- Jul 5, 2008
- 14
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I have a Brinkman Smoker with the offset firebox. Used it a couple of times with dismal results. But I got a wild hair to make some pulled pork and thought, well...heck..I got this smoker
Got a boston butt at the local supermarket. It seemed too fatty but it was all they had left. (8 lbs). Brined it for 10 hours and put a simple rub on the outside. thought I could handle this...yeah..right
Anyway, most of the time the guage on the top set about 230-240. It did produce smoke but the 2 times I opened the cooking area, the smoke was soo acrid, it would burn the eyes. I smoked this thing for 10 hrs. When I got it out, the outside felt rubbery (like meat does before cooking). I could NEVER get the internal temp over 150. After it rested for 30 min, we tried to cut it and found it was still very fatty in the inside. My neighbor said it was great but I thought it was way too naasty to eat. I give it to him and he feed it to his dogs. Good thing hanburgers are a snap to make.
I've read a lot about smoking and it looked easy enough but I know I made a lot of mistakes. I think it was way undercooked but not sure what went soo dreadfullly wrong. ANY help would be appreciated and if there is a resource where I can read about it. then that would be good. Thanks in advance
Got a boston butt at the local supermarket. It seemed too fatty but it was all they had left. (8 lbs). Brined it for 10 hours and put a simple rub on the outside. thought I could handle this...yeah..right
Anyway, most of the time the guage on the top set about 230-240. It did produce smoke but the 2 times I opened the cooking area, the smoke was soo acrid, it would burn the eyes. I smoked this thing for 10 hrs. When I got it out, the outside felt rubbery (like meat does before cooking). I could NEVER get the internal temp over 150. After it rested for 30 min, we tried to cut it and found it was still very fatty in the inside. My neighbor said it was great but I thought it was way too naasty to eat. I give it to him and he feed it to his dogs. Good thing hanburgers are a snap to make.
I've read a lot about smoking and it looked easy enough but I know I made a lot of mistakes. I think it was way undercooked but not sure what went soo dreadfullly wrong. ANY help would be appreciated and if there is a resource where I can read about it. then that would be good. Thanks in advance