Recent content by Compressor59

I've been making lump charcoal to use in my kamado . I use a small drum inside of a 55 gallon drum. I get all the 2x4s for free for cooking the charcoal and use oak and hickory for the charcoal. The key is starting with the right size chunks.

Like many have said about going nose blind plus we are our worst critics. I'm often disappointed with the results after a long smoke but everyone else says it's good. But the next day I enjoy it much more.

I'm using hickory chunks from a tree on site. The lump that I'm using is what I made from the same hickory tree.

I have not done a lot of smoking with the BGE but love it for grilling. I did a brisket today and it was done to perfection as far as moisture and tenderness but absolutely no smoke flavor. It tasted like it was roasted in the oven. I put hickory chunks in buried in the lump charcoal. I put in...

I have been experimenting with making my own lump charcoal. It is pretty labor intensive. I have to figure what size of wood chunks to start with.

Anybody out there making their own lump?

Thanks for all the info. I did add wood at the bottom but not enough. The main reason I picked this egg up was for doing long cooks and not babysitting it. I'm very impressed with how the heat is managed with so little fuel. I have a reverse flow smoker that I built that works great but for...

I have a large BGE I purchased used from a friend at church for a decent price. I've done a ew cooks and have a pretty good handle on controlling temperature and am very happy with how long it will maintain temperatures. This past weekend I did a pork butt and the pull was great but it has no...

Looks great. What temperature did you run the egg at?

dsl1, I was surprised myself that there was not paprika in it and when I asked for Baharat I gathered that it was a generic term for spice. I used it in a meat roll up for tomorrow and I'm on a learning curve to determine how much to use so I don't over power the meat.

Reviving a old post here. I'm a newbie here and I built my own stick burner and I now know what they mean when people say "they never should have started smoking" I was a church fund raising recently and a women had some meat rolls similar to egg rolls. They had a distinct flavor. She said it...

Killer smoke ring! What rub did you use?

I'm a new to smoking. It sounds like you need to get a good coal bed going and add the wood sooner or the wood is still wet.

Hi there, I'm a newbe here and from michigan. I'm new to smoking(7month's). I built my own reverse flow smoker and will post up pictures later. From my name here I have been in the compressed air business forever. I'm also into motorcycles and guns and generally politically incorrect lol...