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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 #2160 on: May 19, 2022, 10:07:42 AM »
Trees with high sap like, pine redwood, spruce, cypress, or cedar.
don't think it's high sap. It produced inedible fruit for some years and recently nothing (dealt with all the shailos already. Part of the tree came down and insurance said the rest needs to come down since it's a hazard). I hope they don't treat it like a totaled vehicle and charge me to keep it  :D

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« Reply #2161 on: May 19, 2022, 10:57:42 AM »
don't think it's high sap. It produced inedible fruit for some years and recently nothing (dealt with all the shailos already. Part of the tree came down and insurance said the rest needs to come down since it's a hazard). I hope they don't treat it like a totaled vehicle and charge me to keep it  :D
Some fruit trees produce a more intense smoke then others
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« Reply #2162 on: May 19, 2022, 01:45:38 PM »
don't think it's high sap. It produced inedible fruit for some years and recently nothing (dealt with all the shailos already. Part of the tree came down and insurance said the rest needs to come down since it's a hazard). I hope they don't treat it like a totaled vehicle and charge me to keep it  :D
It should not be difficult to get the type of tree from a pic of the leaves.
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Re: Smoking Meats
« Reply #2163 on: May 24, 2022, 09:47:53 AM »
Whats the going rate, price per pound, for 3 bone flanken ribs (the whole rack) these days? Anyone have a good source that is not expensive and able to ship?

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Re: Smoking Meats
« Reply #2164 on: May 24, 2022, 09:55:40 AM »
Id either ask the guys cutting the tree to split them or rent from HD a log splitter
tree guy is doing it

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« Reply #2165 on: June 03, 2022, 12:29:56 PM »
Whats the going rate, price per pound, for 3 bone flanken ribs (the whole rack) these days? Anyone have a good source that is not expensive and able to ship?
Without an answer to your question, have you smoked this before and how?
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« Reply #2166 on: June 03, 2022, 01:45:06 PM »
Without an answer to your question, have you smoked this before and how?
I've smoked flanken strips and they were amazing
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« Reply #2167 on: June 03, 2022, 02:06:42 PM »
I've smoked flanken strips and they were amazing
How? BBBR?
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« Reply #2168 on: June 03, 2022, 02:24:03 PM »
How? BBBR?
Yup or maybe it was just salt and pepper
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« Reply #2169 on: June 03, 2022, 03:18:08 PM »
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« Reply #2170 on: June 07, 2022, 06:16:15 AM »
Are you happy with it?
makes a great product but needed some initial tinkering. Holds heat great but I need to put a log on every hour to hold it steady.
Definitely requires more babysitting than the PBC. But so do most smokers

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« Reply #2172 on: October 20, 2022, 06:25:39 PM »
If anyone is looking to buy a case of Solomons American Briskets in the tri-state area please let me know at mykoshermeat@gmail.com
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I was also getting that earlier but seems to be up now for me.