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  1. brennan

    Easter Butt!!

    165* and in the foil...crap, forgot to take a pic...oh well finished product is but a few hours away.
  2. brennan

    Howdy Y'all

    I'll reiterate, never cook by time, cook by temp, get yourself a nice probe thermometer and just let your meat sit there til IT tells YOU it's done, chances are, if your brisket was too dry, it was probably still chewy. meaning the connective tissue didn't have time to dissolve adding to the...
  3. brennan

    Which #1 will go farthest in the tourney?

    I'm gonna root for whoever wins.
  4. brennan

    Easter Butt!!

    the butt is nearing 165, then its into the foil. on a different note, here's my lil wisp o smoke having her easter treats more q-view to come!
  5. brennan

    home depot deal

    that sounds like the one I just got yesterday! Glad to hear it's a good value. I did the boiling water test and it was within an acceptable tolerance.
  6. brennan

    Ribs & Beans

    Against, always against. The grain refers to the direction the muscle fibers in the meat are pointing, similar to wood. if you cut the meat along the grain, you will be sitting there like a bunch of cows chewing their cud, cut against the grain and you will be greatly rewarded. then again, if...
  7. brennan

    Easter Butt!!

    Here's a couple shots for ya! Easter butt about an hour in...its still dark. Wide shot of the easter butt to include my new therm and the aj for spritzing and water for flare ups. By the way, PECAN SMOKE SMELLS AWESOME!!!
  8. brennan

    Easter Butt!!

    Butt of course
  9. brennan

    Easter Butt!!

    It's been a while, but I figgered I'd post here about my latest endeavor, the Easter Butt. I got a 7.5#er slathered her in mooseturd and put on my lil variation of wild willies #1derful rub (mine's spicier ). I've got the butt sitting in some pecan smoke (first time using pecan, hope it's...
  10. brennan

    what to do with 2.5# of japs

    What about chipotle? any good suggestions about that? I like the roasting idea, and freezing them isn't a bad idea either. I guess I should have elaborated on my question, I want to experiment with them, any kind of preservation method involving cooking them somehow first would be preferable...
  11. brennan

    what to do with 2.5# of japs

    so this market nearby had jalepenos on sale for $.99/2 lb. so naturally I loaded up on as many as I thought I could manage. Now I got a delimma, I want to be able to keep them fresh/useable indefinately and am not sure about good ways to do it. any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.
  12. brennan

    Why smoke beyond two hours?

    Meat actually stops taking on smoke flavor at a certain temp...160ish (Don't quote me) if you have a remote probe thermometer you can monitor the temp and quit adding wood when the meat hits the right temp. otherwise a good rule of thumb I like to use is 3 handfuls of chips or 3 large-ish...
  13. brennan

    Jalapeno on a Stick

    would this steve rice be the same guy that did the icon/symbol whatever you wanna call it for the oxnard salsa festival? If I remember correctly that is the exact picture they used for the '07 festival.
  14. brennan

    Which would you prefer??

    Granted, if the video was Alton Brown-esque, I would love to have a video to watch over and over to catch the gist of what's going on and have an instructor show me what I need to do as I do it, while controlling the speed at which he does it. sorry that could have been worded differently. I...
  15. brennan

    Hello from Alderney

    Greenhouse looks great...I suppose it's a mess if your definition of clean is sterile, then it's a pig sty...but that's neither here nor there, Fan-freakin-tastic setup you got there, Makes me wanna give that a try, It would fit my patio perfectly.
  16. brennan

    Show your dog

    whoa evil glowey eyed kitty!
  17. brennan

    Temperature control system testing this weekend

    The exterior mounted food grade silicone tubing provides good answers to most all of the issues I had brought up earlier, now the issue remains, smoke, soot, and the other sticky residue that builds up in the smoker will inevitably clog the nozzles regardless of what they are made out of and...
  18. brennan

    Show your dog

    Here's my dog...NO he isn't a German shepherd - dachshund mix, he's a welsh corgi of the Pembroke variety. Cardigans have tails. He doesn't do much except attack dust motes and snowflakes.
  19. brennan

    Temperature control system testing this weekend

    I'm not sure if it's possible, but I'm sure somewhere out there there's a food grade pipe lining that you can apply to the interior of the pipes to prevent corrosion. Otherwise there's the option of non-reactive metals like stainless (do they make piping from stainless?) I'm just a lowly...
  20. brennan

    '08 Smf Gathering Dates

    that location makes me sad. If I had the time and knowhow, I'd personally schedule one more towards the west coast. have us a smokeout on da beach or something.
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