi.
Full results not in yet but my son and I think its the best sausage we have ever had.
No sauce. Marinated the meat overnight. Injected the meat. Slow cooked the ribs and chicken. Baste it with a combo of butter and apple juice. Using a combination of Apple, Mesquite, Cherry and Hickory wood.
Originally Posted by ChiefGator:
Need some tuning plates in it? Or was it hard to hold the whole thing at temp?
It’s an old Oklahoma Joe’s commercial smoker, so it has the tuning plate. Unfortunately one side is still generally about 50 to 70° hotter than the other although it gets better as the meat gets hot. It’s more of a pain just to keep rotating the meat for the first several hours [Reply]
By tuning plate, I'm assuming you mean the pull bar I can pull in or out that shuts to hole to the firebox lower end? This smoker also has a large tube that runs the length of the smoker. The tube has holes that gradually get larger as they go away from the firebox, thus, in theory, having more heat go to the farther end. I've been using this thing to feed the masses of people at our comps for years but never use it for meat we turn in because
1. it really smokes the meat more than I prefer
2. rotating meat on a hot smoker is a pain in the ass [Reply]
Originally Posted by KCUnited:
Our penthouse deck is being pulled up tomorrow morning as part of a new roof going on our building. The closest entry point to the deck is off the master bedroom, so that's where I moved the green egg earlier today, lol. Having a new deck installed once the roof work is complete, so it's going to be super nice, but damn, I'm going to be sleeping in the waft of old, stale, bbq odors for the next week or so.
3 weeks with a smoker in the bedroom. For the fucking love of god, please stop raining long enough so this job can get finished :-)
I'm smoking vicariously through y'all this weekend. [Reply]
