I'm smoking a pork butt this weekend and was gonna use jan's rub and CT on it.I was wondering if anyone has used this combo on a butt before and how it came out?
That is a great combo for butts. It has been used a bunch and everyone loves it.
ok I got some more questions.Where do you put the drip tray to catch the juices the bottom rack?And how much time should i give for a 7.5 lb butt?And do I add beer to the drip tray or add later?Thanks for the help I'm still new to this.
mez... you are really gonna like that butt with that combo...yummm
Yep that's a great combo!
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Move your Butt up to like the third rack place from the bottom
and put your drippings catch pan on the next rack place down.
Make sure it has liquids in it.
Are you using a PID?
I don't think I'm useing a PID but I don't know what that is.Still a newbie.
Make sure your catch pan is centered under the meat. If you jam it all the way against the back wall, you'll block some of the heat and it might extend your cooking time significantly..
What I'm saying is to allow some air/heat flow around the pan.
Quote from: mez on August 26, 2011, 03:48:49 PM
I don't think I'm useing a PID but I don't know what that is.Still a newbie.
Auber pid. Hooks ip to the smoker and keeps the temp at plus or minus 1' accurately. The bradley thermometer is not all that accurate. You can also program the pid to 6 different stages. Its a nice toy. Got a two probe pid recently.
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So its been in the smoker for 3 1/2 hrs and the cabinet temp wont budge much over 150 should i be concerned?
Butt was probably COLD... Leave the door SHUT till more help comes along...
Quote from: mez on August 26, 2011, 07:00:21 PM
So its been in the smoker for 3 1/2 hrs and the cabinet temp wont budge much over 150 should i be concerned?
Look and see if your element is glowing RED!
If it doesn't get up any higher and you have all the smoke you want in it, you can always finish it off inside the house so you can trouble shoot the Bradley. Make sure your connections are tight in the back of the smoke generator and tower.
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Well I finaly opened the door and the heating element isn't working.Any reason why I cant cook it in a slow cooker?And is this a common proplem with the bradley?Mine is only 5 months old and hasnt evev been used 10 times.
Quote from: mez on August 26, 2011, 07:50:12 PM
Well I finaly opened the door and the heating element isn't working.Any reason why I cant cook it in a slow cooker?And is this a common proplem with the bradley?Mine is only 5 months old and hasnt evev been used 10 times.
They did have a rash of bad elements. Sad, but true.
Take that out of the Bradley and put it in the oven at 225*
so is that a no for the slow cooker.didnt want to run the oven all night cause along with the bradley breaking down so did my a/c last night.Does anyone know Bradleys warranty?
one year from date registered.
On the slow cooker, I have not done one from a raw state, so I can't help you there.
But I wouldn't wait too long before you do something with it.
It needs to come up to a higher temp, soon.
I appreciate all the help!!I put it in the slow cooker with 2 beers and 2 cups apple juice we'll see what happens.As for the Bradley I'll trouble shoot it tomorrow when I'm not as aggravated and buzzed up. :'(
Quote from: mez on August 26, 2011, 08:37:27 PM
I appreciate all the help!!I put it in the slow cooker with 2 beers and 2 cups apple juice we'll see what happens.As for the Bradley I'll trouble shoot it tomorrow when I'm not as aggravated and buzzed up. :'(
good luck
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good luck on the bradley diag
Well good news is the butt is almost to 190 IT in the slow cooker.Bad news is my heating element is fried no continuity through it. Guess I'll call Bradley Monday and see if they will warranty it.
Good Deal.
Bradley will fix you up.
Just make sure you register your Bradley before you call.
You can do that on Bradley home page.
http://www.bradleysmoker.com/qanda.asp
Just registered it thanks for all your help.Do you know if there is an aftermarket element that is better?I'm going to add a second element to help prevent this problem in the future.
Quote from: mez on August 27, 2011, 08:55:47 AM
Just registered it thanks for all your help.Do you know if there is an aftermarket element that is better?I'm going to add a second element to help prevent this problem in the future.
Just to give you the skinny on what happened.Bradley's supplier, supplied them with some bad
elements that went into smokers that got shipped everywhere. When the defect became known
they changed suppliers of elements, but the smokers with bad elementswere already in stores.
You just happen to catch one that had the bad element. They have since fixed the element problem.
Call Bradley on Monday and they will take care of you.
As far as installing second element, All three of mine have dual elements.
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Quote from: mez on August 27, 2011, 08:55:47 AM
Just registered it thanks for all your help.Do you know if there is an aftermarket element that is better?I'm going to add a second element to help prevent this problem in the future.
Just to give you the skinny on what happened.Bradley's supplier, supplied them with some bad
elements that went into smokers that got shipped everywhere. When the defect became known
they changed suppliers of elements, but the smokers with bad elementswere already in stores.
You just happen to catch one that had the bad element. They have since fixed the element problem.
Call Bradley on Monday and they will take care of you.
As far as installing second element, All three of mine have dual elements.
About how much does it run to put an extra element in the BDS. Is it fairly simple. I was thinking about it. Seems like it would get up go temp and recover quicker.
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Quote from: mikecorn.1 on August 27, 2011, 10:09:06 AM
Quote from: classicrockgriller on August 27, 2011, 10:03:15 AM
Quote from: mez on August 27, 2011, 08:55:47 AM
Just registered it thanks for all your help.Do you know if there is an aftermarket element that is better?I'm going to add a second element to help prevent this problem in the future.
Just to give you the skinny on what happened.Bradley's supplier, supplied them with some bad
elements that went into smokers that got shipped everywhere. When the defect became known
they changed suppliers of elements, but the smokers with bad elementswere already in stores.
You just happen to catch one that had the bad element. They have since fixed the element problem.
Call Bradley on Monday and they will take care of you.
As far as installing second element, All three of mine have dual elements.
About how much does it run to put an extra element in the BDS. Is it fairly simple. I was thinking about it. Seems like it would get up go temp and recover quicker.
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Mike probably less that $25.
If you still have my # call me and I will send you some of the parts.
The hi-temp wire and connectors, you can get at Allied Kenco off 610
and Shepherd. I'll look, I may have some but I brought some up to MWSO
and not sure what is left.
I have it in a pm you sent me. At work so I'll try tomorrow. Thanks
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Well after almost 30 hrs I finally get to eat my butt.It's been an adventure but well worth the wait.It came out awesome tasty and moist.I'll post pics later if I can figure out how to get them from my phone to here.Thanks for all the help.