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Smoking Techniques => Hot Smoking and Barbecuing => Topic started by: oklahomaotter on February 26, 2006, 11:48:26 AM

Title: First Time-Fire Up!
Post by: oklahomaotter on February 26, 2006, 11:48:26 AM
After what seems like months of research and the sale of my trailer mounted smoker,I am going total electric with my new Bradley this morning!Put a 10# brisket on about 6a.m. and cannot hardly wait!I feel like a kid waiting for Christmas morning.I'll post the results after while if I am not too full!![8D]
Title: Re: First Time-Fire Up!
Post by: owrstrich on February 26, 2006, 12:02:12 PM
otter said trailer mounted smoker...

gotta be from texas... almost texas anyway... you wont win any my smokers bigger than your smoker contest with the bradley... but you will smoke up some dang fine beast with it...

low and slow there almost tex... low and slow...

keep us informed... you gotta eat...

owrstrich

Title: Re: First Time-Fire Up!
Post by: SMOKEHOUSE ROB on February 26, 2006, 01:24:40 PM
oklahomaotter welcome to the forum [:)] you might be eating that brisket at 10 pm, keep us posted,
Title: Re: First Time-Fire Up!
Post by: oklahomaotter on February 26, 2006, 01:47:41 PM
AAhhhh! It smells gooood!! Wanna look bad but haven't yet!
Title: Re: First Time-Fire Up!
Post by: Oldman on February 26, 2006, 07:06:16 PM
oklahomaotter welcome to the forum~~!

Olds
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Title: Re: First Time-Fire Up!
Post by: oklahomaotter on February 26, 2006, 08:05:33 PM
Well,time for the verdict:Although I am no BBQ Virgin,I am when it comes to the Electric.I cooked this brisket with Rudy's Dry Rub(www.rudys.com) and cooked it at 210-225 for 6 hours and then wrapprd it loosely in foil and cooked for another two hours at the same temperature.The brisket does not have the same smoke ring I am used to,but IT TURNED OUT GREAT!!!I can see another 10 or 15 lbs added easily!The only regret I have is I waited too long to buy this cooker.I am very proud to own this smoker and also to be a member of this forum.There is ton of information available at your finger tips,IT IS SO COOL!!!
Title: Re: First Time-Fire Up!
Post by: Arcs_n_Sparks on February 26, 2006, 09:36:20 PM
Oklahomaotter,

Welcome to the forum. Tons of great stuff here and advice...

Arcs_n_Sparks
Title: Re: First Time-Fire Up!
Post by: Smokin Joe on March 30, 2006, 01:04:11 PM
It took me some getting used to as well Oklahomaotter...I was a traditional offset smoker user prior to getting my Bradley, so when I did my first few items and saw that the beautiful pink smoke ring was missing, I wondered if I was missing something or doing it wrong.

But as always, the flavors were dead on, and everything cooked to perfection.  So after a little research I learned that the smoke ring is due to the chemistry of the charcoal as it burns, but it does nothing to enhance or change the flavor of the final product.  As well, many contests tell their judges to not consider the smoke ring in the scoring...

Enjoy your smoker and welcome!


Joe Johnson
Founding Partner
Caroline's Rub - Dry Rubs, Smoked Salt, and Texas Chili Seasoning (http://www.carolinesrub.com)


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Title: Re: First Time-Fire Up!
Post by: iceman on March 30, 2006, 02:05:11 PM
Right on the money Joe. Judges are not using the smoke ring for points up here either. There are very few folks using the offset smokers anymore for the contests. The wood cost to much to ship up here to do it. I still have mine and like to use it for summer picnics though.<blockquote id="quote"><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica" id="quote">quote:<hr height="1" noshade id="quote"><i>Originally posted by Smokin Joe</i>
<br />It took me some getting used to as well Oklahomaotter...I was a traditional offset smoker user prior to getting my Bradley, so when I did my first few items and saw that the beautiful pink smoke ring was missing, I wondered if I was missing something or doing it wrong.

But as always, the flavors were dead on, and everything cooked to perfection.  So after a little research I learned that the smoke ring is due to the chemistry of the charcoal as it burns, but it does nothing to enhance or change the flavor of the final product.  As well, many contests tell their judges to not consider the smoke ring in the scoring...

Enjoy your smoker and welcome!


