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good to know guys thanx again,
it is a smaller cut of meat boneless boston shoulder (butt) from fred meyer weighing in right at 9lbs so should be a fun filled day of christmas lights and smoke!
the weathr could be a deterrent on the x-mas lights but not even thinking of letting it spoil the...
hey gang,
I noticed that you should leave a run on for roughly 12 hours ( based upon the pork sticky on this forum)
but i was curious if you could leave it on longer?
i don't see any immediate problems with it being on longer but thought i would ask since this is my first butt.
going duck...
Eric,
Thanks for the great help. I'm finding that my smoker isn't as bad as i first thought but still would like to have a unit that is better built (besides the smoke vaults look cooler )
with my pork butt i'm planning on doing this weekend i'll try the tips with heating it up then backing...
Hey guys
last night I did another batch of smoked duck but the wind just made it the most miserable experience in the world...
besides it being below freezing the wind was strong enough to blow out my smoker-
was curious if you guys have devised ways of blocking the wind besides stacking...
Well the smoke turned out much better this time around since i didn't have a 300 degree smoker torching the duck breast the whole time and even though i didn't notice the same amount of smoke coming out of the smoker itself the smoke flaver is MUCH more intense than it has been the previous...
Good!
right now i'm feeding it Mesquite smaller chips-
how will this change based upon what i'm feeding it? different woods should yield different smoke? or different texture (chunks vs chips vs sawdust) will yield different smoke?
anybody got a little spreadsheet or somthing to look at...
Now that I have figured out the temp problem with my smoker it is not SMOKING (big plumes of white) like it is now-(very faint hard to tell if it is doing anything smoke)
which is better? is it now doing what it is supposed to?
thanks,
Alex
i've read the same thing wit birds that the higher the temp the better.
however my wild game duck breasts which are rather small with VERY VERY VERY low fat content kept turning out like potatoe chips!
hopefully they will become much better now..
infact have my newest batch in the smoker now!
You guys were right in suggesting to check the thermometer on the outside of the smoker it is of by almost 100 degrees!!!!!!!
that means all the duck that I have been doing at a steady 200 degrees over the last year was actually getting done closer to 275 or 300!!!!
what a joke
This is the recipe I first started with and wth the help of some guys on another forum, I found that making the brine listed above for acidic with either pineapple or orange juice helped.
i didn't notice just using the bacon grease vs wraping in bacon so maybe I'll ha to try that this next time...
Hey guys,
new to this forum but thought i might get more help on my duck breasts here than anywhere else!
alright so i have my basic brine down and have found that the more citrusy/acidic the brine the better penetration into the meat i get hence better flavor.
however the smoking process has...
cool guys thanks for the help!
yeah the door is pretty serious concern as just as much if not more smoke comes out of it as the chimney on the top.
with my continued reading I am really noticing the things that this smoker does not come equipped with.
it does not have any kind of dampers...
Hello all,
brand new to this forum and thought i would dive right in with the questions.
last year i bought a brinkman gas smoker from Home Depot and have done more than a few things with it but have noticed some potential problems i was hoping to get some insight on how to fix..
1. poor seal...
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