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I used the minion method for my brisket this weekend. It worked great, I must say. The coals lasted about 5 hours with consistent temps until maybe the last 30 min before I added more.
well the experiment went through without a hitch. I decided to do the 2-2-1 method as is popular here. And it works great. I was having problems keeping my smoker cool enough with a basket full of charcoal, but the temps were constant at least, so that's good! I ended up having to crack the lid...
I'm going to do an experiment this weekend. I have a slab on non-enhanced ribs. My wife told me 2 slabs was too much on top of the brisket we're making, so I am cutting the one slab in half and soaking it in a salt and brown sugar brine. not too much sugar, I hope, but a lot of rubs have brown...
You're right. Now that I think about it, the enhanced ribs may be a bit softer. I wonder if a shorter brine at home would not lead to the same softness...
I just had a revelation. My wife was telling me that she doesn't like how sometimes the smoker makes the food taste like ham... And I promised her that it was not the smoker that was doing it and that the pink color was just from the smoke. However, I came to realize that not all ribs are...
I've been wanting to try burnt ends for over a a year and a half now since I saw some from Oklahoma Joes in Kansas City on the Food Network. How did you make yours?
Thanks for the warm welcome everybody! It's funny because I saw a few issues with people not being able to maintain temps in the Char-Griller, but last night I had the main cooking chamber lid cracked open because the Char-Griller rotisserie doesn't fit perfectly even with the side knock out...
Hello Everyone!
I am new to the smoking world, but my dad has been using the same offset smoker for a good 15+ years with some amazing results over the years. I used to own a vertical water smoker. But because I got the cheapest model, it didn't have a sealed underside and the draft caused me...
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