Howdy fellow meat smokers. Been a while since I have been able to peruse the forums and smoke any meat. I have had a busy past few months. Puff is feeling lonely, so I decided it was time to take a weekend and fire up the Dragon!
I am headed to Florida near the end of the month for a family vacation and the family has elected me to "bring the meat", so tonight is a trial run of sorts. I am doing 2 Pork butts and a 10lb brisket tonight/tomorrow and having some friends swing by tomorrow afternoon to critique and offer suggestions before I feed the entire family!
My first pork butt is traditional with Jeff's rub. I know it will be good. The second butt I am trying something new; I slathered it with mustard and then dusted it with Turbinado sugar (sugar in the raw) and Zatarain's Seafood boil. The brisket I am using Tony's, turbinado sugar, onion powder, Kosher Salt and minced garlic along with some Worcestershire powder. I had never seen the Worcestershire powder before and had always just used the liquid, but my sister gave me a the powder at Christmas and I decided it was time to use it.
I did a quick perusal of the forums and saw a lot of friendly names. Looking forward to getting back into the swing of things and cooking some meat. Hopefully work and the real world cooperate and allow me the time!
PS What have I missed in the past couple of weeks??
I am headed to Florida near the end of the month for a family vacation and the family has elected me to "bring the meat", so tonight is a trial run of sorts. I am doing 2 Pork butts and a 10lb brisket tonight/tomorrow and having some friends swing by tomorrow afternoon to critique and offer suggestions before I feed the entire family!
My first pork butt is traditional with Jeff's rub. I know it will be good. The second butt I am trying something new; I slathered it with mustard and then dusted it with Turbinado sugar (sugar in the raw) and Zatarain's Seafood boil. The brisket I am using Tony's, turbinado sugar, onion powder, Kosher Salt and minced garlic along with some Worcestershire powder. I had never seen the Worcestershire powder before and had always just used the liquid, but my sister gave me a the powder at Christmas and I decided it was time to use it.
I did a quick perusal of the forums and saw a lot of friendly names. Looking forward to getting back into the swing of things and cooking some meat. Hopefully work and the real world cooperate and allow me the time!
PS What have I missed in the past couple of weeks??