giving brisket a try

[sgaberdeen]

Did a chicken yesterday as my first smoke, came out pretty good. Headed off to the local meatpacker and I was in luck. He had a nice brisket (about 7 lbs) and I also scored on some pork bellies to give bacon a shot. Plan to rub the rib tonite and put her in the smoker about 6-7 am. Don't really mind when it finishes as I don't have to work till Sat. Any suggestions? I paid 1.99 lb for the pork bellies. Is this a good price. Comments welcome

[RonR]

Hi, welcome to the forum.  BS does an excellent job with ribs. Im sure yours will turn out great.  I personally use the technique that Iceman posted.  They have been great everytime.  Usually takes me about 7 hours of cooking time.  Here is the link for you to try.

http://forum.bradleysmoker.com/index.php?topic=4290.msg37084#msg37084

[Gizmo]

I think I also paid $1.99 a pound for the 15 LB pork belly I purchased about a month ago.  Of course it was more than a few minutes ago, and although my memory is real good, it is awful short. :D

Welcome and let us know how you did.
Check out the recipe site if you haven't already.  Great resource on first smokes, brines, rubs, cures, etc.

If there was a humanitarian award for Bradley Smoking convenience, Olds would get the grand prize for this site.

http://susan.rminor.com/forums/

[sgaberdeen]

Thanks for the advice. I did use Old's rub recipe. Brisket went in at about 9am with 4 hrs of cherry pucks and 1 lb slab o bacon on the top rack above. It's 1 pm now and i just changed the water bowl. Internal temp reading 152. door temp reading about 200. I have to get me a dual probe maverick. :D

[Gizmo]

Excellent.  Can't go wrong with multiple probes and the remotes are really helpful for being able to roam.  Let us know how the tasty morsel comes out.

[Oldman]

If there was a humanitarian award for Bradley Smoking convenience, Olds would get the grand prize for this site.

Thanks but the truth is when we put together that site it was a major collective effort from several members here.