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Good question. I trimmed these like a St. Louis style rack of ribs rather than a full slab of spareribs. This removes that cartilage area.
Here's a video in case anyone is wondering how to do that:
Killer price! We just had a WinCo open here a couple of months ago. They had choice briskets on sale for $1.68/lb, limit 2. There were 6 cashiers open that day.
I bought 12.
I can find these at WinCo pretty regularly. I also find them quite a bit at my local grocer during the holidays when they are pushing out boneless prime rib roasts and sell the bones for some added profit.
I cooked two tri tips side by side with different finishes. The first was the usual med-rare with a reverse sear. The other was schmoked like a brisket.
Both just salt and pepper.
Both smoked with oak lump charcoal with some pecan wood chunks on my custom vertical pit.
Here are the results...
Here's how I set up my MES with the 12" Tube
Yours will be different with a pellet smoker, but you still get the idea of airflow and placement and protecting it from drippage, etc. Collect information and then apply it to your personal set up.
It's just the way the sunlight is hitting the pink butcher paper through the curtains (which, oddly enough, are green).
I didn't temp them, I just kept checking by twisting the center rib until it spun freely.
Any chance you can get your hands on a few bottles and I can get you to ship me one? I'd compensate you for the cost and your time.
I'd be interested to get their feedback on whether or not it's close to what they remember.
@smokestakk out here doing God's work! I can't thank you enough for this. I just ordered 10 bottles this morning. I've actually been in this store several times (pretty much every time I visit back in Texas) and I've never seen anything like this in there.
I don't want to get too excited since...
Very nice! Last year a friend canceled a morning coffee on me. When I asked why, he said the tree service was coming to cut down his apple and cherry tree. I showed up 10 minutes later with the side boards on my pickup and a chainsaw in hand. I got all of it.
2 weeks ago I saw my neighbor two...
I've never used a pellet smoker myself, but I have put pellet smoked meat side by side with meat from my stick burner at parties, potlucks, and such and there is really no comparison. Pellet smoke just doesn't give you the same amount of flavor profile as a stick burner.
With that being said, I...
I like that you mention to "slap down" the steaks onto charcoal. Anything less than slapping down your meat on fire to get a proper sear is inadequate. Great job!
I would say that all depends on what y'all prefer. Just remember to factor in the sear and sauteing when it comes to overall doneness. For me, I just prefer a clean bite. Nobody likes taking the first bite and the whole fajita coming out with it. So I smoke to 130° IT, sear it on a raging hot...
When it comes to fajitas, I had an old friend from the oil field give me 5-S plan I use every time:
Season (SPG for me)
Smoke
Sear
Saute (with the veggies)
Serve
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