Sick and Tired Of BABYSITTING!

[sb marto05]

Thanks for the Kind words guys, the paint job was inspired buy a sports car but not the cobra.

and my real name is Shelby, go figure. 

 

[processhead]

That is a fine looking race-smoker. It looks like you did a nice job.

I always have thought that I would like to do a paint job on one of  my builds.

 

[bbqonice]

nice work for sure...like the rack support idea.  great color.  I gotta sand mine down tomorrow...not sure what paint job I am doing on mine.  work in progress like everyone else...lol

 

[sb marto05]

Thanks fellas,

I have to say it works great! The PID controller is just what I needed. No more checking on it every 10 minutes. I have done a pork shoulder, 25 pounds of snack sticks, 25 lbs of polish kielbasa, and everything was done to perfection. It certainly looks like a smoker now, LOL

 

[jason wilson]

GOOD LOOKING SMOKER

 

[smokinhusker]

That is an outstanding looking smoker!!!! Nice job!

 

[oldschoolbbq]

Marto, you have a nice looking smoker build going there, however you are cutting out all the fun of sitting around laughing,joking and telling tall tales out.

Sitting in front of the TV or whatever,is so boring to me... I love the hands on , you don't want the Bradley? Send her to me...I'll name her and give her a good home...

Have fun and...

 

[sb marto05]

Marto, you have a nice looking smoker build going there, however you are cutting out all the fun of sitting around laughing,joking and telling tall tales out.

Sitting in front of the TV or whatever,is so boring to me... I love the hands on , you don't want the Bradley? Send her to me...I'll name her and give her a good home...

Have fun and...

LOL, the old girl is already spoken for. I might build him a PID for it, second thought naaa he can baby sit it! The new smoker works awesome, in fact I'm thinking of building another one, the wife wants me to sell this one! I don't think so!

 

[t erwin]

Hey nice build on the fridge.

 I did mine this summer and have been enjoying it ever since .

Just did my first turkey in it last weekend and it turned out great.

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• t erwin
• Nov 18, 2012

 

[sb marto05]

Nice looking buzzard, that's one thing I haven't done yet is a turkey. How big was it and how long did it take? I did a 10 lb pork roast for pulled pork and it took about 13 hours.
 

 

[t erwin]

It was almost 14 lbs.

It took just about 7 hours.Held temp at around 250 until internal hit 168. then I pulled it and covered it for about 45 minutes

 I brined it the night before for about 13 hours.

Best turkey I ever ate.Could not believe how moist it was .

 I will be doing a couple more in two weeks.

This was my brine if your interested :

1/2 gallon orange juice

1/2 apple juice

1 gallon water

1/2cup brown sugar

 1 1/2 cups kosher salt ( the recipe called for 2 cups , I cut it back a little)

10 cloves

1/2 tsp nutmeg

I put it all in a pot except the water and simmered it down until the sugar and salt disolvedThen I added water and some ice to cool it down before I put the bird in the brine.

 Try it , I think you will like it.
 

 

[sb marto05]

Hey thanks T, I think I will give your brine a try. I'm going to do a  turkey and take it back home with us for Christmas, or maybe I'll just use my father's smoker! Either way I'm going to do one, should be awesome. When I did the pulled pork I did it at 220* that's why it took so much longer, but man it was tasty. Thanks again.

                                                                                                                                                                                                        

 

 

[chilefarmer]

I love it. I am sure it was a lot of work to build. But its something to be proud of. I can vision lots of great food coming from that smoker. Nice job. CF

 

[t erwin]

Yeh, I do my pulled pork at around 225.

But everything I have read on these forums say you should up the temps on the turkey to get the IT up a little faster.

Hope it works for you. I'm sure you know to rinse the bird off real good after you pull it from the brine. I just rubbed some olive oil and then some poultry seasoning on the bird.

Let me know how it turned out.

Good luck
 

 

[sparky30_06]

Can you post details on your Controler Please

 

[mohlrich]

Awesome paint job!!! You have inspired me to paint mine in a similar way. What kind of paint did you use? It almost looks like automobile paint with clear coat?

 

[ukchubbs]

Great build, you have done yourself proud.

This is the first build I have seen and if this is anything to go by, I can't wait to read more.

Thanks for sharing.

Neil

 

[sb marto05]

Can you post details on your Controler Please

Hi sorry I've taken so long to get back on here. This is the thread that I used to find info on my PID controller

Mine is identical, I found this very easy to follow

 

[sb marto05]

Awesome paint job!!! You have inspired me to paint mine in a similar way. What kind of paint did you use? It almost looks like automobile paint with clear coat?

Hi, no it's not automotive paint. It's an enamel from ICC Devo. I use it in my drum reconditioning business. There is no clear coat either. I put on four coats of the blue first then the white strips. It turned out pretty smooth even without a clear coat. Thanks for the compliment on the paint.