- Aug 27, 2008
- 5,170
- 409
Two years ago to date on Saturday, we lost a dear friend and neighbor, Luis, to an ATV accident. Last year I did my famous spares that everyone here loves, and (I think) a couple chickens. I have Fri/Sat off work from now on, so, I thought this would be a great oppurtunity to spend this day with his/my family, and share the experiences we all had with Luis, and of course a great meal to top off the day. He was a great kid...well-liked in school by staff and students alike. The majority of the school attended his funeral, and, as I recall, classes were suspended for the remainder of the day...it was a full church.
In his memory, I'm doing my first all-nighter on Friday night (04-24-09), and my first smoked Pork Shoulder Picnic. Other sides including Dutch's Wicked Beans will also be attending the memorial celebration. Getting a bit soft and teary-eyed here, I still miss him, too...anyway, here's the beginning:
Dropped it into this bin of water and popped it into the Q-fridge yesterday, submerged and chilled well:
Checked out my tattle-tale digital fridge thermeter, and the min/max temps for the past 24 hours were 30/37, so the thaw should be right on time for a rub and smoke at about 8:00-9:00 pm Friday. The fridge is outdoors and isn't appreciating the day/night temp swings. The top side was softening nicely, bottom was pretty solid, so we did a flip-side.
Weather is supposed to turn against me tonight, and through most of the weekend. 80% chance T-storms tonight, 80% chance rain/snow Friday morning, 70% chance snow Friday night, and 60% chance rain/snow Saturday. I not giving up on this one...plans are plans, and they're not getting broken this time! I have a water resistant coat and a temporary roof to go over the smokers. Mother nature's gonna have trouble running me otta the smoke!
I'll be back to post progress beginning with the dry-rub and recipe on Friday night. I may be looking for some company after that, so, maybe I'll visit with a few of you in chat 'til after the plateau?
Thanks
Eric
In his memory, I'm doing my first all-nighter on Friday night (04-24-09), and my first smoked Pork Shoulder Picnic. Other sides including Dutch's Wicked Beans will also be attending the memorial celebration. Getting a bit soft and teary-eyed here, I still miss him, too...anyway, here's the beginning:
Dropped it into this bin of water and popped it into the Q-fridge yesterday, submerged and chilled well:
Checked out my tattle-tale digital fridge thermeter, and the min/max temps for the past 24 hours were 30/37, so the thaw should be right on time for a rub and smoke at about 8:00-9:00 pm Friday. The fridge is outdoors and isn't appreciating the day/night temp swings. The top side was softening nicely, bottom was pretty solid, so we did a flip-side.
Weather is supposed to turn against me tonight, and through most of the weekend. 80% chance T-storms tonight, 80% chance rain/snow Friday morning, 70% chance snow Friday night, and 60% chance rain/snow Saturday. I not giving up on this one...plans are plans, and they're not getting broken this time! I have a water resistant coat and a temporary roof to go over the smokers. Mother nature's gonna have trouble running me otta the smoke!
I'll be back to post progress beginning with the dry-rub and recipe on Friday night. I may be looking for some company after that, so, maybe I'll visit with a few of you in chat 'til after the plateau?
Thanks
Eric