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  1. Motorboat40

    Smoke or deep fry the Turkey?

    Can't decide if I want to smoke or deep fry the turkey this year? Maybe a dumb idea but has anyone every smoked it for and maybe and hour or so to get the smoke flovor into it then dipped it into the deep fry to finish it off? Maybe I should try that on a chicken 1st and see how it turns out...
  2. Motorboat40

    Pork times 3

    Did spare ribs, pork butt and pork loin all at the same time. Got started late around 2pm so let the new masterbuilt 560 roll at 275 cherry and hickory wood chunks mixed in with the charcoal in the hopper. Did the ribs 3 1 .5 thats 3 hours smoke 1 hour wrapped and 30 mins unwrapped to let the...
  3. Motorboat40

    1st steaks on my new 560 gravity series

    Thick cut ribeyes seasoned with SPG. Lump charcoal anId hickory chunks in the hopper. Heat for about 10mins each side at 300 deg on the top shelf. Then cranked up the heat and seared fpr 1 min on each side. Then tented them with foil fpr about 10 or 15mins before we ate. This was a very simple...
  4. Motorboat40

    Chuck roast burnt ends

    1st cook on the new masterbuilt 560 broke it in with a simple one. 3lb chuck roast trimmed and cuded into 1 inch cubes. Seasoned with killer hogs the bbq rub kosher salt and course black pepper. Pit em on a cookie cooling rack and smoked at 275deg for 1 1/2hrs with pecan wood. Mixed 1/2cup...
  5. Motorboat40

    Pulled tha Trigger!

    Ok fellow masterbuilt gravity owners I pulled the trigger yesterday on a 560. I was going to wait until Christmas but my wife found them on clearance 189.00 at a Walmart an hour away. So I loaded up the family into the highlander and off we went a good excuse to get out the house during covid...
  6. Motorboat40

    1st pizza attempt on kettel was a fail!

    ok everyone always post their successes on here well I tried something new and failed so I'm post this in hopes that someone else won't make the same mistake I made. I used my new vortex in the center under the pizza pan. I saw another person did this but they had a pizza stone, I'm guessing...
  7. Motorboat40

    Weber connect yes or no?

    Ok so i have and inkbird 4 probe that i love, but I have had 4 probes go bad on me and its only a little over a year old now. While I can keep buying new probes, if I buy 1 more I could have bought the whole unit again. I saw the weber connect in Lowes of 129.99 and I was like it looks cool but...
  8. Motorboat40

    not a fan of ck thighs change my mind

    My wife picked up some chicken thighs for a good price. They are boneless skinless so I was thinking just keep it simple rub and sauce when they are near done . Going to use trader Joe's bbq rub with coffee grounds in it, its pretty good and picked up some dukes hickory moonshine bbq sauce from...
  9. Motorboat40

    3rd brisket 1st time on webber

    3rd Brisket I've smoked now 1st time smoking Brisket on my new toy webber masterbtouch kettle. I rubbed it with Kosmo cow cover kosher salt course black pepper and a little sprinkling of Cheyenne pepper. Also wanted the try Brisket with no wrap. I used hickory wood chunks for the smoke. Ran it...
  10. Motorboat40

    1st with my new vortex

    2 1st actually my 1st time cooking with the vortex (off brand for 20 buck but same exact thing) and 1st time using holy voodoo rub from meat church. I have to say I like this thing my lid thermometer got above 500 deg so on the grate where the wings cooked was probably around 475 give or take a...
  11. Motorboat40

    My 1st New kettle

    I have the small 14in weber I got used for 5 bucks, but this is my 1st new weber kettel! I'm excited to try all kinds of different cooking configurations on it from the slow and sear to the vortex and everything in-between. Was going to get the basic model but by the time I bought all the extras...
  12. Motorboat40

    Jepleno cheddar turkey meatloaf

    Had my wife mix up her jepleno turkey meatloaf she makes in the oven for me to smoke. Placed plastic wrap in the meatloaf dish to make it easy to remove from the pan to smoke. Put the pan in the fridge for and hour to get the loaf stiff and moved it to a cookie cooling rack to sit on in the...
  13. Motorboat40

    Pulled pork for the Grad

    Had a small Graduation party for my daughter this past weekend, smoked 2 pork butts her party. Use sweat rub of mine I picked up at lowes to give it a try. I used apple wood for the smoke and I started it off in my offset smoker for a good 3 hrs to get some of the charcoal flavor in the pork. So...
  14. Motorboat40

    My 1st tomahawk ribeye

    I've cook many a steak in my time my 1st time doing this beast. Did about 35 min on the offset with oak wood to IT of 110 then seared it on my little 14in weber kettel itbarely fit in there. SPG is all I use to season it. The wife and the dog both knawled on the bone afterwards!
  15. Motorboat40

    Is 2 butts enough?

    Having a Graduation party for my daughter this Saturday I have 2 butts thawing in the fridge a 9 1/2 lb and a 8 a 1/4 lb. About 20 people for sure coming but another 10bish I haven't got a confirmation on. My cousins 5 kids that I haven't heard from could probably a whole butt by themselves lol...
  16. Motorboat40

    Hijacked the meatloaf!

    Me: what's for dinner tonight? Wife: meatloaf Me: want me to smome it? Wife no its a prepackaged meatloaf from kroger I'll just pop it in the oven. Me: Oh already cook just got to heat it up huh? Wife: no its not cooked just already mixed up and ready to cook. Me: hold my beer! Put some Kosmos...
  17. Motorboat40

    Mexican style pulled pork carnitas

    A lot to this one but worth all the prep work. I scored the fat side of the butt to get the seasoning into the meat more. Rubbed it with salt pepper and garlic then finely chopped up a 7oz can of Chipotle peppers in adobo sauce and rubbed that into the cracks and crevasses of the butt and all...
  18. Motorboat40

    Couple of 1st's for me

    Been doing ribs for years always the same way with a KC city style rub i got off of the internet and tweaked to my liking, rub goes on the night before along with drizzling honey and Parker squeeze butter on them. I never wrapped and always sauce in the 45 mins or so at the end of the cook. So...
  19. Motorboat40

    1st spatchcock turkey need advice

    I'm going to smoke a 14lb turkey and an to spatchcock it. Shooting for a oil temperature of 300 to 325 on my offset smoker. What kind of cook time am I looking at for that I read that spatchcocking speeds up the cook time a good bit. Any advice welcome thanks! Also ill post the cook with...
  20. Motorboat40

    2 inch thick steaks Mother's Day

    I picked up a 4 pack of choice 2 inch ny strips from Costco to cook for Mothers Day. Season with sea salt and fresh ground pepper and little bit of garlic granules. Cooked them at 300 degrees in my propane master build box smoker with a wood chip mixture of the jack Daniels oak chips and some...
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