Smoked whole lamb

[Hockeydudde]

Buterflied and seasoned a 20 lb lamb.

Planning to put on the smoker at 8 am. Planning to run at 275 with Russian olive wood. Going for 3 pm eating time. Rush me luck. Open to mop and sauce recipe suggestions still.
Seasoned with salt and pepper. Everyone coming over loves lamb, so no need to try to hide the flavor.

If you had told me 5 years ago I'd be washing my hatchet and hammer in the kitchen sink, I'dve called you crazy!

 

[chilerelleno]

Hell Yeah!
I'm all snuggled up on my couch waiting to see this go down.
Here for the duration, hope the rest of this cook is well documented.

 

[DRKsmoking]

Also sitting next to John , watching the show.

David

 

[BBQ_Boris]

Watching. I’ve thought about getting one to butcher. Had some chops on Wed. I’d only had mutton an aunt roasted years ago never had lamb til I bought some chops last year, and we like it.

 

[Hockeydudde]

It was a brisk and picturesque start to the morning. 21 F start at dawn.

Set up 2 water pans in the bottom and one right under the ribs/loin trying to slow the cooking of the thinner areas. Had the meat on 15 minutes before target despite the frozen wood. Threw in a few heads and have a couple hearts and a tongue that will go on later.

Planning to flip in 3 hours. Presentation will be bones down. If it goes well, I'll just have guests pick off the carcass.

 

[Hockeydudde]

Planning to mop but not sure when to start. Never mopped anything before. Any advice?
Planning every 20 -30 minutes depending on how it looks.

 

[Hockeydudde]

Switched out the thermometer (stole one from my horizonal offset).
On the money!

 

[jcam222]

For me this on the web. I think this would be a good base for mopping lamb.Includes rosemary and oregano which to me are essential for lamb. Probably need to scale amounts up for as much as you are doing.
"In a food processor, combine 2 cups italian dressing, 3/4 cup lemon juice, about 4-6 garlic cloves and the leaves from 2 large sprigs of rosemary(about 3-4 tablespoons of leaves) when everything is chopped up, add 3/4 cup of lemon juice and a teaspoon of oregano. When it comes out of the food processor it should be pretty thick. Lemon juice will thin it a little, but then just either slather it on a roast or let it sit a rack in a bag for a while.

 

[indaswamp]

In for the finish....looking great so far!

 

[Brokenhandle]

Looking good!

Ryan

 

[Hockeydudde]

2 hours in. 128 in the legs (rear). 156 in the shoulder. I wanted the shoulder to lead, but not that much. Shifted the water pans to try to even the temp a little bit. Going to flip in 1 hour, if the temps aren't more even, I'll rotate 180 deg.

Mopped for the first time. jcam222 sounded good, but I didn't have most of them ingredients. I did.
- 1 stick butter
-2 cups ACV
-1 head garlic
-2 tsp salt
-4 tsp ground pepper
-12 fresh sage leaves
-6" rosemary sprig
Blend till smooth.

Made an herb "mop" with sage and rosemary.

 

[jcam222]

Looks like an excellent mop and love the herb mop

 

[daspyknows]

Damn, I need one of those for the 49ers Rams game. I only have a boneless leg of lamb.

 

[civilsmoker]

watching and looking for the finish!

 

[Redicans]

Wow, this is looking like a great Smoke!! Mouth is watering Already!!

 

[slavikborisov]

Buterflied and seasoned a 20 lb lamb.
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Planning to put on the smoker at 8 am. Planning to run at 275 with Russian olive wood. Going for 3 pm eating time. Rush me luck. Open to mop and sauce recipe suggestions still.
Seasoned with salt and pepper. Everyone coming over loves lamb, so no need to try to hide the flavor.

If you had told me 5 years ago I'd be washing my hatchet and hammer in the kitchen sink, I'dve called you crazy!
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That’s awesome !!

 

[adam15]

Looks awesome so far!

 

[Hockeydudde]

Company showed up so want able to continue to provide the play by play.
After I ran out of the original mop, I mopped for about 2 hours with just vinegar then didn't want to get to sour so mopped the last hour or so with peanut oil.

Pulled it because we were hungry, could have gone longer. Shoulder was solid probe tender. Ribs were splitting and falling off the bone. Leg felt a little tight, but decided to risk it. Final leg temp was 185 F.

I'll post a full assessment tomorrow, but overall it was great! Moist tender and great flavor.

Served in freshly made corn tortillas, sauce, slaw, beans and salad.

 

[civilsmoker]

Just impressive right there!!!!

It looks very tasty! Nice work! I would have been full doing taste tests!

 

[SmokinEdge]

That’s just incredible. Super nice work. I like to mop my lamb with a lemon based mop, more Greek style. It works perfectly with lamb. Your process and mop look very delicious to me and that lamb was young, that’s a big key for me. Again nice work.