Hi all
Just bought my 1st smoker ... Bradley Digital Smoker 4-rack on Friday. Did Ribs, pork Butt, and brisket this weekend. I have a lot to learn and a lot to read on this forum. They all came out ok, my kids ate it so it was that bad. Biggest problem was in timing of how much smoke and how long to keep in smoker. I also bought too small of a brisket and pork butt. Trip to SAMS or COSCO is in my future.
Going to the rot rally in Austin, in June ... Plan to cook up some good Pork Butt down there.
Welcome to the forum.
Essentially, 4 hours is enough smoke for any project in the BS. Some use less.
You should continue to cook after the smoke portion until the internal meat temp is appropriate for what you are cooking.
Welcome vtx...and I follow the same philosophy as Wild...4 hours of smoke or less is good! Uh...what's a rot rally?
W E L C O M E to the forum vtx1300r
The hardest part with this is not getting in a hurry. with a big load (say 4 pork butts) it can take 20+ hours to complete. You are not cooking the meat to "doneness" you are cooking it to "tenderness" which is a different destination altogether.
I take pork butts to 190 degrees internal temperature, then FTC (wrap in Foil, and old Towel, and put in a (no ice) Cooler) for up to 4 hours. This allows you to keep it warm until you want to serve it.
Quote from: La Quinta on May 18, 2008, 05:34:08 PM
Welcome vtx...and I follow the same philosophy as Wild...4 hours of smoke or less is good! Uh...what's a rot rally?
www.rotrally.com
Republic Of Texas motorcycle rally! Just a bunch of old bikers .....
Quote from: FLBentRider on May 18, 2008, 05:57:52 PM
W E L C O M E to the forum vtx1300r
The hardest part with this is not getting in a hurry. with a big load (say 4 pork butts) it can take 20+ hours to complete. You are not cooking the meat to "doneness" you are cooking it to "tenderness" which is a different destination altogether.
I take pork butts to 190 degrees internal temperature, then FTC (wrap in Foil, and old Towel, and put in a (no ice) Cooler) for up to 4 hours. This allows you to keep it warm until you want to serve it.
FLB
"You are not cooking the meat to "doneness" you are cooking it to "tenderness" which is a different destination altogether." .... Good advise.
Also what is the best method to measure the temperature of the meat? Digital?
Kool...some of my best friends in life are bikers!! :)
Welcome VTX!
If you haven't already done so, you might want to invest in a Maverick ET-73 remote thermometer. They are pretty inexpensive but are a great tool that a lot here use. You can use this to monitor the temp of your smoker as well as your meat. You can contact Bryan at www.yardandpool.com. He can hook you up with one. He's a forum member and all-around good guy and he'll treat you right.
SD
VTX welcome to the site. There are many pros on this site which I have learned a lot from. R u in TX? Ive been thinking of goin to the ROT as well....a bunch of us are riding to Ruidossa for the opening weekend of the races.
SmokingDuck has it covered with the ET-73, That is what most of us use. With the digital probes, be carefull when you wash it not to get any water on the area where the wire enters the probe. This will cause you to have to buy a new probe.
Welcome to the forum.
Thanks all or is that You All here in Texas. But I was raise in new Jersey ... do not hold that against me.
ROT is one hell of a good time so if you get a chance try and get there.
Actually, I believe it is Y'all there in Texas....if you were in Pittsburgh, it would be yins guys and if you were in NJ, I think it would just be Yo.
I think you should get to know another member on this board.....her screen name is La Quinta and she is originally a Jersey girl. But, whatever you do, don't say anything about smoked cheese to her. She now lives in a place that is hot enough to make the devil sigh.
Hey...vtx...don't mind him...I grew up in Florida with a NJ attitude...I had a big brother so I didn't get my butt kicked on a regular basis!!! :) So...you being a TX transplant is all good for me!! Live in the great state of California now...the land of Gizmos and Consigs and Arcs and O's and WCKS and even weirder people then that!!!
Well, we are loosing a Californian to South east Texas. My son got a job in Houston and will be leaving in a few months.
