BBQ across america - weekend of 8-10MAY2009

[tasunkawitko]

hey, fellow smokers across america ~ it's time for another gathering in our virtual back yard!

what are we smoking this weekend?

for myself, i'll be doing a smoked pork shoulder (butt portion) and some ABTs. those are planned for saturday ~ for sunday? i'm not 100% sure yet, but i might have something special planned and it is something that a few of you (especially RIVET) will be interested. will post more as the weekend develops.

i've been having excellexnt results with a standard rub, my tried-and-true pop/soy sauce/olive oil mop and finishing with RIVET'S outstanding finishing sauce, but might change it up a bit this weekend. i'll still use rivet's sauce, and will use my basic mop (haven't yet decided what pop to use this week - thinking about mountain dew), but i got a grreat idea from MIKEY a while back about using no salt and no sugar in a rub in order to discourage carmelization (actually more like carbonization!). if i can scrape the herbs and spices together, i will be giving his rub or a close variation of it a try. i also will employ MIKEY'S tactic of removing the fat cap as i have found this to result in more of our beloved mr. brown and less time cooking somethng we're not going to eat. the oil in the mop is rather modest (only a third of a cup per two cups of mop) but should result in more than enough moisture protection should it be needed without making use of a big blanket of fat.

as for the ABTs, i've been having excellent results with a very simple cream cheese mixture: simply a modeest amount of lawry's seasoned salt and worcestershire sauce stirred in. the flavors have been great, especially wrapped in bacon, but this week i might try something different with the filling and with the outside. not sure yet what to do with the filling, but instead of bacon, i am thinking about enclosing the japs in sausage. i know this has been done, so it really isn't a new concept, but it will be new to me.

how about the rest of you? be sure to let us know, exchange some ideas and post results. the BBQ across america for this weekend begins tomorrow, but we might as well crack open a few beverages of choice and shoot the bull about what we're going to do!

looking forward to replies.....

 

[rons]

I gotta budget now since I'm out of work so no coal or wood for me, but I will try and 'smoke vicariously' though you guys so make some good stuff for me to drool at LOL ;-)

 

[bigsteve]

Hey Ron, if you still have some gas in your grill, this link will show you how to smoke on it. I did this with great success before I bought a smoker:

http://www.amazingribs.com/tips_and_...ill_setup.html

Mamma wants Country style ribs on Mothers' day. So that's Sundays project.

I have a Smokenator on the way for my Weber. Don't know if it will make it by Saturday though. If it does, I will probably do a Chuckie with it on Saturday. I'll probably do the Chuckie even if it doesn't come in time, I'll just use the Brinkman.

 

[bigbaldbbq]

I will be putting some butts on tonight for tomorrow. I gott feed the guys working on my smoker with me.

 

[rons]

Hey Steve, I had run outa gas a week ago too, figured eh!

Hey pork butts, classic winner on the smoker it seems :)

 

[papoo]

Will be smoking 3 racks of pork spares. Trimmed down much of the rib tip, but not enough to classify it as a St. Louis cut.

A buddy is also bringing a fattie over for me to smoke.

All done on my trusty little brinkmann square vertical, to feed the guests at my housewarming..

 

[pineywoods]

The moderator staff of SMF has requested that instead of all these smokes being lumped into one thread that people create their own threads in the proper sections. This way when people are trying to find information on something they can go to the proper section and find all these great smokes and maybe get some info.