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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 #900 on: August 17, 2017, 07:05:38 PM »
Correct. Plan on wrapping?
Tentatively. Depends how quickly it gets to stall temp. It's less than 5 lbs so might cook all the way without even wrapping. Have pink butcher paper if needed.
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Re: Smoking Meats
« Reply #901 on: August 17, 2017, 11:35:47 PM »
@henche , would a 2lb second cut brisket hang securely in the PBC?  I'm wondering if all the marbelized fat is a risk to it holding up

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Re: Smoking Meats
« Reply #902 on: August 17, 2017, 11:55:37 PM »
@henche , would a 2lb second cut brisket hang securely in the PBC?  I'm wondering if all the marbelized fat is a risk to it holding up

I think fine.

I did 5 chix at once tonight. Eat that wsm

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Re: Smoking Meats
« Reply #903 on: August 18, 2017, 12:14:09 AM »
I think fine.

I did 5 chix at once tonight. Eat that wsm
thanks. Any guess to how long the 2 lb brisket would need?

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Re: Smoking Meats
« Reply #904 on: August 18, 2017, 12:15:11 AM »
thanks. Any guess to how long the 2 lb brisket would need?

Needs about another 10 lbs :P

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« Reply #905 on: August 18, 2017, 12:19:51 AM »
Needs about another 10 lbs :P
lol!  Just playing around with the training wheels on

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Re: Smoking Meats
« Reply #906 on: August 18, 2017, 08:00:33 AM »
I think fine.

I did 5 chix at once tonight. Eat that wsm
Wsm can easily fit 5 chikies, remeber there's 2 racks.

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Re: Smoking Meats
« Reply #907 on: August 18, 2017, 08:02:05 AM »
lol!  Just playing around with the training wheels on
Difficult to get a real feel with such a small piece. Anyways I would guess it needs approx 8 hrs.

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Re: Smoking Meats
« Reply #908 on: August 18, 2017, 09:06:46 AM »
Wsm can easily fit 5 chikies, remeber there's 2 racks.

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Re: Smoking Meats
« Reply #909 on: August 18, 2017, 09:51:40 AM »
Difficult to get a real feel with such a small piece. Anyways I would guess it needs approx 8 hrs.

I'd say less in the PBC.  And I agree difficult to get a real feel

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« Reply #912 on: August 18, 2017, 11:12:42 AM »
Which parts of the PBC to I need to toivel?

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« Reply #913 on: August 18, 2017, 11:25:11 AM »
That is a sweet looking pic.

But is only 3

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« Reply #914 on: August 18, 2017, 11:25:23 AM »
Which parts of the PBC to I need to toivel?

The grate and the hooks.

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« Reply #917 on: August 18, 2017, 12:29:26 PM »
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« Reply #918 on: August 18, 2017, 02:18:29 PM »
Those are Cornish hens

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Re: Smoking Meats
« Reply #919 on: August 18, 2017, 02:59:07 PM »
Smoking a veal breast. Any suggestions on rubs?