Memorial Day Weekend Items w/Q-view

[chisoxjim]

The unofficial start of summer this 3 day holiday weekend for me. Alot of relaxing on the deck with a few cold ones, and meat on the WSM.

I will start tonight by firing up the Weber kettle when I get home for some burgers.

Tomorrow morning I will get 2 whole chickens split in half split into a basic brine of kosher salt, sugar, and water. After that they will go onto the WSM around 3:00 to be ready for dinner. Lump and a little mesquite

Sunday, I am doing BB ribs again(cant get enough), both with a basic rub, membrane removed, and again smoked on the WSM(my chargriller offset has been brought up from the yard after a party a few weekends ago, and now sits covered in my garage while I learn the basics of the WSM, other than the capacity issue of the WSM it has been turning out similar product with alot less effort monitoring the temps, vents, etc.) I will use lump, and some hickory

Sides for Saturday and Sunday TBD, probably some baked beans on the WSM, and maybe some corn, and a salad.

Monday, corned beef and cabbage, still debating if I want to do the beef on the smoker, or do it the S.Side Chicago Irish way, simmered.

pics to follow.

 

[jjrokkett]

Sounds like you have it all planned out - looking forward to the qview!

 

[chisoxjim]

love to plan, need something to do at work.

I am going to the grocery storer/butcher on the way home from work, hopefully they dont throw me a curve ball.

 

[rondiaz]

Sounds great. I think tonight I am going to try to get the wife to go to the casino with me, they should be up to giving me a couple free buffets, then afterwards go to Hivee to buy the pork shoulder for Sunday. Saturday we have a date with another couple they are making meatloaf, not smoked, but I love meatloaf. Sunday pulled pork. Monday we'll see, maybe some brats on the grill, I may sleep in pretty late Monday, Sunday could be a long day. Enjoy your good eats!

 

[chisoxjim]

sounds like a good weekend as well, especially the casino...

 

[rondiaz]

Yea they just remodeled it, it is pretty nice, the beer is cold and relatively cheap, they have free bands on the weekends on the casino floor, and have full pay Pick'Em video poker which is a rare find for anything full pay in the Midwest below the $1 range.

 

[chisoxjim]

brined the chicken overnight in a low salt brin with some brown sugar in there.

About 2/3 cup kosher salt, and 1/2 cup brown sugar for just under a gallon of water.

brining ingredients and chix:




chicken this a.m. after about 12 hours in the brine.



chicken in the fridge unwrapped to let the skin dry out a little to maybe allow for some crisper skin.

After that I will rub with olive oil, and some black pepper and smoke for about 1.5 - 2.0 hours on the WSM.

more pics to follow.

 

[chisoxjim]

chicken has been on for about an hour, also a few shots of tequila, and a half dozen beers down th hatch. Beatiful Sunny Saturday here.

I threw myself a curveball, and decided I wanted to make some salad dressing, roasted/smoked 2 heads of garlic(even they have a smoke ring.), and made a roasted garlic salad dressing. Now just waiting for the chicken to finish, and it should be a good supper.

pics to follow tomorrow before I do the BB ribs.

 

[chisoxjim]

another good meal off the WSM last night. Smoked garlic salad dressing was a hit, as was the brined chicken.

Gettin started:


seasoned/brined chicken halves:


smoked garlic @ 1 hour:


Q-view chicken joining the garlic:


garlic after 1.45 hours in the WSM:


smoked garlic dressin ingredients:


finished dressing:


finished chicken:





Today I am doing BB ribs, baked beans with smoked kilbasa, some homemade mac-n-cheese, and some corn(havent decided on the prep yet).

Should be getting the smoker going, and my first drink going in about 3 hours. Should be another sunny, warm day.

slainte.

 

[rivet]

Very nice!

 

[sumosmoke]

Absolutely love the homemade stuff you're putting together, especially the smoked garlic. Plan on having company?? I'm on my way!

 

[chisoxjim]

thanks,

smoke for the day is done. Made the best BB ribs I have ever done. SMoked them for about 3 hours, temp varied but was mostly in the 240 range. After the 3 hours I took them out, and foiled them with honey, rub, and 3 tbsp apple juice & put them back on the smoker for 35 minutes. More of a tent than foil. let them rest about 15 mins, and served. Also smoked some more garlic for the corn(grilled that on the weber kettle). Also did mac-n-cheese from scratch, and some twice smoked kilbasa(store bought pre smoked) beans(added some honey, & brown sugar as well.

downloading pics right now.

 

[chisoxjim]

heres the pics:

ribs pre rub:


ribs w/ mustard slather:


ribs w/rub:


ribs and sausage on the WSM:


ribs pre wrap:


on the foil:


mac-n-cheese:


WSM & kettle:


finished ribs:


ribs sliced:




mercy...


buffet:

 

[pineywoods]

WOW looks like your having a fine weekend or at the least your eating great!!

 

[chisoxjim]

having a great weekend, great weather, and some good bbq.

tomorrow I am giving the smoker a rest, doing corned beef and cabbage on the stove top.

 

[rondiaz]

I love the smoked garlic. I have been roasting garlic for a couple or years and it is so good, but I HAVE to try smoking it.

 

[chisoxjim]

I really like it, and roasted as well.

last night I used the smoked heads of garlic to rub on the corn.

 

[isutroutbum]

Nice!! Looks great. Thanks for the pics.

BTW: Great blog!

Best,
Trout

 

[chisoxjim]

thanks,.

glad I got the 2 smokes out of the way Saturday, and yesterday, today, is windy, and gonna rain.