Failed smokes topic

[mike5051]

Has there ever been a place to post your failures?  I really like seeing not so successful smokes as well as spectacular.  If I've been posting during a 16 hr brisket in the beef section and screw up, send folks to the  failed smoke section to see the results.  Just a thought.

Mike

 

[b-one]

That would be good,my well done Tri tip would fit right in there.

 

[mike5051]

That would be good,my well done Tri tip would fit right in there.

Exactly b-one!  

Mike

 

[SmokinAl]

I think that would be a very popular section!

Al

 

[GaryHibbert]

Great idea!!! God knows I've got a few that would definitely slide into that catagory.

Gary

 

[joe black]

That's a great idea, but I'm afraid that it would fill up rather quickly. We've all got some entries that would fit in. In fact, we could have a contest to see who was worst.

 

[crazymoon]

Always eat your mistakes though !

 

[crankybuzzard]

 
Always eat your mistakes though !

Sadly, I've had quite a few that the dog wouldn't eat...

I too would love to see this happen!  We've all done it, or will have it happen!  

 

[smokin jay]

I've had those! I just make sure it falls off the plate going from smoker to the house! Haha looks like we're going out tonight!

 

[betaboy]

LOL Smokin Jay!!

"Whoops!"

Anyway, I like the sound of this idea. I hope I wouldn't have to post any pics of my own but you never know!

 

[mowin]

Not sure who it was, but the epic smoked cheese fail a yr or so ago comes to mind..

 

[mike5051]

Not sure who it was, but the epic smoked cheese fail a yr or so ago comes to mind..

That epic cheese fail was awesome!

 

[mike5051]

This will probably never happen....Who wants to be the moderator of the failed smokes section?  

Mike

 

[sqwib]

Here's a failed Sous Vide cook "Carnitas". This was a total fail.


 

• Topped with my version of Taco Bell Hot Sauce.

 [h3]Taco Bell Hot Sauce (success but can be tweaked a bit)[/h3]

• 1/2 teaspoon garlic powder
• 16 oz, Franks red hot
• 1 (6 ounce) can tomato paste
• 1 cup water
• 1 heaping teaspoon chili powder
• 1  teaspoon cumin
• 1/2 teaspoon paprika
• 1 tablespoon minced dried onion
• 2 tablespoons canned finely chopped jalapeno slices

Place in sauce pan and stir well, simmer at a very low temperature for 15 - 20 minutes. Remove and cool.

 




 

Looks Good, Don't It?. Looks are deceiving my friend, this whole 8 pound batch went directly in the trash.

Something happened during the cook that made it inedible.



Ribs Fail, edible but dry

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• sqwib
• Sep 23, 2016

 

[johnmeyer]

That's a great idea, but I'm afraid that it would fill up rather quickly.

Me too.

 Sadly, I've had quite a few that the dog wouldn't eat...

I never throw out food, but since owning a smoker, I've had to break with that tradition. A few things I've done were no longer food.

 

[cmayna]

I just pretend I'm camping and need to eat what's in front of me.  Can you imagine how many pics we would see of all my fails?  OMG!

 

[bbqbrett]

Hmmm, food wise I can't think of too much I have done that I would consider a fail...Sure had some C minus's though. Can say once I tried doing some smoked almonds on a friends Traeger and ended up burning a lot of them. Had some friends that ate most of them and still told me they were good though. I am sure more fails will be on the way eventually..

I would say the biggest fail I had was a couple of times this summer. Had some picture perfect smoking days and I failed to take advantage of them.

 

[timstalltaletav]

Here are a couple oldy, but goodies...

http://www.smokingmeatforums.com/t/171343/smoking-fails

 

[redheelerdog]

Jeff would have to buy more server storage or another multi-terabyte hard disk to accommodate all the fails, especially mine.

That's how we learn don't we? 

 

[johnmeyer]

Hmmm, food wise I can't think of too much I have done that I would consider a fail...Sure had some C minus's though. Can say once I tried doing some smoked almonds on a friends Traeger and ended up burning a lot of them.

Same problem here on my MES. I eventually found out that hots spots in the MES 30 are a known problem. I now interchange trays during the smoke, and rotate them front to back as well.