- May 27, 2014
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Thanks for the invite and information, Danny - much appreciated.
Hi all,
A little bit about me: I'm completely new to the 'smoking/bbq scene', never before now owned a bbq/smoker but have an obsession with the food.
I finally managed to persuade the 'boss at home' last week, and treated myself to a Brinkman Gourmet Grill & Smoker. I was told by the sales guy that it would be a perfect starter as it's cheap and good enough to learn "the art" on. After setting it up on Monday, I fired her up as directed and put some brisket (aprox 2kg) and a rack (aprox 14 ribs) of spare ribs in. I was told to use about 5kg of Webber premium briquettes, two handfuls of apple or hickory wood chips and a 3/4 pan full of boiling water and then just leave the smoker to do it's thing for 5 (uninterrupted) hours. Well, lets just say that after 5 hours, the beef and ribs were dry as **** and almost inedible.
That was my smoking cherry popped ...onto the next, eh!
Looking forward to reading up, learning and listening to all of your advice.
Ben
(London, UK)
Hi all,
A little bit about me: I'm completely new to the 'smoking/bbq scene', never before now owned a bbq/smoker but have an obsession with the food.
I finally managed to persuade the 'boss at home' last week, and treated myself to a Brinkman Gourmet Grill & Smoker. I was told by the sales guy that it would be a perfect starter as it's cheap and good enough to learn "the art" on. After setting it up on Monday, I fired her up as directed and put some brisket (aprox 2kg) and a rack (aprox 14 ribs) of spare ribs in. I was told to use about 5kg of Webber premium briquettes, two handfuls of apple or hickory wood chips and a 3/4 pan full of boiling water and then just leave the smoker to do it's thing for 5 (uninterrupted) hours. Well, lets just say that after 5 hours, the beef and ribs were dry as **** and almost inedible.
That was my smoking cherry popped ...onto the next, eh!
Looking forward to reading up, learning and listening to all of your advice.
Ben
(London, UK)