Quote from: Smoking Duck on May 19, 2008, 08:23:20 PM
Actually, I believe it is Y'all there in Texas....if you were in Pittsburgh, it would be yins guys and if you were in NJ, I think it would just be Yo.
I think you should get to know another member on this board.....her screen name is La Quinta and she is originally a Jersey girl. But, whatever you do, don't say anything about smoked cheese to her. She now lives in a place that is hot enough to make the devil sigh.
jersey ... what exit?
Quote from: Gizmo on May 19, 2008, 09:43:02 PM
Well, we are loosing a Californian to South east Texas. My son got a job in Houston and will be leaving in a few months.
Houston ... Hot ... humid ... did I say HUMID
vtx...honestly don't know what exit...but I get the message...we had a home in Rumson and Spring Lake...best friends were in Belmar...don't know where you're from but I've been back many times and I love it!! :) Mom is from Newark...Dad from Philly...StepDad from Newark...
As far as TX...Mom was a stockbroker and lived in Rice (near Houston)...what a great town!! She's back in FL now but...we had fun in TX!!
Gotta love Texas...Oh yea, thats where I live ;D I agree with vtx Houston is, Hot, Humid, and way to many people, but at least your close to the gulf and I think they call them hills and trees outside of the city! My sis lives in Baytown and loves it, funny she comes home and she complains about how hot and DRY it is....and flat! The coolest thing about Texas is there's a little bit of everything (except salmon, ok and someother fish up here in west texas) but by golly the people are friendly and I guarentee you'll get a million ways to cook a brisket and there all pretty darn good!
C
I agree westtx...Texans are cool and fun...humid or not...it's a fun state to eat and drink in no doubt...but I've only really been to the "big" cities...Houston...Dallas...and such...had fun tho...anyway...maybe you can teach the art of Mesquite...cause I don't get it...really strong smoke to me??
I told my son I would visit during Goose and Turkey season but I think that is done more north than Houston. Humm, I wonder if there are any gulf shrimping seasons there?
I'm partial to the section North and West of San Antonio (hill country). Not too dry, not too humid.
Quote from: La Quinta on May 20, 2008, 05:27:57 PM
vtx...honestly don't know what exit...but I get the message...we had a home in Rumson and Spring Lake...best friends were in Belmar...don't know where you're from but I've been back many times and I love it!! :) Mom is from Newark...Dad from Philly...StepDad from Newark...
As far as TX...Mom was a stockbroker and lived in Rice (near Houston)...what a great town!! She's back in FL now but...we had fun in TX!!
Exit 15W ... Newark area .. grewup in North Arlington, my wife grewup in Newark and Kearny. I have relatives in Newark --- Wall st - iron bound section and some in south Jersy now (moved there froom up North jersey).
I miss the food .... shore ... but I did marry a Jersey Girl!
Still have many friends in Kearny...Belmar was their beach "cottage" back then...wouldn't it be odd if we knew the same people...? The odds are Arcs and Sparks like but...:)
Quote from: La Quinta on May 21, 2008, 06:25:19 PM
The odds are Arcs and Sparks like but...:)
Remember, you're only about 5 degrees of separation from the President. It is about 8 degrees for the balance of the Cosmos, which include O and the Sparkler. It drops to 4 if you ride a motorcycle with lightning attractors on it. :D
Dude...you are so totally weird...I love it...think only you and O know what the hell you're talking about...but it cracks me up none the less!! Oh wait...AP probably knows too!!
Quote from: La Quinta on May 21, 2008, 07:06:48 PM
AP probably knows too!!
If you are a student of chirality, you will understand how O and AP are related. It explains the macro stability on the board between normal and weird. Put another way, there are left-handed drinkers and smokers, and right-handed drinkers and smokers. 8)
or as Kramer once put it to Jerry on Seinfeld: "Or am I so sane that it just blows you're mind?" Giddy up
I am left handed Arcs...I suppose you can tell me what the cosmos hold for me now??? :) Oh yeah...born in early December too...:)
Quote from: La Quinta on May 21, 2008, 07:31:35 PM
I suppose you can tell me what the cosmos hold for me now???
Hardly. Especially since I am drinking, at a distance, from the Andromeda Galaxy. :D
See...I knew it...you and O are from different places...