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  1. reformedvegan

    Today's cook: jerk chicken

    Hopper and A-maze-N tube filled with a 50/50 blend of Cabela's Cherry and Peach/Pecan pellets. Tube also had some allspice berries and bay leaves added to it. Cooked at 250⁰ for about an hour and a half, then increased to 350⁰ when temp hit 120⁰ in the breast. Removed and rested when temp hit 160⁰.
  2. reformedvegan

    Today's cook: jerk chicken

    today I'll be making three whole chickens on the Pit Boss pellet cooker. They were spatchcocked and slathered with marinade last night. Skin was slit on a few places so I could get marinade under the skin. The jerk marinade consists of Green onions (scallions) Shallots Fresh garlic Fresh...
  3. reformedvegan

    Help me with my first pork butt?

    @noboundaries and others: please forgive my lack of follow-up! It was received well by my guests, one of whom is an Alabamian, and something of a BBQ connesuer. While not a BBQer himself, his wife tells me that she is dragged to a variety of BBQ spots when visiting his folks back home, because...
  4. reformedvegan

    Help me with my first pork butt?

    Thanks, @jasinil2006, @noboundaries , I figure I will check the temp with a sterile probe a couple hours before guests arrive. If it looks like it's dropped too far, I will place in oven. When I think about it, meat was sealed and placed in cooler at over 200F, so should be absolutely sterile...
  5. reformedvegan

    Help me with my first pork butt?

    I would say closer to warm butter. The probe slid in easily, but there was a very gentle, even resistance all the way through. There seemed to be a bit of springiness to the texture too, as if I were to stop pushing the probe in, the meat would want to push it back out a fraction millimeter or...
  6. reformedvegan

    Help me with my first pork butt?

    Well, it's 9:00 a.m., and it's already resting in the cooler, all spots in the butt registering between 206F and 210F. Can it hold like this until 5 p.m.?
  7. reformedvegan

    Help me with my first pork butt?

    So, it is wrapped in pan. I decided to added 1/2 cup of 50/50 apple cider vinegar/water blend to the pan. I was a dumb-dumb and stuck the temperature probe directly through the foil rather than running it along the edge of the pan and crimping the foil around it. I stuck in the probe until I...
  8. reformedvegan

    Help me with my first pork butt?

    This sounds *exactly* like what I have been missing! Thank you!
  9. reformedvegan

    Help me with my first pork butt?

    Well, since I am surely still a "fool" when it comes to pork butts, I'll go with the fool-proof option. I'm sure you are correct. I actually know quite a number of meat smoking enthusiasts around here. However, none of them participate in these forums, at least not to my knowledge, also the...
  10. reformedvegan

    Help me with my first pork butt?

    Thanks for all your advice putting the butt on the cooker at 10 or 11 tonight is exactly what I was planning, so it's good to have an expert confirm that I am on the right track. I'm now reading about wrapping vs. not wrapping the butt. I'd like to have a nice bark, but don't want to risk...
  11. reformedvegan

    Help me with my first pork butt?

    Okay, I've got the rub in and it's back in the fridge. I mis-stated my rub recipe above. Its actually 1 T. of freeze-dried onion ground in a coffee grinder, so makes maybe 2 tsp. onion powder. I also decided to add 1/2 tsp. garlic powder for good measure, so it should be: 2 T. Kosher salt 2 T...
  12. reformedvegan

    Help me with my first pork butt?

    Okay, about 4 hours is what I was figuring. When should I have this started to be sure we are ready to eat tomorrow at 5:30 pm Pacific Time? Darn, I just got back from buying HD foil, ad forgot get any cider or apple juice? Any thing else can be used for added liquid or for spraying? We have...
  13. reformedvegan

    Help me with my first pork butt?

    First time with a real long cook on a big piece of meat. I got a 9 lb. pork butt at the store yesterday. I'm planning to serve it at 5:30 p.m. tomorrow. I plan to cook this on my Pit Boss 700s. My understanding is: mustard and cover w/rub let rest in fridge for 12 hours fill pellet cooker...
    • reformedvegan
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    • first time help pellet grill pit boss pork butt rub
    • Replies: 21
    • Forum: Pork
  14. reformedvegan

    Pellet Smoker Recommendation for Family of 3 under $500

    Thumps up for another PB pellet cooker enthusiast. Yes, my 700S has two grate sections, but it is also smaller. I'm sure you could easily feed a crowd of ten or more with the Austin XL or 1000 series. I have been scolded for calling these things "grills". Okay, I get it - it's more of an outdoor...
  15. reformedvegan

    Pellet Smoker Recommendation for Family of 3 under $500

    You can bet you'd probably never use the flame broiler feature on the PB if you have a weber kettle. Yes, a bit of a gimmick, but it does provide a convenient window to check the fire pot to see if it needs to be cleaned or if you have a problem down there - without having to remove the entire...
  16. reformedvegan

    Memorial Day Tri Tips on the Pit Boss pellet cooker

    @smokin peachey , I'm no expert, but I think you have to look at the cost/benefit of this. College is expensive, and if your heard don't qualify for scholarships, you may find no return on your investment. One of my partner's big concerns (her biggest, probably) is water conservation. She heard...
  17. reformedvegan

    Pellet Smoker Recommendation for Family of 3 under $500

    I'm becoming a big fan on my Pit Boss 700S. Thats over your price point, but a smaller model should be more than adequate for you. The 700 is really bigger than I need - even for dinner parties or cookouts. These pellet cookers aren't dedicated smokers, and I prefer to do high temp grilling on...
  18. reformedvegan

    Memorial Day Tri Tips on the Pit Boss pellet cooker

    @D.W. Well, of course, there has to be another Californian on here telling me I seasoned my tri-tip wrong! LOL. Just kidding - I did my last one in a more traditional style, but wanted to do a California meets Texas sorta Memorial Day cook this time around as a nod to multiple parts of the...
  19. reformedvegan

    Memorial Day Tri Tips on the Pit Boss pellet cooker

    Folks, I want to check in and share the results of my first cook of the season. I did two untrimmed tri tips on the Pit Boss 700S. As I mentioned last summer, I am very new to this and only cooked twice on the cooker after getting it last summer. This is my third cook. One tri tip was about...
    • reformedvegan
    • Thread
    • pellet grill rubs smoke tri-tip
    • Replies: 7
    • Forum: Beef
  20. reformedvegan

    Novice need advice on first pellet smoker purchase

    @Richard Foster, this is mainly what I am wondering. I wasn't sure if the paint burn-off and discoloring would happen anyway, at some point. Correct, this is NOT in the instruction manual, and I only understood this after the customer service rep explained it to me over the phone. I will say...
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