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I have been smoking salmon or steelhead every week for over a year now.
I use a very simple brine for 1 fillet (salmon) or 2 fillets (steelhead)
4 cups water
6 table spoons salt
2 table spoons brown sugar
Brine for 1 hr
Add fresh ground pepper prior to the smoke
Smoke for 1 to 1.5 hrs...
Sorry for the delay. Had to have been my best bacon wrapped loin to date.
I smoked using cherry and added just a bit of sauce about 45min prior to pulling from the smoker. I let both loins (it was one big loin cut in half to fit in my MES) rest for about 45 min until everything was ready.
It...
Happy Easter. Have not posted in quite some time. Still smoking, mainly salmon. Here are some pork loins just out of the MES
Prior to smoke
After the smoke
Still resting. Took to 155F
I love my 22:" Weber Kettle.
If I had the patencie for it, I would try to smoke brisket and pork shoulder.
I always use it for my annual smoked turkies, rib roasts ,and use it 50% of the time for ribs.
Enjoy
Have not done a pork shoulder in quite a while.
Picked up the standard 2 pack boneless pork shoulder from Costco at $1.89/lb.
Used Riley's Seasoning (lpicked up at IL State Fair) for the rub direclty on the pork (i.e. did not use mustard or O.O.)
Smoked one of them on my MES overnight using...
Like Bamma, I pick out the most flexible brisket, then...
Watch the BBQ with Franklin vides on YouTube about smoking brisket
Those videos pretty much cover brisket smokiing from prep to finish
Here is the link
For me pork shoulders always take a long time to cook. My first one,just over 4.5 lbs, that I graphed out took 17 hrs and ended up taking about 3hrs/lb when smoked at 220F
Thanks all. It was great smoke. Still have some of the point left that I froze for later. Came out very tender, perhaps a bit too tender as it fell apart a bit during serving, still no complaints from the guests.
Yes brisket must be cooked to internal temps of 195F or more. I am a rare/medium...
Smoked a 14 3/4 lb brisket for my birthday. My typical brisket smoke, split a full Costco Prime packer and smoked overnight at 240F in my MES 30. Used pecan wood this time instead of cherry or other fruit wood. Also rubbed with Weber brand Chicago steak seasoning prior to the smoke. Per usual...