This is only the second time i have smoked anything, done ribs last week when i got the ProQ for the first time.
I kinda followed this guys recipe for some inexpensive Lidl beef roast i picked up today. I left out the injections of marinade....even typing that just seems wrong !
€10, i wasn't going to the poor house if i made a balls of it.
I removed the netting and used the rub from the recipe, minus the celery salt, didn't have any of that.
I was using up some old briquets i had in the garage, it was only going in for max 2 hrs anyway. A bowl of soaked maple chips added for some smoke, no water bath, i sat the meat in a section above the direct heat to keep it from burning. The temperature pretty much stayed at 275 for most of the cook.
After an hour.
When the temp started to dip at ~ 80min, rather than add more fuel i just stoked the coals and it came right back to 275.
I took it off at around 95 mins, stuck a cheapo probe in and it eventually read 145 internal. I *might* be getting maverick dual probe for fathers day, it seems to be an essential piece of kit when smoking.
Now...if you read the recipe you would know this is to be wrapped in foil, let cool, refrigerated overnight and then thinly sliced.
Hopefully i will have the money shot tomorrow sometime. ;)
I must say i am really enjoying this, getting a chance to combine 2 things i enjoy doing, cooking and eating !
I kinda followed this guys recipe for some inexpensive Lidl beef roast i picked up today. I left out the injections of marinade....even typing that just seems wrong !
€10, i wasn't going to the poor house if i made a balls of it.
I removed the netting and used the rub from the recipe, minus the celery salt, didn't have any of that.
I was using up some old briquets i had in the garage, it was only going in for max 2 hrs anyway. A bowl of soaked maple chips added for some smoke, no water bath, i sat the meat in a section above the direct heat to keep it from burning. The temperature pretty much stayed at 275 for most of the cook.
After an hour.
When the temp started to dip at ~ 80min, rather than add more fuel i just stoked the coals and it came right back to 275.
I took it off at around 95 mins, stuck a cheapo probe in and it eventually read 145 internal. I *might* be getting maverick dual probe for fathers day, it seems to be an essential piece of kit when smoking.
Now...if you read the recipe you would know this is to be wrapped in foil, let cool, refrigerated overnight and then thinly sliced.
Hopefully i will have the money shot tomorrow sometime. ;)
I must say i am really enjoying this, getting a chance to combine 2 things i enjoy doing, cooking and eating !