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My mom got my dad a winemaking kit for his birthday. He's a tinkerer extraordinaire and it's a sure bet that he's going to get into this big time. He's always talked about it and now he's got the weapons to do it with. To top it off, he's a retired botanist/researcher for the University of...
Yuengling has been my favorite for about 3 years now. Drinking Yuengling and eating raw oysters (with saltines and Crystal hot sauce of course) around a campfire is one of the best meals for me outside of pulled pork.
Oh, and a little Ezra Brooks 90 proof bourbon to go down with it. Nothing...
Thanks Debi! Sure wish there was a way to send a bottle of beer in the mail, 'cause I'd sure send you one if I could.
Thanks for the explanation and advice!
Awesome post my friend!
Note to those that are bandwidth challenged - this thing is about 120M in size... which is a solid couple of minutes of downloading time. Have patience - it's a very interesting read!
Fatty meatballs... now THAT'S the kind of thinking I like! Just when ya thought that fatties had been done seven ways to Sunday, along comes minn.bill and cracks the topic wide open! Rep points to the inventor of my next fatty & pasta meal!
SAAA-LUTE MINN.BILL!!!
Got a question for all the homebrew folks out there!
We had my sister-in-law's couples shower at our house a few weeks ago, and left over in our fridge waaaay in the back was one last Weihenstephaner Hefeweissbier. Found it in the fridge totally on accident - must've been my lucky day cause I...
The "too much smoke and not enough flavor" comment makes me think you might have a TBS issue. Make sure your logs are burning hot and clean and not rolling smoke out of the side box. If you're getting heavy white smoke, you're going to get a not so good flavor (cresote). You might be using...
Also remember the only stupid questions are the ones you don't ask
I usually count on the butt cooking down to about 30-40% of it's raw weight - so a 7lb butt should cook down to about 4lbs of meat (minus bone), and I count on about 1/4 a pound of that per person (I usually do sammies). So...
The scouts attach fins to an empty 2 liter soda bottle, fill it about 1/2 way full of water, slam it down on the business end of a PVC launch tube that's got a little release mechanism on there... hook it up to the air compressor and put about 80psi in it... they pull the cord to release it, and...
Wow... and I was stuck out at Camp Brorein in Odessa with fifty screaming Cub Scouts eating campfire hot dogs on a stick. At least I got to help them shoot a whole bunch of water rockets - awesome weather for it. I'll definitely be coming out to the next one!
I'll tell you exactly what this site has taught me - HUMILITY. I'm a consultant, so I'm paid to be an "expert" on stuff in like 30 minutes... so when I started smoking I thought I had this whole thing wrapped up in 2 or 3 weekends.
BOY WAS I WRONG.
There's folks on here that have forgotten...
My first Boston Butt was done pre-SMF, and I did the exact same thing. Couldn't figure out why it was such a pain in the rear to pull after taking the temp up to 175. Did another one the following weekend that I took up to 205 and the difference was night and day. COMPLETELY different...
It'll be done & definitely edible as sliced pork at that temp, but pulling it will take an act of the pork gawds. It's gotta be 200+ for it to pull apart properly.
Oh, also... totally forgot to post this earlier. Mine stopped whistling, and how I have a hell of a time finding my right temp setting. Maybe they do that after they're broke in a bit. Mine's about 4 months old and have probably done 15-20 smokes with it.
Also, I'd highly recommend getting a...