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  1. colorthumb

    Sunday baby backs on the xl egg

    Guys. I have 2 racks of babys..one rubbed with Jeffs naked rub and the other meat church honey hog. The egg is running at about 230 degrees. Apple and pecan for smoke on lump. Enjoy. I'll do the 2 2 1 with these.
  2. colorthumb

    Using my xl egg for ribs today first timer, egg that is

    I piled some lump in the bottom of the clean egg, started a half a chimney of lump then dumped it it. Temp went to 300, after dialing the bottom down a bit were stable at 250 or so. Question, I layed my Igrill probe on the grill next to the slabs. The temp on the thermometer on the dome shows a...
  3. colorthumb

    Attn. Bacon experts

    I'm doing a cold smoke tomorrow. The belly has cured for 8 days. Did the salt test amd was good. Now I just wanna know what not to do.. I'm gonna try to keep Temps under 100. Approximately how long should I go for? I'm going to use Applewood pellets in the smokin tube and red oak on some coals...
  4. colorthumb

    I scored a xl big green egg today

    Off craigslist. Came with the metal nest with the folding side tables. A bge cover. A bge 2 probe thermometer. A unopened bad of bge lump. Manuals DVD Firestarters etc. Will update if I survive telling my wife. Ps. It's really heavy and awkward to carry down 2 flights of stairs and load into a...
  5. colorthumb

    Started the cure today

    I used bearcarvers bacon recipe. 1 tbs of tender quick and 1 tbs of brown sugar per lb. I got the pork belly at costco already sliced into these 6 hunks. Was 5.29 lbs total. I'm thinking that with the increased surface area maybe 9 days might be too long. We shall see. Ch
  6. colorthumb

    Candied bacon on the rectec 680

    Light brown sugar white sugar and cayenne pepper. I put about 3 tbs Ina big ziploc and tossed one piece of bacon shake and bake style. Rinse and repeat. 325 degrees for 35 minutes Ps. I love my rectec Ch
  7. colorthumb

    Tri tips on the rec tec

    My wife has a couple friends over so I went to costco and bought 2 nice tri tips. Covered in Jeffs TX steak rub. Gonna smoke at 230 till up to temp. Maybe crank it up at the end for a Lil sizzlie. I'll take more pics as I go. Ch
  8. colorthumb

    Another new guy from socal

    Guys..gals.. my names chris and I cook, garden, hotrod, general guy stuff. On the smoking meat. I've used a large big green egg for years. It's a friend's but we cook together. A couple brisket, many pork shoulders.. chicken.. beef ribs..the works. Anyway.. a friend got a traeger. I was hooked...
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