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Third time was NOT a charm in my elusive attempts to conquer brisket. Great flavor, just too dry.
This one was operator error. I set everything up on my WSM at 4:30am and in the darkness, didn't realize I didn't have the door all the way closed on the charcoal chamber. So I went back to bed...
Had a great 4th with both the Weber Smokey Mountain and the Akorn Kamado working all day.
Pork shoulder for pulled pork street tacos with cojita cheese and a cilantro lime sauce, cheddar stuffed bbq meatballs, cream cheese bacon and suasage jalapeno poppers, and spare ribs.
Well I think I found the problem. Running the grill this morning and thinking I'm cooking at 250 and I'm really cooking at 300+. Probably cooked those beef ribs last night too hot and too fast.
First time smoking beef short ribs. Kept it pretty simple. Trimmed off the silverskin, pulled the membrane and seasoned. Cooked at 250-275 and this is what they look like. Did the butcher put one over on me and stick me with the end of the cut or something?
Late posting this but just getting caught up with work after being off 4 days. Used the Akorn Jr Kamado for smoking for the first time and had great success. Knocked out a pork shoulder in 8 hours for deliciously tender pulled pork and then some sausage/beef meatballs stuffed with vermont...
Yeah that Booker's will knock you on your butt quickly if you don't pay attention to the label. Learned that one the hard way a few months back. I did not put any bourbon in the sauce. I had a commercial sauce (Jammin Jalapeno from Buffalo Wild Wings) and a homemade honey hot sauce made with...
Had the neighborhood guys over last night for Bourbon and Wings. cooked 15 pounds of GFS Jumbo Wings with Jammin' Jalapeno sauce and a homemade Honey Hot Sauce. Turned out great!
Invited all the fellas in the neighborhood over for wings tonight. I bought several 5lb bags of frozen jumbo wings from GFS. Around 9am this morning I took them out of the freezer and opened the bags, dumped some brine solution in and put them in the fridge.
Just checked them and they still...
So I have cooked a brisket twice.
First time it wasn't great. My smoker was running way hotter than I thought it was and it cooked in 8 hours. Brisket had great flavor but was overcooked and dry.
Second time was much better. Had better control of my smoker temp and cooked for about 15 hours...
I used butcher paper for the first time the other day. Used it on a brisket. I felt the bark was harder at the end of the cook with butcher paper than with foil so I will continue using it.
I signed up to bring the meats to our family Christmas Eve party. Spent a lot of tine with my 22" WSM the 16 hours prior with a pork shoulder for pulled pork sandwiches and a packer brisket for slices and burnt ends.
Pork and burnt ends turned out great. The shoulder was done well before the...
Fired up the WSM at sunrise this morning to cook a pork shoulder.
Firing up the Akorn Kamado in a little while to duplicate these Wings that I made a few weeks ago.
What's on your grill today?
I have a pork shoulder on my WSM as we speak. Been on since 7:30am and temp is still holding at 240, haven't added any charcoal. I found this video a while back when I was struggling to keep my WSM going for longer periods of time and the method has worked well for me.
Bought an Akorn Kamado a while back because I wanted something to do smaller cooks with (I also have a 22" WSM). Smoked a meatloaf today. Turned out great. Definitely a steep learning curve to keep temps low on the Akorn compared to the WSM. But getting a little better each time.