First attempt at smoking anything..

[arkrazfan]

Pork cushion, turned out alright, damn good taste but a lil dry..don't have my smoker box yet so I tried my father in laws idea..

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• arkrazfan
• Mar 10, 2013

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• arkrazfan
• Mar 10, 2013

 

[arkrazfan]

We marinated overnight with cowboy rub, salt. pepper and garlic salt, smoked it with some hickory, about 2 hours wrapped in foil and 4 hours uncovered...

 

[chef jimmyj]

Looks good. I have not tried that part of the front leg but it does have sufficient fat and connective tissue to make a nice piece of meat. 6 hours is a Fast cook for that cut. Looks like a pretty big hot fire You may find a Low and Slow smoke will give a better result...JJ

 

[arkrazfan]

Yeah the slow and low would've made a better piece of meat for sure, was having a lot of trouble getting the heat down where I wanted it, first try though, ill get better...

 

[arkrazfan]

Oh and we used the pork cushion because of the really low price...

 

[chef jimmyj]

You'll get there. The practice is half the fun. Until you get your new smoker, try a Fire half that size...JJ

 

[arkrazfan]

Will do sir, thanks for the help..

 

[sqwib]

Looks good to me!

 

[jrod62]

:drool

 

[05sprcrw]

A nice small fire that is burning good and hot will help. That was the best suggestion I got when I first started. You want a nice small fire with a good clean burning flame you want your smoke to almost be translucent, it will look like a thin blue smoke to no smoke when you have it dialed in. The best thing you can do is keep practicing with it and you will find what it takes to get the temps where you want them.