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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 #1860 on: April 01, 2019, 09:40:12 AM »
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Re: Smoking Meats
« Reply #1861 on: April 01, 2019, 10:08:35 AM »
I think 203 is the ideal but you determine if they are ready not by temp alone... they must jiggle- meaning you need to probe the meat to make sure it is ready, either with tooth pick or fork. The jiggle indicades that they are truly ready.

As far as rapping, either way should produce a good product. I suggest to be dynamic and judge based on how the cook is going. If your cooking hot then you might want to rap to retain moisture and not to dry them out. Usually ribs are moist and dont need a rap.

It is a very easy item to cook (meaning hard to mess it up). Just don't take it off too early.

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I used the PBC it ran a bit hot in the beginning, used BBB rub wrapped at around 175
Took it out at 205 baste it with bbq sauce and put it back uncovered for 15 min to reset the bark

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Re: Smoking Meats
« Reply #1862 on: April 01, 2019, 10:47:23 AM »
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Looking real good! now i really miss the summer!
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« Reply #1863 on: April 01, 2019, 11:00:29 AM »
Looking real good! now i really miss the summer!
Why? Bbq is a year round activity
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« Reply #1864 on: April 01, 2019, 11:01:12 AM »
Why? Bbq is a year round activity
much harder in the winter
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« Reply #1865 on: April 01, 2019, 11:20:09 AM »
much harder in the winter
Just throw in more coal and roll it
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« Reply #1866 on: April 01, 2019, 11:23:31 AM »
Just throw in more coal and roll it
its not about the smoker its about me freezing....
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« Reply #1867 on: April 01, 2019, 11:24:36 AM »
its not about the smoker its about me freezing....
Put on a coat!
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Re: Smoking Meats
« Reply #1868 on: April 01, 2019, 11:48:46 AM »
I usually smoke more in the winter...

Summer is actually harder unless your in the shade bc the sun "helps"


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« Reply #1869 on: April 01, 2019, 12:22:40 PM »
Some great ideas here  ;) but bottom line is i dont like smoking in the winter and for that reason i miss the summer ;D ;D
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« Reply #1870 on: April 01, 2019, 01:11:25 PM »
Some great ideas here  ;) but bottom line is i dont like smoking in the winter and for that reason i miss the summer ;D ;D
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« Reply #1871 on: April 01, 2019, 01:39:38 PM »
Meh. That's like saying I don't like not eating pizza when it's not pizza day so I miss pizza day.
No. Just have pizza today too! Every day is pizza day!
More like saying I don't enjoy driving to the pizza shop during rush hour so I can't wait for rush hour to be over.
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« Reply #1872 on: April 01, 2019, 01:55:57 PM »
More like saying I don't enjoy driving to the pizza shop during rush hour so I can't wait for rush hour to be over.
More like saying the place that makes the best pizza in the world is next door in the summer and around the corner in the winter and I don’t want to walk there in the winter so I miss summer.
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Re: Smoking Meats
« Reply #1873 on: April 03, 2019, 11:50:59 AM »
Going to be smoking some Arctic Char today to start the season :)

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« Reply #1874 on: April 04, 2019, 09:48:41 AM »
Going to be smoking some Arctic Char today to start the season :)

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Re: Smoking Meats
« Reply #1875 on: August 13, 2019, 11:33:11 PM »
I put a brisket to cure on Sunday, probs smoke it this Sunday.  I'm calling it Montreal Style Smoked Meat, but you can call it whatever you want.

Recipe:
1 Brisket (Whole. Smoking half a brisket is like driving half a car.)
Prague Powder #1, in the proportion calculated on Amazing Ribs . com.
1.5% salt by weight.
Lots of black pepper.  (Needs to "look" like a lot).
Lots of ground coriander. (Same)
Whatever else you feel like and have handy. I think I poured in like a half bottle of garlic powder, some cayenne, probably a tablespoon of ground mustard.

Cover, in fridge, for a week or until you get around to smoking.

Smoke as you would a brisket.  Wrap when you would a brisket.  If you don't wrap your briskets, or if you wrap but not in foil, that's like the ppl who use a hand coffee grinder because electricity isn't authentic.

Throw in fridge until you get around to slicing.  Then slice.  Eat what you eat, and freeze the rest in ziploc bags or else you're like the people who won't use a freezer because it's not authentic.
Just put this up for a Sunday smoke ( I know little late) very excited.

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Re: Smoking Meats
« Reply #1876 on: August 14, 2019, 12:21:30 AM »
yah yah

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« Reply #1877 on: August 14, 2019, 08:18:28 AM »
yah yah
So I did as u said. No need to soak in water before smoking?

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« Reply #1878 on: August 14, 2019, 09:34:06 AM »
So I did as u said. No need to soak in water before smoking?

I wouldn't

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Re: Smoking Meats
« Reply #1879 on: August 14, 2019, 09:41:14 AM »
I love the taste that comes off  my wood cooker!