Ok, Ok, I slept a little late...rolled out about 6:30 this morning to take lil Bradley on his maiden voyage....I pulled my 4 - 8lb+ Briskets out of the fridge..seasoned those puppies up, (lil Bradley is preheating) stuff (and I do mean stuff) the four briskets in the BS...three hours later...t-stat is wide open, vent is barely cracked...I am just now up to 190*...I am starting to worry about having my supper on time!?!?
Inlaws are on the way to meet the new grandsmoker...pizza is a very real possibility..[V][xx(]
Thoughts??[V]
He who laughs last...thinks slowest.
Frank
I would start considering what toppings to order and how many you will need. You don't want you or your guests disappointed with the outcome. I would have started the night before.
Maybe next time! We have all learned this way.
Bill
<i>There is room on earth for all God's creatures....on my plate next to the mashed potatoes.</i>
I feared that...%#@*^%...I am used to cooking with a big offset smoker...this would have been a 12 hour smoke using one of those.
It's not me that I fear for .... it's lil Bradley...when they found out that I had bought a "Stainless Steel" smoker I could hear the distain in their voices only paralleled by the words:
"Can anything good come out of Nazarene?"
Dad nab it!
He who laughs last...thinks slowest.
Frank
Gee I'm sorry you did not ask yesterday... It sure would have saved ya on the pizza bill... [:(]
BTW I believe the word is Nazareth. A Nazarene is a native of Nazareth. i.e. Jesus was a Nazarene. You really are having a bad day...oh well look on the bright side... You will have plently of left overs when they get done...tomarrow~~ [:D]
Joking aside... I feel for ya! As nsxbill said: "Maybe next time! We have all learned this way." Well most do anyway.
Olds
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That's what I get for missing Church today to nurse my BS...
Thankfully...no lightning bolts ... yet...
Briskets in the oven...trying my best to salvage supper...we will see....sorta like fishing..."shoulda been here...yesterday"...sigh...[V]
He who laughs last...thinks slowest.
Frank
My deepest sympathies, Frank . . . [8D]
However, the bright side is that no one will be disdaining you on e they actually taste the product. As others have said, most of us have been a bit ambitious on our first smoke or two (or perhaps we were just trying to be too "efficient") and not allowed enough time for 30+ pounds of meat.
One suggestion, especially if you're going to routinely do large quantities of food in the BS: use a couple of bricks in the bottom of the BS and you'll get better heat recovery and quicker heat-up in general . . .
John
Newton MA
<blockquote id="quote"><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica" id="quote">quote:<hr height="1" noshade id="quote">use a couple of bricks in the bottom of the BS and you'll get better heat recovery and quicker heat-up in general . . .
<hr height="1" noshade id="quote"></blockquote id="quote"></font id="quote">I suggest if you need bricks is to pre-heat them in the oven first. [:D]
Olds
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