Recent content by nkpal624

Those tacos look amazing, nice job!

I based the 160° off of some of the recipes that I found in a couple books and online but next time I will definitely take it up closer to the 200° range where I do my pork butts. I also want to try to take on some bacon in the near future.

I took my first stab at a BBQ pork belly today in my MES. It took about four hours in the smoker to reach 160° at a smoker temperature that hovered between 225° and 250°. I used a 4 pound pork belly and scored it on both sides before applying a simple pork rub. Here is the rub: -2 tbsp of...

That's some good looking pork. Nice job

That's a good looking meal. I've never even thought about putting the chimney over the side burner on my grill. Your post may have just made my next smoke a whole lot better and saved me some cleaning. Great job

Heres my update on dinner tonight. The ribs and mac & cheese were awesome. I used the 3-2-1 method of smoking which resulted in some pretty good pull from the bone and great flavor without any additional sauce needed. After I pulled the ribs out of the smoker I used the leftover juices from the...

Welcome to the forum! Looking forward to seeing some of your future cooks.

Those look like they have a nice skin on them and I am glad the meat cooked well for you for your first smoke. Next time to avoid the smokey flavor you should try using a more mild wood like pecan or apple. Hickory and mesquite woods tend to give a strong smoke flavor.

225 is a good temp to smoke the pork butt at. When it comes to wrapping, people have different opinions but my experience smoking my first pork butt a couple of weeks ago was very good and I wrapped from the internal temp of 165 to 190. I finished it off unwrapped for a short time until it hit...

After a busy week of final exams and work, I decided to relax this weekend and smoke some ribs, pork butt, and mac & cheese while watching the football games. I am smoking two racks of St. Louis ribs and the mac for dinner tonight while the six pound boneless pork butt is for a friend. Both...

I re-wrapped my pork butt the other day and let it rest for 30 minutes before pulling. the meat was still very hot and extremely loose when I pulled it so I don't think resting will hurt.

If I were having the same problem I would let it cook without foil for some extra time until the bark crisps up to where you want it. If you plan on foiling it make sure you unwrap it and let it smoke without foil at the end for the last 10 degrees or so to give it extra time to crisp back up...

What are you using for a rub and are you mopping it while smoking? I found that when I made my pork butt I did not need to mop it at all and I ended up with a nice bark and moist inside.

Inspired by your post! Next time I think I will try to make half of the batch with hot sausage and half with a maple breakfast sausage.

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