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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 #660 on: February 27, 2017, 08:12:45 AM »
No,  sous vide is gross. Imagine everything you eat is slow boiled.  When you move into an old age home,  you won't even know the difference

Says the man who boils his pastrami ;D

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Re: Smoking Meats
« Reply #661 on: February 27, 2017, 11:18:35 AM »
Says the man who boils his pastrami ;D

Forgot to report back. It was excellent. Best part was the burnt stuff from the end near the coal that crumbled off.

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Re: Smoking Meats
« Reply #662 on: May 03, 2017, 09:08:57 AM »
Was the sous vide thread ever created?
I got a rib roast, no bone, cheap quality. I want to sous vide it, any suggestion on what temp, how long amd recipe?

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Re: Smoking Meats
« Reply #663 on: May 03, 2017, 09:16:59 AM »
Was the sous vide thread ever created?
I got a rib roast, no bone, cheap quality. I want to sous vide it, any suggestion on what temp, how long amd recipe?
Sous Vide has been discussed in this thread http://forums.dansdeals.com/index.php?topic=13104.0

Many recipes available here http://bfy.tw/BZPv :P
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Re: Smoking Meats
« Reply #664 on: May 03, 2017, 09:21:51 AM »
Sous Vide has been discussed in this thread http://forums.dansdeals.com/index.php?topic=13104.0

Many recipes available here http://bfy.tw/BZPv
Im aware of google,
I'm looking for personal recommendations, specifically for a lower quality meat.

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Re: Smoking Meats
« Reply #665 on: May 03, 2017, 09:24:02 AM »
Im aware of google,
I'm looking for personal recommendations, specifically for a lower quality meat.
I know. That was the :P

Either way, Sous vide has been discussed in that thread.
 
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Re: Smoking Meats
« Reply #667 on: May 03, 2017, 09:41:36 AM »
Was the sous vide thread ever created?
I got a rib roast, no bone, cheap quality. I want to sous vide it, any suggestion on what temp, how long amd recipe?
Check chef steps or serious eats for good info on sous vide
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Re: Smoking Meats
« Reply #668 on: May 03, 2017, 04:38:31 PM »
Any good methods for smoking wings?
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Re: Smoking Meats
« Reply #669 on: May 03, 2017, 04:52:09 PM »
Any good methods for smoking wings?

Yah

Look on pbc website. 

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Re: Smoking Meats
« Reply #670 on: May 03, 2017, 06:22:29 PM »
Was the sous vide thread ever created?
I got a rib roast, no bone, cheap quality. I want to sous vide it, any suggestion on what temp, how long amd recipe?
I never saw (nor did I create) such thread. I actually tried my first brisket sous vide last week. Don't ask... :-\

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Re: Smoking Meats
« Reply #671 on: May 03, 2017, 06:26:04 PM »
I never saw (nor did I create) such thread. I actually tried my first brisket sous vide last week. Don't ask... :-\

So.... How was? ;D

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Re: Smoking Meats
« Reply #672 on: May 03, 2017, 06:34:35 PM »
I got a rib roast, no bone, cheap quality. I want to sous vide it, any suggestion on what temp, how long amd recipe?
on the same note, any suggestions for slow-cooking cheap meat on crock-pot "low"

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Re: Smoking Meats
« Reply #673 on: May 03, 2017, 07:06:37 PM »
So.... How was?  >:(
FTFY

It came out smelling like urine. Hell knows what it tasted like.  :-[
I'm 100% certain the meat was fresh, so I'm not quite sure where I went wrong.

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Re: Smoking Meats
« Reply #674 on: May 03, 2017, 07:23:34 PM »
Ouch.  A whole brisket?

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Re: Smoking Meats
« Reply #675 on: May 03, 2017, 07:24:39 PM »
Any good methods for smoking wings?
Yes, use this rub: http://amazingribs.com/recipes/rubs_pastes_marinades_and_brines/meatheads_memphis_dust.html
Smoke at 250-275 for 45 min or so.
If you like your wings saucy finish them with - honey and sriracha suace (equal parts).
If you like em crispy, finish on grill for a few minutes.
Personally I like to use  mesquite wood for wings.
Any good methods for smoking wings?

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Re: Smoking Meats
« Reply #676 on: May 03, 2017, 07:28:13 PM »
Ouch.  A whole brisket?
Ouch is right. 2 lbs.

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Re: Smoking Meats
« Reply #677 on: May 03, 2017, 07:31:38 PM »
Ouch is right. 2 lbs.
2lbs!? Thats not a whole brisket.

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Re: Smoking Meats
« Reply #678 on: May 03, 2017, 07:45:03 PM »
2lbs!? Thats not a whole brisket.
Not at all. I never said I did a whole brisket. In fact, with such results I'm glad I didn't mess up on anything more than 2 lbs.

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Re: Smoking Meats
« Reply #679 on: May 04, 2017, 12:27:06 AM »
Not at all. I never said I did a whole brisket. In fact, with such results I'm glad I didn't mess up on anything more than 2 lbs.
What was your process? A friend of mine was just chewing my ear off to try sous vide brisket and how successful he has bean