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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 #480 on: September 05, 2016, 12:25:53 AM »
I'm thinking of smoking a pastrami. Any thought? Input?

That's what pastrami is.

I used the recipe on amazingribs. Was good.

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« Reply #481 on: September 05, 2016, 10:42:42 AM »
I'm thinking of smoking a pastrami. Any thought? Input?
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Re: Smoking Meats
« Reply #482 on: September 06, 2016, 09:16:02 AM »
Does anyone know if there is a kasherus problem with Jack Daniels Barrel Wood Chips? As some of their whisky isn't kosher I wonder if the chips may be a problem.

https://www.amazon.com/Jack-Daniels-Tennessee-Whiskey-Barrel/dp/B000QI9VM4

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Re: Smoking Meats
« Reply #483 on: September 06, 2016, 02:49:46 PM »
Does anyone know if there is a kasherus problem with Jack Daniels Barrel Wood Chips? As some of their whisky isn't kosher I wonder if the chips may be a problem.

https://www.amazon.com/Jack-Daniels-Tennessee-Whiskey-Barrel/dp/B000QI9VM4
Why would it be different than any other company's chips? Just because some of their products are known to not have a hashgacha? How many of the products from the other companies have a hashgacha at all?

I would say the real answer is AYLOR.

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Re: Smoking Meats
« Reply #485 on: September 08, 2016, 02:10:26 PM »
6.99 for 2nd cut at seasons queens. Not affordable glat.Just ark for shlomy

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Re: Smoking Meats
« Reply #486 on: September 08, 2016, 03:06:22 PM »
6.99 for 2nd cut at seasons queens. Not affordable glat.Just ark for shlomy

how about for whole.

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« Reply #487 on: September 08, 2016, 03:14:43 PM »
6.99 for 2nd cut at seasons queens. Not affordable glat.Just ark for shlomy
Why do you say it's not affordable Glat?

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« Reply #488 on: September 08, 2016, 03:19:26 PM »

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« Reply #489 on: September 08, 2016, 04:55:17 PM »
Why do you say it's not affordable Glat?

Yes, but the seasons sale is always affordable glatt, while the arons sale is nice fatty meat.

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« Reply #490 on: September 08, 2016, 05:27:28 PM »

I know I am asking you if it's not the regular stuff that goes on sale which is usually "affordable Glat"

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« Reply #491 on: September 08, 2016, 05:29:49 PM »
I know I am asking you if it's not the regular stuff that goes on sale which is usually "affordable Glat"
It is not.  Its a diffrent label. This is not a publicized sale.

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« Reply #492 on: September 08, 2016, 05:30:47 PM »
It is not.  Its a diffrent label. This is not a publicized sale.
Ok got it so I have no shot in Lakewood

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« Reply #493 on: September 08, 2016, 05:40:09 PM »
Ok got it so I have no shot in Lakewood
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« Reply #494 on: September 08, 2016, 05:42:07 PM »
It is not.  Its a diffrent label. This is not a publicized sale.

Publicized right here.

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Re: Smoking Meats
« Reply #495 on: September 08, 2016, 09:16:49 PM »
You can get American Alle  whole brisket in BOS for $8.99 lb

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« Reply #496 on: September 08, 2016, 09:26:21 PM »
You can get American Alle  whole brisket in BOS for $8.99 lb

Smoked? :)

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Re: Smoking Meats
« Reply #497 on: September 09, 2016, 12:44:11 PM »
Defrosting brisket that was smoked Memorial day weekend.  I sliced it and froze in 1 lb packages.  It was an Aaron's brisket for 8.99, as it happens.

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« Reply #498 on: September 09, 2016, 12:53:46 PM »
Defrosting brisket that was smoked Memorial day weekend.  I sliced it and froze in 1 lb packages.  It was an Aaron's brisket for 8.99, as it happens.

How are you defrosting, and how does it taste?
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« Reply #499 on: September 09, 2016, 01:05:59 PM »
How are you defrosting, and how does it taste?

On the counter

It tastes good. Its smoked brisket. The worst smoked brisket is still good. And I hope mine is not the worst.