Well it was just me today, my Dad and Sis went to Ohio for my nephews wedding and my Son is in Puerto Rico on a mission trip with his youth group so I decided to just smoke all day!
I smoked a fatty for breakfast!
Pretty simple one, Tennessee Pride "Hot" Sausage, scrambled eggs, hash browns and smoked cheddar cheese. I've done a few fatties before but never did a bacon weave. I think it came out pretty good:
Chicken wings for lunch, my usual injection but I changed it up on the sauce. I found some Texas Pete Fiery Sweet Wing Sauce. It was really good, not as hot as I like but the heat and sweet went real good together:
For dinner I did another rib experiment to continue my quest for what I really want in a rib. Ribs have been kicking my butt, I just can't find a flavor profile that I really like but today I got a lot closer. I had two racks of baby backs and on Sunday I put one rack in Pops wet cure brine for "Bacon on a Stick", the other I left plain. Today both racks got rubbed down with Chef JimmyJ's "Original BubbaQ Rub" then onto the smoker. I did one half of each 2-2-1 and the other halves I left un-foiled for the entire smoke. For the foiling stage I mixed up some apple juice, Williamson Bros. Spicy Chipotle BBQ Sauce, some honey and a little cayenne pepper and poured about 1/4 cup on each half rack. The ones un-foiled I basted a little of the foiling juice onto at this point. For the last hour I put the foiled ones back on and they were still pretty wet so I didn't do anything else to them. The un-foiled ones got another baste of the juice. At five hours they all felt really tender with a toothpick so off they came.
Can you tell which are which?
So I had four different flavor profiles to explore and explore I did! I learned a lot more about ribs today and I am getting real close to getting what I want. Chef JimmyJ's rub is really good and I think that put me real close. I think a little less honey and I might be there.
I didn't make any sides today, this was just a carnivores delight!
I am so stuffed right now I might not eat for a couple of days......ummmm I don't think so! I can't wait for some more fatty in the morning!
I hope everyone had a Great 4th! I saw a lot of Great looking food being smoked here today!
I smoked a fatty for breakfast!
Pretty simple one, Tennessee Pride "Hot" Sausage, scrambled eggs, hash browns and smoked cheddar cheese. I've done a few fatties before but never did a bacon weave. I think it came out pretty good:
Chicken wings for lunch, my usual injection but I changed it up on the sauce. I found some Texas Pete Fiery Sweet Wing Sauce. It was really good, not as hot as I like but the heat and sweet went real good together:
For dinner I did another rib experiment to continue my quest for what I really want in a rib. Ribs have been kicking my butt, I just can't find a flavor profile that I really like but today I got a lot closer. I had two racks of baby backs and on Sunday I put one rack in Pops wet cure brine for "Bacon on a Stick", the other I left plain. Today both racks got rubbed down with Chef JimmyJ's "Original BubbaQ Rub" then onto the smoker. I did one half of each 2-2-1 and the other halves I left un-foiled for the entire smoke. For the foiling stage I mixed up some apple juice, Williamson Bros. Spicy Chipotle BBQ Sauce, some honey and a little cayenne pepper and poured about 1/4 cup on each half rack. The ones un-foiled I basted a little of the foiling juice onto at this point. For the last hour I put the foiled ones back on and they were still pretty wet so I didn't do anything else to them. The un-foiled ones got another baste of the juice. At five hours they all felt really tender with a toothpick so off they came.
Can you tell which are which?
So I had four different flavor profiles to explore and explore I did! I learned a lot more about ribs today and I am getting real close to getting what I want. Chef JimmyJ's rub is really good and I think that put me real close. I think a little less honey and I might be there.
I didn't make any sides today, this was just a carnivores delight!
I am so stuffed right now I might not eat for a couple of days......ummmm I don't think so! I can't wait for some more fatty in the morning!
I hope everyone had a Great 4th! I saw a lot of Great looking food being smoked here today!
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