Experiment Gone Right

[terry08]

I had purchased one 10 lb butt, a 7 lb butt and two slabs of baby backs. These were for a get together with the wife's family Saturday. An annual afair for the kids to hide eggs and eat some good food. Well the wife told me this past Tuesday, that my brother n law, had bought two smoked butts from a friend who was doing a fund raiser. And that another was bringing a ham, so I did not need to crank up a smoker. Just as I figured, bad decision. I love them all, but when it comes to cooking, they all get an (F). Anyway we beat the predicted rain for the egg hunt, and then inside to eat. Just as expected I was not disappointed. The butts, were as bad as any I ever had. And the ham some how turned into a bucket of Kentucky Fried Chicken.
Don't know how many butts they sold, but they need to do cakes next time. We smoke 150 for a private school event each year and have folks calling for more.
Anyway, the rain came in Sunday, like gang busters and I took the opportunity to repair a couple smokers. Around noon the wife asked what I was going to do with the meat in the fridge, it was thawed and needed to be smoked.
Got it out and and rubbed it down with Jan's, to rest. The rain was still coming down so I made the decision to put it on one of the Brinkman Gourmet Smokers. The problem was it was now five o'clock and I didn't want to be going in and out to replenish the wood. The experiment was to take the 6 quart cast iron dutch oven and place it directly on the element, wohoo it fit. I filled it with hickory sawdust and topped it off with pecan chunks I had cut up a year ago. Another first was I added 1/2 gal. of apple juice to the water pan plus 1 quart of vaunted vinegar, finished off with purified water.
I placed the largest butt on the bottom rack, the small one on top. I rolled the ribs and secured them with shishkabob sticks, and placed them on the top also. After about thirty minutes I had smoke. So far so good. Went to bed at ten thirty set the alarm for one o'clock, this would give the ribs five hours.
Oh yeah baby, pulled the ribs at one AM and they were the finest I have ever done. The flavor of the smoke, steam and Jan's, was to die for. Never experienced this unique flavor before and meat was perfect texture. Not falling off the bone but tender enough to bite and remove.
Pulled the butts at nine AM and they were falling apart. Same great flavor and with the cast iron pot, I got five hours of nice smoke not over powering.
Didn't get pictures of the ribs before slicing and Sherrie ate one whole slab for breakfast.

The Money Shot


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[beefmann]

looks great and sounds like a fun event

[dman4505]

Ain't it fun when things fall into place like that.

Don

[terry08]

For a set and forget smoker the Brinkman Gourmet Electric is a handy smoker. The pros to it are you would have to try very hard to ruin a piece of meat.
The cons are small capacity, the food on the bottom rack is not accessible with out removing the top rack, have to replace wood regularly for long smokes. I have now solved the wood issue. And for capacity, I can do eight five pound butts by standing them on end and and running shishkabob sticks through them to support them. Four to a rack. Not bad for a small inexpensive unit. I have won many local butt cook offs using it. Not a Bradley, but for the price you can't go wrong. I am smoker poor, having eight different units. My wife says just because they make them doesn't mean you have to buy it. Boy she enjoys eating off them though.

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[GusRobin]

For a set and forget smoker the Brinkman Gourmet Electric is a handy smoker. The pros to it are you would have to try very hard to ru My wife says just because they make them doesn't mean you have to buy it.

Geez --NOW you tell me. ;D ;D ;D