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 lewdog:
You can say that again. I smoked ribs a few weekends ago....it was 115 out. Thermometer sitting outside and checking the grill temp was not fun.
FML.
Flies are miserable here too, I probably let in about 3-5 each time I go out lol. [Reply]
Originally Posted by Inmem58:
I should have bought one a long time ago. I put the pork shoulder on at midnight and maintained 240 grill temp the entire night. I'm digging the alarms it sends if grill temp goes over set points and IT is reached. Very convenient.
yup - lid temps don't mean anything until you know how they behave with your grate temp. I know my lid tends to read about 40-50 degrees higher than my grate so if absolutely necessary (i.e. using only one probe), I'll put the probe in the meat and keep my lid temp at about 275. Then I'll just monitor the meat.
But anyone that doesn't own a grill thermometer needs to at least borrow one for a day or so to learn what their lid temp actually means. [Reply]
Originally Posted by lewdog:
You can say that again. I smoked ribs a few weekends ago....it was 115 out. Thermometer sitting outside and checking the grill temp was not fun.
FML.
Just lay your brisket on a plank of cherry wood, cover it with a mosquito net, and come back 8 hours later, it'll be done. And tanned from the sunburn it'll get...
