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I'm in the process of smoking my first meat loaf and 25 minutes after beginning the smoking process I come across this post. Your Q-view had me running to the fridge to see if I had any bacon, and sure enough, there it was just looking up at me. I rushed to get it laid on top and on the bottom...
Did you purchase the Taylor thermometer (model 5911N)? I found that I had to manipulate that clip in a manner that would allow the tip to not touch the cover. Could that be why your dome temps were off?
So far so good. After nearly 9 1/2 hours, I got the butt at 205 degrees. It is now resting in the cooler along with the baby backs. Going to be some good eating tonight. I'll post some more pictures once I unwrap them.
Update: I'm currently using the smokenator for the first time. See my post with on-going Q-view HERE.
I have been able to keep the dome temperature in the 210-225 range and the grate temperature around 180 -194 degrees. I am looking for that low and slow cook and thus far the smokenator has...
Each hour, I have added a few briquettes to the smokenator after knocking off the ash with the poker. I then added a handful of apple chips (dry) on top of the coals in each of the side openings of the smokenator. I topped off the water pan with Apple Juice.
After 2 1/2 hours, the baby backs...
Okay, yesterday I did the test run with the Smokenator 1000 and got a good feel for it, so today is the first cook with it. I had coated a 4.7 lb pork butt and two racks of baby back ribs with rub and placed into ziplock bags to sit overnight. At 05:30, the grill was up and ready to go so onto...
I just got my Smokenator 1000 in the mail today. Now I have to wait all week for the weekend to arrive to give it a whirl. Could have used it yesterday, but still eating off that pulled pork so it's all good.
Thanks guys for fast response and the idea for the wood. I may do that now as well so I appreciate the tip.
I just boiled tested the probes and the grill probe was spot on at 212 but the meat probe was showing 216. Is this a temp that I should count on each time or should I check it again...
Yay! I am at the 200 mark. Feeling better now and have it in the cooler again to rest before seeing if I have Pulled Pork that I am wanting. More on that later, but for those of you that are following the Fourth of July Challenge by brother put on me, all I got to say is check these babies...
Okay, for some reason I was expecting the temp of the butt to reach 200 while in the cooler since it was pulled off at 196. That was not the case. It dropped to 180 before I panicked and removed the foiled pan from the cooler and back onto my grill. I am currently at the 5 hour point for a 4...
Okay, today was my first time using my Maverick ET-732 thermometer. I had to twist tie the transmitter to the grills' handle as I don't have a table close enough to reach...anyhow, that worked out fine. There are a couple of questions I had about the two probes though.
First, the grill...
Thanks for your post James. I have heard about testing thermometers, but didn't do that. I guess I feel that since it's brand new, it has to be accurate. Common "newbie" mistake probably. I will certainly do the boil test later today. As for the peeking too often...that's not the case...the...
Smoking on the Weber Kettle certainly has a learning curve. I'm currently smoking a 4 lb. pork butt and a rack of pork spare ribs. After 2 1/2 hours, the internal temp is 165 degrees, so I have taken it to the minion method (off the rack, wrapped it in foil and back on the rack). I am having...
I really liked the Chicago. I am a fan of Montreal Steak as well, but the Chicago is not similar at all. For instance, the Montreal has quite a bit of black pepper whereas the Chicago doesn't have any. The chicago has dehydrated red and bell peppers that really adds a nice flavor. What other...
My 2nd attempt at smoking a butt on my Weber Kettle is about to go onto the grill. I can only hope it turns out as well as your pictures show yours did. Great job and thanks for the Q-view. This site really has a wealth of information on it and I agree with you whole heartedly about "standing...
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