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It's telling that the other 18 page thread arguing over the right way to grill and smoke only has like 2 pictures of food because actually cooking food and enjoying it would probably take time away from posturing on the internet. I'd like to make a smoker thread for the smoking proles that enjoy buying meat, smoking it, and eating it. Take some pictures, show us what you got. Any secret tips? Personally, I got my smoker around some sales last father's day and use it p much at least once a week, usually twice. I tend to do a big thing on the weekend that'll give me leftovers all week such as briskets, pork shoulders, and turkey breasts as well as smaller stuff like wings/thighs for a nice quick dinner in the middle of the week. For p much all of the big cuts I do an overnight "dry brine" first, which is a fancy way of saying just dump some salt on it and let it chill in your fridge. I find the smoke adds a lot of flavor so a lot of my rubs are incredibly simple, salt/pepper if you really want just the meat flavor. Can add typical bbq spices like cumin/paprika/sugar for your pulled pork, turmeric basil and garlic for lamb, parsley/rosemary and such for poultry, whatever you're feeling it works well. Here are some examples of stuff I've made over the not quite year. Cow:  Brisket is amazing, I've found you can't really go wrong with a 225-250 smoke until it hits 203ish. I don't wrap em or any of the big cuts, but I do chuck them in a cooler for 1-2 hours after I pull it.  I've only done two prime rib roasts and they both turned out great but I'd say definitively the one I did longer was better. This guy I smoked for no joke like 18 hours, started the night before christmas eve at 140 and let it run till 135, was sous vide levels of moist.  Everyone knows round sucks, or does it? You can throw good cuts on a smoker and get great results but I think a big part of the magic of them is that they can turn something cheap into something fancy. Pig  Got bottom barrel 97 cents a pound surplus ham from holiday sales? Smoke it all day and for the last hour crank the heat a bit and throw on some glaze, I squeezed some oranges, mixed in honey, ginger, and a bit of starch, and that was it.   Pulled pork is probably most people's first thought when it comes to smoking and bbq, and you're not wrong. It's cheap, delicious, and basically idiot proof.  I've honestly never been a huge fan of tenderloin normally, it's one of the more expensive cuts of pig you can get but also easy to dry out. This turned out great though, I ended up slicing it and using it for sandwiches all week.  While they slowly turn, conquering the worm Seafood:  drat that's a huge fish. Whole and smoked is amazing, can easily pick up coho's when they're in season for 6-7 bucks a pound and just be treated to an amazing feast.  Hot smoked salmon is even better fresh, this one is probably MrsC's favorite. I've learned to cook two at once because one vanishes. Poultry:    Probably my favorite part of the smoker is eatin birds. Seriously good poultry is available year round, week in week out there's always some part of it on sale somewhere, and you throw it in a smoker and jesus christ it's good. My general approach is a marinade, I usually go for teriyaki-esque flavor, I'll use some soy sauce, ginger, citrus, chili oils, etc, marinade it for an hour or so, throw those on to smoke em real low to dry out a bit and start getting up to temp. While they're drying off in low heat I'll throw the marinade on the stove with some cold water and flour, whisk it up and heat it till it thickens. I'll crank the temp up to start crispin the chicken and use the repurposed marinade to glaze em, amazing every time.  Cheap turkeys are abundant in nov and dec and it's worth buying a smoker almost for them alone. A lot of people think they don't like turkey, it's too dry, it's too chewy, etc, the truth is that your family probably just sucked at cooking them but beyond that smoking one is amazing. It's almost hard to describe how good it is, tender doesn't quite do it justice. Outside of whole ones I pickup bone in breasts any time they go on sale, smoke that and you have premium sandwich meat for a week. Lamb:  Everyone knows a rack of lamb is expensive and fancy, but you can pick up leg quarters for cheaper than a lot of cuts of beef and smoking it is a fantastic way to enjoy them. Tonight? I've got the bones from a turkey boob I smoked last weekend that I'm simmering to make some soup. On the smoker I'm gonna do some thighs, p much identically to what's described above.
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Apr 17, 2021 23:00
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Righteous job on the smoking, ArbC!
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Apr 17, 2021 23:05
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pfft, wake me up when they invent a way to vape meat, grandpa
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Apr 17, 2021 23:10
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We have a submission directly from derpies themself. Posting from beyond probation. We accept all smoking efforts in this thread and will gladly welcome anyone who finds themselves asking, "where's the ring?"quote:Derpies wrote on Apr 17, 2021 14:00:
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Apr 17, 2021 23:12
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Now you are on my time. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bdMAu-AYMGo
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Apr 17, 2021 23:13
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just vape
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Apr 17, 2021 23:14
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I don't have a smoker but want these sweet sweet cuts  I'd get an electric one but the neighbours will probably complain.
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Apr 17, 2021 23:23
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I've settled on eating, and rubbin.
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Apr 17, 2021 23:35
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Just soak your food in liquid smoke OP and cook it on the stove. For fucks sake.
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Apr 17, 2021 23:42
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Chew is disgusting
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Apr 18, 2021 02:49
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I suggest smoking dick OP.
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Apr 18, 2021 03:44
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i know one of you here has tried smoking that beef jerky shredded stuff that comes in a chew container and i want to know how it went
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Apr 18, 2021 04:05
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drat do I love smoking some good food while drinking beer, then shoving it in my face. Today I smoked some queso and chicken thighs that I then pulled and turned into smokey, delicious nachos. This incredible feet of food heroism was done on a regular old weber kettle grill I picked up used for $20. Yup cheap n tasty, hot snacks for me and the boys. Hot drat do I love smokin
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Apr 18, 2021 04:22
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Smoke my pole
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Apr 18, 2021 04:32
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I am finally free. Got a pork shoulder on right now in its stall stage and the temp just dropped 30 degrees outside so time to start shovelings charcoal into my offset.
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Apr 18, 2021 05:16
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i like vaping and edibles as a smoking alternative
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Apr 18, 2021 05:41
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I was gonna make a dumb joke when I first saw the thread title, but ditched that thought the moment I saw that post. loving , OP.
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Apr 18, 2021 05:46
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Bogus Adventure posted:I was gonna make a dumb joke when I first saw the thread title, but ditched that thought the moment I saw that post. loving :5:, OP. Yeah even if its on some electric smoker I wouldnt actually care OP is great at smoking meats and could pull my pork anytime. All that looks absolutely delicious. I threw a few salmon filets on with my pork tonight for mini and ms derps dinner and those ended up good but I don't eat salmon (another striking derpies character flaw). Temperature just really plummeted though so I am trying to blast my pork through the stall phase so I'm not up until 4 am.
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I did a hot smoked salmon after curing with gin, brown sugar, thyme, salt, and citrus rind. Finished with some hot smoke and served with a saffron crema, red onions and crispy capers. Yum yum yum.
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Apr 18, 2021 06:24
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Poohs Packin posted:I did a hot smoked salmon after curing with gin, brown sugar, thyme, salt, and citrus rind. Finished with some hot smoke and served with a saffron crema, red onions and crispy capers. Yum yum yum. Not a salmon fan in anyway but I think even I would have to put a bunch of that on a cracker and give it a shot.
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10 degrees left on my pork so tired
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