Joe Johnson
Founding Partner
Caroline's Rub - Dry Rubs, Smoked Salt, and Texas Chili Seasoning (http://www.carolinesrub.com)


(http://www.carolinesrub.com/images/carolines_texas_logo_transp.gif) (http://www.carolinesrub.com)

<b>Readers of this forum receive a 10% discount on any purchase from Caroline's</b>.  Just be sure to enter discount code <b>CUIFORUM106</b> when you enter your shipping information at checkout.
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Title: Re: First Time-Fire Up!
Post by: Oldman on March 30, 2006, 05:22:47 PM
Smokin Joe,
I see you are a member and I take it you own or manage Caroline's Rub. If a couple of members use your products and recieve excellent service and post that they did I will be glad to add you to our Approved Vendor's list on our recipe site. [^]

EDIT: Your site has pop-ups and both of my pop-up blockers kicked in. I'm sure the information from them is important to you to get out. However, pop-ups can be hacked and that is why more an more programs are blocking them. In my case the two are Win XP and Ad-Aware SE Plus.

Olds
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Title: Re: First Time-Fire Up!
Post by: Smokin Joe on March 30, 2006, 05:54:10 PM
Very much appreciated Oldman...I would love to see Caroline's on your vendors page.  Much like Chez Bubba, it is more important to us to have a long term customer than a quick one time sale, so we work really hard to see that our customers are happy and satisfied.  

I hope my signature hasn't offended or been seen as an attempt to spam or draw attention away from the purpose of this board or my actual intent for being here, which is to share some great information, a few laughs, and learn a lot from the fine folks in this forum.

Thanks again, and I'll tell you what...drop me an email with the names of 3 members you think would be good judges of the product (and who wouldn't mind participating), along with their mailing information and I will see that they get some samples for testing.

BTW, the pop up is simply a box offering signup for our newsletter.  It is not external to another site or for sales...


Joe Johnson
Founding Partner
Caroline's Rub - Dry Rubs, Smoked Salt, and Texas Chili Seasoning (http://www.carolinesrub.com)


(http://www.carolinesrub.com/images/carolines_texas_logo_transp.gif) (http://www.carolinesrub.com)

<b>Readers of this forum receive a 10% discount on any purchase from Caroline's</b>.  Just be sure to enter discount code <b>CUIFORUM106</b> when you enter your shipping information at checkout.
Title: Re: First Time-Fire Up!
Post by: Chez Bubba on March 30, 2006, 11:06:15 PM
<blockquote id="quote"><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica" id="quote">quote:<hr height="1" noshade id="quote"><i>Originally posted by Smokin Joe</i>
<br />I hope my signature hasn't offended or been seen as an attempt to spam or draw attention away from the purpose of this board or my actual intent for being here, which is to share some great information, a few laughs, and learn a lot from the fine folks in this forum.<hr height="1" noshade id="quote"></blockquote id="quote"></font id="quote">
Joe,

With an attitude like that, you'd have to have a porn link in your sig for me to object![8D] That pretty much surmises the reason 99% of us are here.

Glad you're better & back,

Kirk

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Ya think next time I check into a hotel & they ask "Smoking or Non?" they would mind?
Title: Re: First Time-Fire Up!
Post by: IKnowWood on March 31, 2006, 12:00:04 AM
smokingJoe, Also on the Mac Platform, with Safari Browser, the built in pop-up blocker easily ignored them for me.  I never knew they existed till olds mentioned something about them.

WELCOME oklahomaotter
Title: Re: First Time-Fire Up!
Post by: Oldman on March 31, 2006, 12:10:46 AM
<blockquote id="quote"><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica" id="quote">quote:<hr height="1" noshade id="quote">I hope my signature hasn't offended or been seen as an attempt to spam or draw attention away from the purpose of this board or my actual intent for being here<hr height="1" noshade id="quote"></blockquote id="quote"></font id="quote">Nope not in my option.  Nice looking and you have "tag" knowledge to make it work as a link. Many folks don't understand how to nestle tags.  Nice job....

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Title: Re: First Time-Fire Up!
Post by: jaeger on March 31, 2006, 02:33:29 AM
Smokin Joe,
Welcome to the forum!
 The first thing I noticed on your site was the smoked salt.
If you send out samples to anybody I would like to suggest that you include a sample of the smoked salt. That was a hot topic here for awhile. A lot of members were trying to perfect it.

http://www.carolinesrub.com/smoked_salt.asp





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Title: Re: First Time-Fire Up!
Post by: Smokin Joe on April 07, 2006, 08:00:50 AM
Not a problem sending out some smoked salt...Once I get those names, I will see that we send out a variety pack to each which includes a bit of everything.  ;D

Title: Re: First Time-Fire Up!
Post by: manxman on April 07, 2006, 08:29:32 AM
QuoteOnce I get those names,

May be worth emailing him directly SmokinJoe, Olds has been a busy busy man recently and he may just have missed your kind offer? ;)