Tri-Tips in my Barrel-Q and Cajun Microwaves

[walle]

Good afternoon,
Below are some of the cooking contraptions I've built over the years that I use on a regular basis that I wanted to share.

Haven't seen or heard much discussion on Tri-Tips, which are one of my favs, so I'm posting a picture of my home grown barrel-q at our company BBQ.

Tri-Tips in Barrel-Q just ready to come out


Slice'en em up.


The other cookers in the backgroud are Cajun Microwaves - another type of cooker those of you in the South should be familiar with - that I haven't see a lot of either. They are basically dutch oven's on steroids! (hoping the OTBS folks take a close look at the Barrel on the Right! ;o) ) One if the biggest challenges I had to overcome was getting smoke into an almost airtight cooking area (heat radiates down from the top) - did that by building an external smoke box that is piped directly into the cooker....wish I had a pict of it to share now.



Here is a look at the inside of a Cajun Microwave with some Cornelle Chicken being turned.
CM's are great contraptions. If you haven't tried them - you should!


Anyway, hope you all enjoy.
Good BBQ is created out of passion - how you do it and what you use is optional!
Tracey

 

[richoso1]

talk about pushing the envelope... you're so far out youi're on your way back. Thanks for sharing your creativity. It's all good my friend.

 

[walle]

Thanks, Richoso1!

I had one heck of a time figuring out how to post pictures, then I finally did, and got like ZERO hits!!! ;o)

I was thinking... is this whole SMF really worth it.
Appreciate your comments, I will keep trying.
Tracey

 

[cajunsmoke13]

Nice looking cajun microwaves...Never used one, but quite a few of my friends do. Tri-Tip looks great. Sometimes you just have to be patient for the posts/responses. Sometimes you get a lot, sometimes few.

 

[irishteabear]

Nice! That Cajun Microwave is interesting.

 

[mballi3011]

Man I like those smokers. You have came up with just abut one for everything. Those tri-tips are really hard to find here on the east coast I hear that it waste a couple of other more liked pieces of meat to make the tri-tip.

 

[walle]

Thanks for humoring my first post!!

Re: the Tri-Tip cut, I don't know if wastes more cuts or not. If it does, it's worth it! Definetly a marinade required cut of meat. If you're interested, I can share what I use.

Re: the Cajun Microwaves - my first reaction was much like that of a bumble bee flying - just physically, it should not be possible... but I'm tell you, the result is a very juicy product with a nice "bark" as you a say in the buz, much like that of rotissierie (I'm not a speller..). My first ever experience was litterally watching some friends cook a half of a small pig ~ 60 lbs, in an angle iron frame lined with plywood, then road signs. The lid is definely the key. Then I figured out how to get and maintain smoke in it, and it is a bomb!

Thanks,
Tracey

 

[oregonsmoker]

It's always cool to see the different types of equipment people use. That chicken looks great! Also Tri Tips are my favorite thing to smoke. My usual is one Tri Tip and one rack of BB's. Thanks for the pics!!

 

[pineywoods]

The reason your thread took awhile to get any comments is that it was hung up in the spam filter and had to be approved for it to actually show up on the board. Its one of those things that sometimes happens can't really explain it because I haven't exactly figured it out

You will find the members here like seeing the different types of smokers and will sure comment on them

 

[eman]

Glad to see that someone else has found out how great the microwave is . Can do a whole 120 lb pig just right in less than 8 hrs.
If ya build a rack for the top ya can grill on top while cooking in the CM.

 

[walle]

Eman,
I see you are a true blue CM'er... I hesitate to use the real name in mixed company...
I did have a grate on the top of my using a piece of all-thread, then modified my lid and just never added it back. I live very close to Olatha, Colorado which is well known in these parts for thier Olatha Sweet sweet corn. Nothing better than a butt in the CM, and an ear on top grilling.

Tracey

 

[beer-b-q]

They used one of these on a Bobby Flay Throwdown a while back, isn't this the same thing?



In it they wrapped the pig in Banana leaves and cooked it... Supposedly it worked great...

 

[eman]

same concept but that looks like the fire box is galvanize. the ones we built were all stainless w/ 2" high temp insulation and cedar or cypress on the outside . wheel barrow handles and wheels.
Drain in bottom so ya can rinse it out. mine has thermo couple But the new ones i saw have digital temp and meat probe.