Hi all,
So I've been itching to do something this spring. Decided with a pork butt after going through a list of foods.
So on Thursday I pulled it out and injected it with a marinade of apple juice, apple cider vinger, soy sauce, worcestershire sauce and some of the rub. Then covered it lightly with the rub. Put it back in a vac-bag and in the fridge to let everything do its thing. Friday night after work is when it goes into the smoker. Count down begins. In the meantime I went and heated up my smoker and let it run for about an hour. Everything checked out good. It's ready.
Friday Night: With my auber pid unit I like cold smoking the first 2 hrs when the weather is cold enough still. Then the unit will start to ramp up to 225 over the next couple hours. I usually find the butts looking good in the morning nearing the stall point. How will it go this run? I've done butts and they hardly stalled and I've butts that sit for an hour or more doing nothing in temp. So enough of me rambling on. Here is my baby before going in the smoker.
So in the morning I had to add more pellets to my pellet maze. My actual temps were close to 250. I dropped my Auber-WS unit down some in temp. I would have known what my actual temp would reach had I looked at my notes on Rack positions vs temp settings. Simple mistakes sometimes can cost you. I got too relaxed in using my unit and not looking at my notes. Right now I'm live on the fireboard website also. Meat is looking so good. Here is a screen shot of the fireboard.
More to come!
So I've been itching to do something this spring. Decided with a pork butt after going through a list of foods.
So on Thursday I pulled it out and injected it with a marinade of apple juice, apple cider vinger, soy sauce, worcestershire sauce and some of the rub. Then covered it lightly with the rub. Put it back in a vac-bag and in the fridge to let everything do its thing. Friday night after work is when it goes into the smoker. Count down begins. In the meantime I went and heated up my smoker and let it run for about an hour. Everything checked out good. It's ready.
Friday Night: With my auber pid unit I like cold smoking the first 2 hrs when the weather is cold enough still. Then the unit will start to ramp up to 225 over the next couple hours. I usually find the butts looking good in the morning nearing the stall point. How will it go this run? I've done butts and they hardly stalled and I've butts that sit for an hour or more doing nothing in temp. So enough of me rambling on. Here is my baby before going in the smoker.
So in the morning I had to add more pellets to my pellet maze. My actual temps were close to 250. I dropped my Auber-WS unit down some in temp. I would have known what my actual temp would reach had I looked at my notes on Rack positions vs temp settings. Simple mistakes sometimes can cost you. I got too relaxed in using my unit and not looking at my notes. Right now I'm live on the fireboard website also. Meat is looking so good. Here is a screen shot of the fireboard.
More to come!
