We've had almost 100 degree days here of late, but yesterday we had a cold front move through and brought the temp into the low 60's. Figured this was my last chance to get some cheese done before summer sets in.
11 lbs cheddar, colby jack and firejack
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And after 2 hours of smoke
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All vac sealed and into the fridge to rest. Threw in 3 briskets
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Now heres where thing go afoul, instead of doing my normal routine I decieded to smoke/cook these overnight in my OBS. Checked on it before bedtime, looking fine. Woke up at 6 this morning to smoke pouring out of the well house and a very nice fire within the smoker (thankfully the well house is not burnt down) unplugged and poured 2 pitchers of water through the top vent to put the fire out. Heres the outcome.......not pretty! :o
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You can see it even melted the SG
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Not exactly sure what happened, and needless to say WTS is out of business for awhile!
C
Holly Crap WesTex! :o
Man, does that suck. Thank God it contained the fire and didn't burn the well house.
Very sorry to hear this WesTex. :'(
Mike
OUCH (http://i123.photobucket.com/albums/o290/stlthy1/th222d0c96.gif) I never do an overnite smoke.
WTS this sux. Glad to hear your well house is still intact.
nepas
Quote from: NePaSmoKer on May 10, 2009, 09:10:27 AM
OUCH (http://i123.photobucket.com/albums/o290/stlthy1/th222d0c96.gif) I never do an overnite smoke.
WTS this sux. Glad to hear your well house is still intact.
nepas
I hear ya Nepas....Won't be making that mistake again, not anytime soon at least!
C
WesTex
I'm sure you did because you have a lot of experience but was the spent pucks dumped and the bowl filled with fresh water?
When I do over nighters I always use a large tin foil roaster full of water to ensure it doesn't go dry over night.
The only thing I can think of is with the size of the brisket the grease was dripping down the back of the cabinet and possibly/somehow onto the heating element.
Sorry...
Mike
Yep waterbowl was good, kinda thinking the same thing Mike, with the grease. Oh well it sure could have been worse! I think those briskets are done! ;D
C
WTS,
sorry about the smoker, at least the well house is still standing.
kinda says something about the safety of the bradley....i mean containing the fire and all.
hate that it happened though.
Wow, glad the fire did not go any further. Sorry for the loss.
Well, at least the cheese looks good! SERIOUSLY, glad that the fire did not do any further damage.
Sorry, WTS, this truly SUCKS. I am so sorry.
Hang in there,
seemore
Wow WTS,
that is one scary picture. Glad it was in the well house & not near the house.
I have only done one overnight smoke in the OBS and could not sleep the entire night. At first it felt like "cheating" when I moved what I was making to the house oven but this just reaffirms that it's the right thing. Plus............. the house smells awesome in the morning.
I hope you will be up and running again soon!
Deb
Sorry to see that happen WTS. I do believe with 3 briskets, that is a lot of fat dripping down and think with that much of a load, a larger foil pan replacing the small water bowl would have worked better.
I have done 4 briskets at once before, but have always pulled and finished in the house oven....I don't know what possessed me to finish outside, oh well once again live and learn!
C
Sorry that happen, but as others have stated; it's fortunate it was contained to only the smoker. It looks like the fire was more intense on the right side.
I just noticed that the high temp screens, at least on the edges, are still looking in tack. I suspect the center area was crispy though. Maybe the high temp screen company will pay you the cost of a new BS for the use of picture showing how well their product holds up to the most demanding of situations.
Whoa.... just spotted this thread... and just did an overnight smoke myself, albeit only a single Butt for pulled pork. Damn, that's gonna get me real paranoid now! Perhaps an oven finish is gonna be the way forward.... but then again, how many thousands of briskets/butts/whatever have been done overnight with no problem. I think this one was down to bad luck...
...sorry to see that! But hey, you get to buy a nice shiny new one, and new gadgets are always good right. Too bad you can't buy the years of "seasoning" for the inside, you gotta do that the hard (easy?) way again!
Man, WTS, really sorry to hear about this! What a shame! I could bring up something cute like how you like to go to the extreme to get a lot of bark on your brisket - but I won't.
Holly crap!! Sorry about your smoker.
Good thing it was only the smoker.
I have done the over night thing many times and one time i did a big loud of butts when i came to the smoker it kinda smelled like i was cooking steaks on the grill i opened the door slowly and the grease was boiling on the V pan.
The drip hole was still open but grease was built up on the V pan so thick it was like just asking for trouble.
Ever sense then I have a foil roasting pan about the same size as the rack on the bottom rack half full of water that i can catch the drippings and makes clean up alot quicker.
It took about a can of oven cleaner to clean up the V pan after the close call but never again.
Wow that sucks WTS. I hope you got the cash for a new one, I would hate to be without one.
Just curious, do you use a PID and/or a Maverick?
WOW WTS! So sorry for your misfortune.
KyNola
WTS,
I guess you had it right better to be without your Bradley than without water from the pump house. Homeowners insurance might cover that and get you a new one. To get you back to smoking Briskets again.
Sorry to see what happened to your BS WTS, hope you can get sorted with a new one before too long.
WTS,
Sorry to see your smoker is all burnt up! :-[ Hopefully you can get a new one and up and going soon!
Ole
WTS,
That sucks.
I hope you get back to smoking soon.
WTS,
I got thinking about it. That must have been one HELL OF A TEABAG. That hit your smoker!!! ;D ;D ;D Everything is good except the smoker so I thought I would give you something to smile about.
Quote from: Tenpoint5 on May 12, 2009, 07:18:34 PM
WTS,
I got thinking about it. That must have been one HELL OF A TEABAG. That hit your smoker!!! ;D ;D ;D Everything is good except the smoker so I thought I would give you something to smile about.
Now its all making sense! ::) ;D
C