Smoker NOOB....

[bigpapaernest]

I have been BBQ'n for about 30 years now. I make and sell my own BBQ Sauce and Rub but come Monday PaPa is going to buy himself a Smoker for the very first time. I currently own a Char-Griller Charcoal Grill and a Weber Performer Platinum and NOW looking to add a Masterbuilt Extra Wide. I have been smoking everything in my Weber to this date and have NEVER owned any type of "propane/gas grill"...mama says they are the DEVIL! (Waterboy)

Down here in South Texas we have a food store called H.E.B. (they are a Texas food store) and they have been advertising one of my favorite meat Boston Butt Pork Roast and Pork Picnic Roasts at $1lb.

SO...after reading and reading threads...i would like to see if someone could help me.

I want to attempt to make a

Breakfast Fatty

Pulled Pork Sammies

Brown Sugar Spare Ribs

and Smoke Sausage.

is there a section/sticky/thread that shows "enternal" temps for all these? I see a lot of people using probs on their meats and since I am going to be using this smoker for the first time...i would like to keep my family from getting sick ;o)

thanks in advance gang!

BigE

 

[s2k9k]

Hi Big E, I will help where I can.

Fatties should be taken to at least 160* but could depend on what you have stuffed inside. Here is a link that should really help you with fatties:

http://www.smokingmeatforums.com/f/184/fatty-sticky

For pulled pork you should take the pork butt or shoulder to 200*-205* and it will just fall apart.

Spare ribs are one thing that isn't usually cooked to temp by cooked to time. A lot of us around here use the 3-2-1 method. That is 3 hours in the smoke, then wrap in foil with some liquid for 2 hours, then out of the foil for a finish of 1 hour. Many of us have tweaked these times a bit to our liking but it is a good starting point. Here is Jeff's explanation on the 3-2-1 method:

http://www.smoking-meat.com/july-12-2012-221-baby-back-ribs-on-big-green-egg-ceramic-cooker.html

I will leave your sausage question to the sausage guys.

 

[sound1]

Welcome to the SMF.  You have quite the wish list there. You have come to the right place for info on all of them. Using the handy dandy search tool will help you narrow down what your looking for... but be forewarned, your list will get much larger. As for getting help along the way, these are a great bunch of folks and are willing to share their knowledge.

 

[garand555]

Welcome to the SMF.  You have quite the wish list there. You have come to the right place for info on all of them. Using the handy dandy search tool will help you narrow down what your looking for... but be forewarned, your list will get much larger. As for getting help along the way, these are a great bunch of folks and are willing to share their knowledge.

LOL! Understatement! I'll try smoking almost anything and there are some people on here who would probably smoke ice and ice cream if they could!