Smokin in the Rain

[SouthernSmoked]

Last night I posted a "Quick Question" about brining. Thanks to all who responded. My question was answered.

I brined 13 leg qtrs (skin loosened up) and 3 breasts skinless, for 2 hrs 15 min. in refrig.

Brine Recipe (nothing exotic)
1 gal water
1 cup reg table salt - Morton's
3/4 cup brown sugar

Removed from fridge.
Patted dry. Lifted skin and rubbed a dry rub I came up with that I like, then laid skin down and coated. It's local store bought dry rub to which I added; Tony Chachere's, onion & garlic pwd, and a little cinnamon. Breasts were skinless so I rubbed some dry rub on them.
Placed everything in 2 baking pans, covered with wrap, and back into fridge for the night.

This morning at 8 (13 hrs in fridge) removed chicken, then cut 1/2 lb Andouille and 1 lb smoked sausage into bite sized pcs. Placed everything on 4 racks and put into smoker.
THIS IS THE RAIN STARTS!

Smoked everything at 275 start - 300 degrees finish for 2-1/4 hrs.

Ready for the smoker....

13 qtrs / 10 lbs. / $5.80 for the bag

Improvise when you have to!

Lunch! Chicken was oohhh so juicy and fall off the bone tender.
Nice smoke flavor (pecan chunks for the full 2-1/4 hrs).
Sausage made a great appetizer as I was removing everything from smoker, and had to go with a piece of each with lunch.

We all eat with our eyes!!!

And, as always, the weather man was wrong. After I had taken all the meat out and closed the door (so Gumbo wouldn't empty the drip pan) the SUN came out...

Hope you enjoyed pics as much as I enjoyed my rainy morning.
There is no bad time to fire up the smoker!

 

[oldsmokerdude]

Looks great! Never let a little rain or the prediction of it get in the way of a good cook. Thanks for sharing.

 

[Hawging It]

Perfection

 

[chopsaw]

Nice . Sounds like the you hit the time right .

 

[JCAP]

Looks great. I sometimes love those rainy days when I can sit out under the canopy with the smoker humming away!

 

[Odysseus]

Those leg quarters look perfect. I need to get an awning so I can smoke in the rain.

 

[martin1950]

Great looking vittles. Glad ya didn't have WIND!!!!

 

[zwiller]

I view rain as a good omen. Every time it rains when I smoke I seem to have a breakthrough or better results than typical. I am usually trying something new and it works out. Looks like it did for you too.

 

[pushok2018]

Beautiful! Nice color. Were chicken breasts juicy?

 

[SouthernSmoked]

Those leg quarters look perfect. I need to get an awning so I can smoke in the rain.

That's just a big beach umbrella, tank is in a milk crate.
Umbrella pole fits nicely into either corner of crate closest to smoker. It was big enough to keep all but the legs from
wet, kept me dry while adding wood, ect.

 

[SouthernSmoked]

Beautiful! Nice color. Were chicken breasts juicy?

I put those 3 breasts on the top rack with the pieces of sausage. I watched I.T. on those closely and removed at 160. When I stuck the therm. in plenty clear juice came flowing out the hole. Me and most of the family like the leg qtrs. but the white meat eaters in the family said they were great. They tasted a lot better than they looked. lol

 

[pushok2018]

Oh, no - don't get me wrong. The chicken breast look great! I just was wondering if they came out juicy - that's all. I used to grill/smoked chicken breast and almost always it was "hit or miss" - dry or juicy. Now I use SV circulator to cook them first and then smoke them at "not so high" temp for couple of hours and they alway juicy....

 

[SouthernSmoked]

Great looking vittles. Glad ya didn't have WIND!!!!

Thanks. I stayed close to the smoker the whole time because the umbrella was bungeed down to the tank. I wouldn't recommend this unless you plan on staying close to the rig during the entire smoking time. Too many ugly things can happen if a gust of wind blows that umbrella over taking the tank with it. I will only use this set up to keep things dry and for short smoke times (2 hrs or less). I don't trust my attention span
any longer than that. lol

Thanks to all those that responded.
Your comments are greatly appreciated.
Mike

 

[SouthernSmoked]

Oh, no - don't get me wrong. The chicken breast look great! I just was wondering if they came out juicy - that's all. I used to grill/smoked chicken breast and almost always it was "hit or miss" - dry or juicy. Now I use SV circulator to cook them first and then smoke them at "not so high" temp for couple of hours and they alway juicy....

No worries, didn't take it the wrong way at all.
That comment about "tasting better than they looked" came
from a family member and I had to agree with them. lol

 

[johnmeyer]

The only thing more inspiring than the "Qview" is the title: "Smokin' in the Rain" sounds like an absolutely fabulous title for a song which could be the theme song for this site.

 

[SouthernSmoked]

haha, Thanks John