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Been smoking it with a mixture of mesquite/apple (more apple). Here it is just out at 165:
With onions and about a cup of the marinade (reserved for this):
Going to do an 8.64lbs butt tomorrow. Put it in a marinade of OJ, lime juice, sea salt, cumin, cinnamon, pepper, garlic & thyme...
And here it is in it's bath.
I can't until tomorrow...
I don't know if I'm comp ready. HOWEVER - I'll talk it over with some people and you never know. If anyone is coming to run and I don't end up entering I might be available as a volunteer. Good luck to everyone who does sign up!
I own both and I love both. The Chargriller with SFB is great during the warmer months (I live in NY) because it is tough to keep the temp up even with the mods I did. I use the MES in the winter religiously - if it's too cold i toss a blanket over it and it keeps temp fairly well. The bonus...
and the fattie ran away...
I have to give mad props to lvrgsp for the apple fattie. I tried to roll it out instead of doing a fold as suggested, and while it was good - it kind of fell apart as you can see in the pix. However, my wife loved it. Most importantly, my son loved it.
And the...
This marinade is tasty to say the least. It's oil/vinegar based with a bunch of herbs & spices. I never saw it until I moved here to Rochester.
Anyway... 3 hours in, just foiled up the chuck with some beef stock & worcestershire sauce. Pulled off the fattie a while ago and am resisting...
Picked up a chuckie yesterday. Marinated all night in Spiedie sauce. Gonna pull it for sammies. Also trying out an Apple Pie Fattie. Here's some pix of the preparation...