First Time Electric

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beardedgeego

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Dec 31, 2016
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Gentlemen, you have helped me get started in the meat smoking business with your wisdom over the years. I finally decided to join as I consider myself your average run of the mill forum whore. I've been in jeep forums, truck forums, football forums, and I often give those up when I get rid of a vehicle or get tired of talking nonsense and mechanicing.

Anyhow! To the point of this thread!! The first Boston Butt I ever smoked was on a brinkman electric smoker that the neighbor gave me when his element went out.....I converted it to charcoal and gave it a go. Terrible.......butt reached 200*, I ate it, but it was tough.

Fast forward, I grow up a little and decide to try it again. I used a charcoal grill, built a fire on the right half, put the butt on the left half, and went to town. Butt came out perfect, flavor was good, wife was hooked. I wasn't there yet.

Took a trip to visit family, ended up at Pecan Lodge in Deep Ellum, TX......WOW! I had to try to replicate this pulled pork. Best I ever had!

I break out the charcoal grill, smoke another butt for Memorial Day 2016 and this is where I errored! It was absolutely amazing, not quite pecan lodge, but it was unique and amazing. So I did it again on July 4 and it was just as good! (Let me say again, all I know about smoking a butt I stole from you guys!)

Fast forward to Christmas and my wife is mad, I haven't provided a butt in months. SO! She buys me a brinkman electric smoker.

An hour ago, I put on THREE, yes THREE 7-8 lb butts. We will have a crowd this evening to eat BBQ and watch the NCAA Semifinals. TOMORROW I'm smoking ribs (first time ever) for the family to go with black eyed peas and cabbage. And I will probably end up smoking on this bad boy very often, as I feel it will be much easier than using a basic single chamber grill!!

- I rubbed them with brown sugar, sat, pepper, and a general array of spices from the cabinet, placed them in the new (yes I seasoned) smoker above a bowl of apple juice, water, and vinegar. And here we go. I figure 14 hoursish will put me at 4:30 this afternoon with a couple hours of cushion incase these pretties stall.
 
Looking good! Pulled pork is hard to beat!

Go easy on the mesquite, a little goes a long way with pork.

Also, in case you arent aware, you won't get a noticeable smoke ring with the electric.
 
CB, I had absolutely no idea there wouldn't be a ring. The last couple times I've done only mesquite and smoked it for about 50% of the cook time. I will say that this thing is WAY more efficient at smoking the chips. A wad of chips on the charcoal grill would only smoke for about 30 minutes before they were burned up. The same amount lasts well over an hour on this dude!
 
CB, I had absolutely no idea there wouldn't be a ring. The last couple times I've done only mesquite and smoked it for about 50% of the cook time. I will say that this thing is WAY more efficient at smoking the chips. A wad of chips on the charcoal grill would only smoke for about 30 minutes before they were burned up. The same amount lasts well over an hour on this dude!

Electrics are good for smoking and I love mine when I don't want to babysit my stick or coal burners. You'll love what all you can do with it!

Electrics have a hard time getting a smoke ring on the meat due to not enough CO and CO2 being generated inside of the smoke chamber. The ring doesn't add anything other than eye appeal. I was just giving a heads up.
 
That pork looks perfect!  
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Mike
 
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