Game day prep

[SmokinVOLfan]

Turned out amazing! Check the recap Smokingvol for pics.

Hell yeah man that all looks great! Nice choice on the guiness blonde btw

 

[tallbm]

Hey everyone!!

Sorry it’s been several days since I’ve updated the game day thread.. life has a busy way of getting in the middle of my plans, hahaha..

Regarding the game, couldn’t have been happier with the outcome. Honestly it was pretty close to what I expected, especially after they benched Ahkello. Looking forward to the damn Packers and can’t wait to give them a taste of our pretty close to fully healthy front seven..

On to the food!!!

Well I first off want to apologize to all for not updating pics earlier, but everything turned out Amazing!!! I wanna thank Ray and tallbm for the tips and recommendations for the cook, the lil smoker tried as hard as it could for seven hours, but still definitely needed some finishing time in the oven.

I ended up at 7 hours in the smoker at probably an av. temp of 225*, then I wrapped it after it came out in peach paper and cooked it in the oven for 4 hours at 215.

When I pulled it out of the smoker, the larger pork butt registered 177*, and the smaller one registered 174*, so I knew they needed the oven time based off Ray and Tallbm’s information.

For the last two hours I had the pork in the smoker, I had sliced and cored/seeded half the jalapeños to make the smoked jalapeño poppers. I added a couple extra to make a smoked jalapeño bbq sauce, which turned out incredible as well, not spicy, just a small heat and smoky flavor at the end, most everyone’s favorite.

The wings marinated overnight, and then half of them went in the smoker while the now stuffed jalapeño poppers were cooking. Wings were in I believe for about an hour to an hour and a half, they picked up a ton of flavor and after I fried them to finish cooking, they were amazing!

I had several sauces, a homemade hot sauce, the bbq sauces(regular and smoked jalapeño) some just plain old bay, some Asian zing, and then an old bay and honey sauce that is really delicious.

Lol I was just constantly cooking and serving the wings, so unfortunately I didn’t get a picture of them cause the 25 people were beating down my counter to get at them, similar to the smoked jalapeño poppers. But I will absolutely stand by how amazing they were and would happily give the recipe to any that ask.

All in all, everything turned out amazing, from the food, to the games(lol well except for the Ravens), to the Atmosphere. Again I wanna thank Ray an Tallbm for their knowledge and help, and....

HERE COME THE PICTURES!(well at least what I have)

Man that looks awesome! I'm glad everything turned out well and that the info we could provide helped ya out. Its good to get such a jam packed smoke in to understand what to expect on the next one hahaha.
When in dought plan everything so that it finishes about 4-5 hours early so that if it doesnt u have 4-5 hours extra time to make it happen and if it does u just wrap and hold the food for that long anways. It's the best way to avoid people waiting hours upon hours to eat hahaha.

I look forward to your next cooking post and if the weather ever clears up here I may get a smoke in too.. I'm inspired :)