you'll be fine just watch,because you don't want thick white smoke coming out of exhaust, that's where I made my mistake when I first started smoking, I thought more was better, was I wrong
Thanks for the foil tip. I will make sure there is none on the bottom of the stone. It is supported about 2" above the element on the rack that used to support the chip loader.
Going to test it out this weekend. Hope this clean smoke will give the meat more of a Smokey flavor and turn out ribs with that bright red color instead of looking like a chunk of coal.
You want red ribs as in my profile image? They were done in the Brinkmann last September. (Yeah the POS, but I fixed some of the deficiencies.)...
Going to test it out this weekend. Hope this clean smoke will give the meat more of a Smokey flavor and turn out ribs with that bright red color instead of looking like a chunk of coal.
Well i just pulled a slab of ribs off the smoker. This mailbox mod has exceeded my expactations. After a 6 hr smoke with an internal temp of 185 look at the color of these ribs. Before with the chip loader they would look like a chunk of coal. With the pid controller and the mailbox mod with the AMPNS tray i expect these ribs are going to approach the taste of my old sidebox smoker and the MES is totally set it and forget it.View attachment 397490
I think you bested my last batch of rubs. Outstanding!
What did you use in the tray for smoke?
Been trying to work up the courage to smoke a brisket for years. With this setup i might just give it a shot. Mesquite would be at the top of the list.
With the whole packer brisket I cut the fat cap on the flat down to 1/4" and look at the end of the flat at a profile where it gets super thin and make an arching cut to get a uniform thickness finished end because any square ends and thin meat will just burn up. You can cook it separately or grind it and mix equally with 80/20 ground chuck for awesome burgers/meatloaves. In the point end the deckle intermuscular fat goes into the side of the point, separating muscle groups. I dig out that extra fat as well leaving a pocket and 1/4" fat i can season. The Texas salt and pepper only rub is fantastic as simple as it is. With a PID holding steady I put in a 20lbr. Trimmed to 17lbs and let it go naked at 275/270° the whole time for great bark and it was done in 12 hours, barely a stall. If doing a flat only I'd foil at 160° and start checking for tenderness at 190° but the packer is tender at 203° or so when the instant read therm goes in with no resistence. The PID appears to cook quicker and since their is no over shooting 15° to 290° the bark is nice and dark without burning. Holding at a temp gives me better results than swings when it comes to the bark. Ribs, butts and brisket I do at 275° naked the whole time. Some people wrap in peach paper after the stall at 170° or higher when your bark is the way you want it but not to get through the stall like foil is used. Less fiddling/steps gets me my favoriteresults.Been trying to work up the courage to smoke a brisket for years. With this setup i might just give it a shot. Mesquite would be at the top of the list.