Cooking with the Bradley (Pastrami)

[Eric_T]

Hello all Eric here, I am a fairly new addition to the Bradley Smoker Family after receiving one as a gift.  I have used it a couple of times to start learning.  I am now planning to try some Pastrami from a corn beef and have been reading through the different threads.  I have a question about some of the abbreviations that I have seen particularly FTC.  Can someone tell me what that means.  Also is it possible to cook a regular Brisket at the same time I am doing the pastrami?

[watchdog56]

F=foil T= towel C= cooler. When you take the meat out of the smoker you can FTC and then the meat will suck the juices back into it to make it really moist. Works really well on pork butts and briskets.

And welcome to a great place for info.

[GusRobin]

Yes you can cook pastrami with regular brisket. The only thing you should avoid is chicken with other meat. If you do, put the chicken on the lowest rack.

[Eric_T]

Thank you Watchdog and Gus Robin.  I can see with the great Bradley Family that is gathered here it is going to be a great joy working with my smoker.

[classicrockgriller]

Eric_T, Welcome and Glad to have you here on the Forum.

Any question, just ask.

Some things that might help.

You might want to check out our FAQ's
http://www.susanminor.org/forums/showthread.php?p=748#post748

recipe site:
http://www.susanminor.org/forums/

Try this link to get your pictures going.
http://www.susanminor.org/forums/showpost.php?p=768&postcount=11

Yes! We love pics. Feel free to share!

[SouthernSmoked]

Hey classicrockgriller, I seen a few pic's of your new smoker. Did you have this custom built or did you purchase this somewhere? I own two SS Bradley's and was getting ready to purchase a 6 rack but I'm not a big fan of the digital smoker generator but was wanting something a little bigger and in one pic I noticed you had the manual smoke generator.

I talked to someone at Bradley Chicago warehouse a few months ago and he informed me that they were coming out with a commercial unit, is this it?

Thanks

[beefmann]

welcome to the  forum and your  new family

[classicrockgriller]

Hey classicrockgriller, I seen a few pic's of your new smoker. Did you have this custom built or did you purchase this somewhere? I own two SS Bradley's and was getting ready to purchase a 6 rack but I'm not a big fan of the digital smoker generator but was wanting something a little bigger and in one pic I noticed you had the manual smoke generator.

I talked to someone at Bradley Chicago warehouse a few months ago and he informed me that they were coming out with a commercial unit, is this it?

Thanks

Thanks for the kind words and NO, this is a self made unit.

Here's a link to the thread.

http://forum.bradleysmoker.com/index.php?topic=14749.0

and the building process

http://forum.bradleysmoker.com/index.php?topic=16686.0

Mike "Mr Walleye" is our inspiration and these are two he built.

http://forum.bradleysmoker.com/index.php?topic=7616.0

http://forum.bradleysmoker.com/index.php?topic=16075.0

And this is one mikeradio built from scratch.

http://forum.bradleysmoker.com/index.php?topic=14763.0

There are a few more in this section.

http://forum.bradleysmoker.com/index.php?board=4.0

[Quarlow]

Eric_T, Welcome to the forum. You are going to love the pastrami from a corned beef. I did it and it was so awesome. Corned beef is pretty expensive here but I think next time I will get a brisket and make it into corned beef, then make that into pastrami.

[TestRocket]

Welcome Eric,

I see you have received some good advice and just wanted to say "hi"!   

[OldHickory]

Welcome Eric.  You have the good advise on pastromi, brisket, and The Big smoker-- with links.  Nothing more that I can add except welcome and enjoy your smoking.