Recent content by jonty

Hi Guys I have been using my ProQ veritcal smoker for 4-5 years now and it has produced some memorable weekends with friends however it has taken some damage over a period of time.  I have fixed the easy minor items but I think its time to replace it. I wanted to get some opinions from you...

Hi Guys Hope everyone is well.  Finally got settled into the new house and it seems summer may decide to start so the smoker is coming out. I went on a butchery masterclass last night (recommended!!) and I got a big piece of bone in rib eye to bring home and cook for myself.  The meat itself...

Thank you. Seeing them again makes me really want some........when will it stop raining!!

Hi Robbo The Smoker was running around 240F for just over 5 hours to get them to 200F internal which is when I pulled them off and put them in a foil tin and covered for 25 minutes.  To be honest I left them to sit a little longer in the smoker due to the disparity in size between some of the...

Ended up so good!!!! Jonty

Ah ok cool thats some good info, thank you. will do my next set in some foil after seeing how these end up

Hi all Hope your enjoying the beautiful weather. Got my smoker going with some beef short ribs and a few boxes of beer.....perfect. First time cooking these so not 100% sure what i am doing. I applied a rub of salt, pepper, cayene pepper and garlic last night; now smoking with mesquite. Looked...

Hi Wade, I live in central(ish) London at the moment, around Hammersmith but plan to move out a little bit soon.  I am getting married next year and we want to move back to Hertfordshire so hopefully that will make things a little easier, it seems half the forum are from Kent :P  Supplies and...

Hi Nick I have a friend who cooked down at meatopia last year and by all accounts he had a great time.  I can't go this year but from what I have heard you won't be disappointed however that is from 1 person :) I am a relative novice but the ProQ I am using holds temperature brilliantly.  I...

Hey Smokin Cheers for the welcome. I found the site from google searches.  I spent quite a bit of time reading up before purchasing my smoker and also on recipes etc and came across this site.  The forums looked really helpful and the main site pointed me to the UK forums. Jonty

Hi guys Thought I would introduce myself on the UK forums. So my name is Jonty and i currently live in London. I have a small patio which has been taken over by my smoker :) Fell in love with the food whilst spending time working in America. I will never forget the ribs at Fat Matts Rib Shack...

Hi All Just wanted to pop a post to say hello.  I have been reading through these forums over the past few weeks and found it very helpful so decided to join to take part in discussions and get more of the advice that is around. I currently reside in London so have taken up the whole of our...