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Best first time smoked ribs/brisket recipe: https://amazingribs.com/tested-recipes/spice-rubs-and-pastes/big-bad-beef-rub-recipe

Chickens taste better when cooked whole. Pickles taste better cut. Sandwiches taste better cut and bitten from inside. Meat tastes better sliced against grain.


Definitely a smoker is a personal choice, and what is better depends on what you are looking for.  I say it's a balance of goals, between: (i) making good food, (ii) making authentic BBQ, (iii) having fun with the maaseh of smoking, and (iv) convenience.  Items (iii) and (iv) don't only conflict, they directly oppose each other.

I opted for items (i) and (iv) so went PBC.  I would say WSM is also mostly a (i) and (iv) choice, but it brings in extra elements of (ii) and (iii), at a slight cost to (iv).  Maybe WSM also better at (i)--I have no idea either way.

Further to the above:

If all you want is good food, get a sous vide.

If all you want is authentic BBQ, get a huge offset smoker that you feed with split logs.

If all you want is having fun with the maaseh of smoking, again, get a huge offset smoker.

If all you want is convenience, use your oven.


Henche's PBC review
https://forums.dansdeals.com/index.php?topic=43018.msg1439199#msg1439199
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Re: Smoking Meats
« Reply #1340 on: January 30, 2018, 08:05:53 PM »
Searzall Torch Attachment, Small, Stainless https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00L2P0KNO/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_apa_9yrCAbTW62GRK
This type of attachment is popular.

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Re: Smoking Meats
« Reply #1341 on: January 30, 2018, 08:16:10 PM »
Ive never seared.

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Re: Smoking Meats
« Reply #1342 on: January 30, 2018, 09:30:14 PM »
Ive never seared.

prob cuz you cook at high heat

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Re: Smoking Meats
« Reply #1344 on: January 30, 2018, 11:01:21 PM »
Chefs borrow my mapp torch quite often on the job....

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Re: Smoking Meats
« Reply #1345 on: January 31, 2018, 03:40:43 PM »
Anyone here venture into the world of kosher bacon?

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Re: Smoking Meats
« Reply #1346 on: January 31, 2018, 03:51:15 PM »
Anyone here venture into the world of kosher bacon?

I have tried most of the ones on the market.  I prepared it according to exacting instructions from a (chabad) BT, who swore by the Jacks one.

I have never been impressed. Either it is impossible to make anything non-pig taste like bacon, or bacon is not very special.

I mean, I like putting grilled or fried pastrami on my burgers as much as the next guy.  But the bacon craze that grips the non-frum world eludes me.

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Re: Smoking Meats
« Reply #1347 on: January 31, 2018, 03:53:04 PM »
Anyone here venture into the world of kosher bacon?
No but I want to get into sausage. Anyone have any experience?

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Re: Smoking Meats
« Reply #1348 on: January 31, 2018, 06:32:11 PM »
I have tried most of the ones on the market.  I prepared it according to exacting instructions from a (chabad) BT, who swore by the Jacks one.

I have never been impressed. Either it is impossible to make anything non-pig taste like bacon, or bacon is not very special.

I mean, I like putting grilled or fried pastrami on my burgers as much as the next guy.  But the bacon craze that grips the non-frum world eludes me.

I meant starting from scratch and curing/smoking a lamb belly etc

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Re: Smoking Meats
« Reply #1349 on: January 31, 2018, 06:36:01 PM »
I meant starting from scratch and curing/smoking a lamb belly etc

Well, I cured and smoked a brisket, but I called that pastrami.

I also smoked a cured beef plate, and I called it pastrami also.

Once, I took some of the pastrami, cut it into little pieces, and fried them up. I called it fried pastrami.

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Re: Smoking Meats
« Reply #1350 on: January 31, 2018, 08:23:03 PM »
What's everyone smoking for the super bowl?

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Re: Smoking Meats
« Reply #1351 on: January 31, 2018, 09:12:14 PM »
Boycott, no?

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Re: Smoking Meats
« Reply #1352 on: January 31, 2018, 11:44:08 PM »
What's everyone smoking for the super bowl?
The flag
READ THE DARN WIKI!!!!

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Re: Smoking Meats
« Reply #1353 on: February 01, 2018, 10:44:46 PM »
What's the deal with peach parchment paper, is it kosher?

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Re: Smoking Meats
« Reply #1354 on: February 01, 2018, 10:47:45 PM »
What's the deal with peach parchment paper, is it kosher?
pretty sure it's just a reference to butcher paper. No flavor added

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Re: Smoking Meats
« Reply #1355 on: February 02, 2018, 12:30:00 AM »

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Re: Smoking Meats
« Reply #1356 on: February 02, 2018, 02:15:38 PM »
17 bucks for a roll on amazon... anyone trying this?


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Re: Smoking Meats
« Reply #1357 on: February 02, 2018, 02:21:38 PM »
17 bucks for a roll on amazon... anyone trying this?
measurements?

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Smoking Meats
« Reply #1358 on: February 04, 2018, 01:33:09 PM »
Doing a major cook started last night.
3 packers

Before wrap
After wrap
Stated cutting

Edit: all in the PBC

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Re: Smoking Meats
« Reply #1359 on: February 04, 2018, 03:44:36 PM »
We got wings, brisket, and chili.
First time doing a chili, i used this:
http://www.slapyodaddybbq.com/2013/01/texas-style-smoked-chili-adapted-from-johnny-triggs-recipe/