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The cure is what gives pork the pink/red color and the ham taste. Without cure it will just taste like regular pork (think boston butts). You can still smoke a store bought ham. Here is one of Bear's recipes:
http://www.smokingmeatforums.com/t/236101/double-smoked-ham-bear-style
3 hours per pound is more than twice the time it should have taken. Without getting into all the details here I suggest you read this thread:
http://www.smokingmeatforums.com/t/181613/lets-talk-brisket
It will answer any question you could ever have on brisket.
As for trying a turkey, you...
I have not worked with TQ before but 2.5 teaspoons for 25 pounds of meat sounds like it is way too short on TQ. A quick search of some of Morton's recipes for TQ call for 1.5 teaspoons per pound.
I don't know if it would be that simple to swap the pans out. The inside of each generation is drastically different from the others. At the end of the day the Gen2 works fine it is just not the preferred model.
Agreed!
I had the GPA but not the money! I had a scholarship to stay in Florida so I broke from the family tradition and did not go to A&M. Fortunately I went to a college that doesn't have a football team which leaves me open to still root for the Aggies.
@Chef JimmyJ is spot on. To turn a pork leg into a ham takes 3-4 weeks in the brine to cure it (using cure #1). If you are getting a fresh ham that has not been cured it will not have the traditional ham flavor. If it has been cured then you can smoke it to 145 then glaze it and take it to 160.
At 275 it should take around 20 minutes per pound. Will that big of a bird fit once spatchcocked? You might have to split it in two and cook on two grates.
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