Hi all,
Yes, I'm a newby from Lake County Florida. I got a Masterbuilt 2 door gas smoker for Christmas and we plan to break it in for New Years Day with a few friends over (they all got the disclaimer that it is a trial run and results may not be optimal but I had to invite someone over to eat what we're making!). I've seasoned the smoker like the directions said and have a butt in the fridge all rubbed up with brown & white sugar, paprika, ginger, onion powder, garlic powder, black pepper and powdered rosemary (recipe rom Meathead's amazingribs.com). I'm afraid to leave the smoker overnight this first time so I've got a 5am wake up call to get it on for a 3pm meal (torture so I hope that won't be the norm or I can see we might not use it often). Eventually I'm hoping I can work out a system of putting it on the night before and going to bed and then pulling it off the mid-morning the next day for a mid-day bbq. Ive done that several times with a Green Egg smoker with great results but I'm hestitant to try that in a brand new gas smoker that I know nothing about. I couldn't find a dual probe (or any probe) thermometer at any local stores today so I hate to say we're going old school with no probe this first go round (I figure if it worked 200 yrs ago it can work now until I can order a fancy monitor to perfect the system). I'm hoping I've found a new hobby and can't wait to try all sorts of meals in this new toy. Angela
Yes, I'm a newby from Lake County Florida. I got a Masterbuilt 2 door gas smoker for Christmas and we plan to break it in for New Years Day with a few friends over (they all got the disclaimer that it is a trial run and results may not be optimal but I had to invite someone over to eat what we're making!). I've seasoned the smoker like the directions said and have a butt in the fridge all rubbed up with brown & white sugar, paprika, ginger, onion powder, garlic powder, black pepper and powdered rosemary (recipe rom Meathead's amazingribs.com). I'm afraid to leave the smoker overnight this first time so I've got a 5am wake up call to get it on for a 3pm meal (torture so I hope that won't be the norm or I can see we might not use it often). Eventually I'm hoping I can work out a system of putting it on the night before and going to bed and then pulling it off the mid-morning the next day for a mid-day bbq. Ive done that several times with a Green Egg smoker with great results but I'm hestitant to try that in a brand new gas smoker that I know nothing about. I couldn't find a dual probe (or any probe) thermometer at any local stores today so I hate to say we're going old school with no probe this first go round (I figure if it worked 200 yrs ago it can work now until I can order a fancy monitor to perfect the system). I'm hoping I've found a new hobby and can't wait to try all sorts of meals in this new toy. Angela
