No party actually, gf sold her house to move in with me and I had to get that big bird out of her freezer so in the smoker it went!

 

 

Long day today: 480 miles traveling to 4 different job sites. Made a pit stop in a podunk town that had a very nice C-store (Cenex). On the way to the bathroom, I did a double take when I saw a Traeger smoker on display. And next to the Traeger were Traeger pellets, listed at $25.99 for 40lbs (2 bags). I snagged 4 bags at that price: Hickory, Oak, Cherry, Apple. What a deal!!

 

40 lbs!? Damn!

 

That is serious talk right there man. So when is the wedding?

 

Eventually, we're not in a hurry (at least I'm not) lol. Trying to get down to 1 house and 1 mortgage and go from there. We live 3 streets apart so it doesn't make sense to pay for 2 houses.

 

Speaking of wood chips, I picked up one of these at Sam's on a whim, really interested in the barrel aged oak chips, I actually have some bourbon soaked oak that I used to make my bourbon barrel porter that I've been wanting to use on some kind of beef that I was already saving



https://www.samsclub.com/sams/jim-be...rod20654071.ip

 

Good deal. Definitely makes sense. That is crazy you live so close. Will be nice to only have one set of bills between the two of you then.

.....C5 Z06 in your future

 

If I can find someone to buy the ack

 

I passed through podunk again yesterday. Stopped for a pit stop and this time I grabbed a shot of the sale:



Smoked a port butt last weekend. Delicious! Been having scrambled eggs and pork butt for breakfast almost every morning this week. Very tasty breakfast indeed!! Thanks to Ack for the idea

Been wet aging another brisket for 22 days. Probably going to throw it in the Camp Chef this weekend...

 

Man, this last round of pulled pork I didn't even think of doing the scrambled eggs with it, that's one of my favorite things to do with the leftovers. We did make pulled pork nachos a couple times which were to die for!

I'm definitely itching to smoke some meat, been so busy with the gf moving in that I just don't have the time right now. Planning to at least get something smoked over Labor Day weekend in a few weeks since we'll be done moving... Only have to wait 3 more weeks

 

Made an 8 lb brisket, did an overnight marinade that was phenomenal, the smoker temp was a bit higher than I wanted but I was able to keep it moist and it came out nice and juicy



After the overnight marinade I patted it dry and then dry rubbed it, let it smoke for 2 hours to start building a crust


After 2 hours I brought out the mop sauce and started mopping





This was taken after a couple hours


This was after 4 hours of smoke and the meat was almost up to temp


After 5 hours of smoke and resting, I covered with a towel after the picture


Time to slice


The meat was so tender and juicy, definitely happy with the end results. Everyone raved about how good it was.

 

Only took 5 hours? I thought brisket takes like 9-12 hours?

 

Yeah, like I said my temp was a bit high to start, but it cooks a lot faster when it's wet/moist. The estimated cooktime was 6 hours and was done in 5

 

It sure does look delicious and i bet it was!

 

 

Finally smoked my first brisket last weekend and it turned out pretty good. On Friday at 8:30pm I seasoned it, 9:30pm it went onto my Weber Smokey Mountain with some pecan wood and 7:30am the following morning it came of the smoker with internal temp of 205 internal temp. I should have probably pulled it at about 195 degrees but got up a little late.

 

Brisket for breakfast...

 

Yeah the thought of brisket and eggs sounds like an amazing idea.

 

Actually I didn't think it would be done that early but it all worked out. We had it for lunch

 

195 is def the sweet spot, looks like it came out great though, looking good!

 

Sam's Club had a killer deal on Pork Butts, so I grabbed a nice big 8+ pounder and smoked that sucker on Sunday. I spent way too long standing at the cooler picking through the meat until I found the right marbling.



Dry rubbed the night before and gave it plenty of time to sit overnight



I changed up my technique a bit and used a mixture of apple cider and apple cider vinegar to mop/spray on the meat instead of just water, I think it made the meat way more juicy than just using water



Finished product



And pulled apart, GF and I agree that this is by far the tastiest and juiciest pulled pork I've made yet

 

Man that is some nice meat you got there. That looks really good.

 

Looks great!

 

Thanks guys! It was great, had to freeze a bunch

 

This is a great deal, jump on it!! I absolutely love mine (posted earlier in this thread):

https://www.woot.com/offers/camp-che...ill-and-smoker

 

Picked up a 20 lb bird to smoke for Thanksgiving dinner

 

Thanksgiving turkey was a huge success, started with a 20 lb bird


Dry rubbed it over night with herbs and spices


Next morning fired up the smoker and injected it with butter and white wine, and stuffed it with garlic and onions


Covered with cheese cloth and basted every half hour with wine/butter mix


Smoked with hardwood lump charcoal and apple wood chips, literally smoked out the entire neighborhood


Wrapped the legs and wings after a few hours, this thing barely fit on the smoker, but I made it fit


Total smoke to get the inner thighs to 165 was 5 hrs total


The finished product, the meat was extremely flavorful and juicy, so freaking good! Best one I've made yet And it was cooked perfectly all the way through

 

That is one awesome looking turkey, perfect color! Next time i'll have to use a cheese cloth as well.

 

Cheese cloth is key, helps with the browning and holds the butter on well for the basting

 

I've never used cheese cloth but definitely for my next bird. What temps did you smoke it at and how long did it take you?

 

Total smoke was 5 hrs, I didn't monitor the temp, but it was around 250-275 the whole smoke

 

Smoked food is awesome. We picked up a new electric one from CL for $85 and had just seasoned it. We plan to do some cheese, kielbasa loaf and all of the other meats. I'll have to post pic when done.

 

That turkey looks awesome. Great job! Don't think I've tried smoked turkey yet, I might try to revisit this thread come next Thanksgiving. Now to find a smoker big enough

 

Nice! Smoked meat is addictive but it sure is awesome!

 

I honestly don't think I'll want to eat a roasted bird again after smoking 3 turkeys. Fried turkey is good too, but man I get so many rich flavors plus juicy turkey that I honestly don't know if I can go back

 

Man I really don't need another activity to get into but everytime I see the stuff you guys posts in here I really want to get a smoker and try this. That turkey looks amazing Ack

 

It's addictive

 

It sure is but the eattng is well worth the work!