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    Last minute change of plans

    Hey BBQ fam. I had planned to smoke a brisket and 2 pork shoulders for a softball tournament this weekend. I unpacked, trimmed, and rubbed them all only to find out that the tournament has been cancelled. They are wrapped tightly in plastic wrap now. If I wrap them in a couple layers of foil...
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    Freezing whole smoked brisket

    A guy that my wife works with wants me to smoke him a brisket for Thanksgiving. The issue is that with my wife's travel schedule, this weekend is the best time to smoke it and deliver it to him in time. The obvious wrinkle is that Thanksgiving is still a couple weeks away. So, I'm trying to...
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    Panicking here: Did I just ruin 23 pounds of meat?

    So, per my last post, I attempted smoke a brisket and 2 pork shoulders overnight in my WSM. I fired it up using the minion method and put the meat on a little after midnight. Per the the minion method directions I read online, I brought the smoker up to 200 degrees and adjusted the bottom...
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    Night before or morning of?

    My wife surprised me with a new WSM last week and am going to be trying it out this weekend. We have some people coming over around 6:00 Saturday and want to serve food around 6:30-7:00. I have one 8.74 pound brisket and 2 pork shoulders that each weigh about 7.5 pounds. I'm planning on...
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    Turkey dilemma

    Next weekend my wife and I are hosting a "Friendsgiving" for a bunch of our friends. Last year I attempted to smoke a turkey for the first time. I wasn't able to get the temp in my smoker (a cheap vertical propane smoker from Lowes) high enough, so I ended up smoking it for a few hours and...
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