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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 #1400 on: February 06, 2018, 03:47:33 PM »
The key word is “dry”. It’s a fancy way to say salt the meat in advance.

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Re: Smoking Meats
« Reply #1401 on: February 06, 2018, 04:10:24 PM »
The key word is “dry”. It’s a fancy way to say salt the meat in advance.
Thanks for not disappointing! I was too lazy to reread but I figured you hadn't wet brined a brisket!
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« Reply #1402 on: February 06, 2018, 04:20:02 PM »
Thanks for not disappointing! I was too lazy to reread but I figured you hadn't wet brined a brisket!
Nothing wrong with that, I have done it before. How do u think pastrami is made.

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« Reply #1403 on: February 06, 2018, 04:35:53 PM »
Nothing wrong with that, I have done it before. How do u think pastrami is made.
That’s a different beast
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Re: Smoking Meats
« Reply #1404 on: February 06, 2018, 05:31:58 PM »
Just ate the most delicious chicken ever... and I was the chef:)

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« Reply #1405 on: February 06, 2018, 05:39:32 PM »
Just ate the most delicious chicken ever... and I was the chef:)
Chicken should be stress free

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« Reply #1406 on: February 06, 2018, 06:10:14 PM »
Indeed it was.  2 hours from start to end... 1.5 on 200 and .5 on 400 until 167 inner temp

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« Reply #1407 on: February 06, 2018, 07:50:47 PM »
You have to relax and enjoy the cook give yourself extra time so u don’t have to stress. U can easily rest for 4 hours in a cooler. If u have a oven that can go down to 150 u can rest up to 16 hours ( this is from a conversation I had with some computation cookers). Your bark won’t look likes sports but will be great.

Can it rest in the smoker at 150?

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« Reply #1408 on: February 06, 2018, 08:09:40 PM »
Can it rest in the smoker at 150?
Why not. Assuming it’s wrapped.

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« Reply #1409 on: February 06, 2018, 08:28:35 PM »
Finally got me some of this:
Now we go to test hiw it compares to hevy duty tin foil

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« Reply #1410 on: February 06, 2018, 08:39:08 PM »
Finally got me some of this:
Now we go to test hiw it compares to hevy duty tin foil
Nice. I wanted to buy a bunch of times but seams so expensive on amazon.

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« Reply #1411 on: February 06, 2018, 08:39:57 PM »
Nice. I wanted to buy a bunch of times but seams so expensive on amazon.
It was a bit pricey -$24 I think.

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« Reply #1412 on: February 06, 2018, 08:40:27 PM »
It was a bit pricey -$24 I think.
Crazy. Amazon?

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Re: Smoking Meats
« Reply #1414 on: February 07, 2018, 09:23:03 AM »
It was a bit pricey -$24 I think.

Considering a brisket itself costs 150, and half a bag of charcoal is about 5 bucks, I don't think it's crazy to use a dollar or butcher paper.


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« Reply #1415 on: February 07, 2018, 09:24:15 AM »
Considering a brisket itself costs 150, and half a bag of charcoal is about 5 bucks, I don't think it's crazy to use a dollar or butcher paper.
150? get it on sale! i get them for 6.99-7.99/lb
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« Reply #1416 on: February 07, 2018, 09:31:03 AM »
150? get it on sale! i get them for 6.99-7.99/lb

1. I live in Boston. 8.99 or bust.
2. 7.99x15 is still 120.
3. I don't smoke South American beef.   

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« Reply #1417 on: February 07, 2018, 09:50:00 AM »
1. I live in Boston. 8.99 or bust.
2. 7.99x15 is still 120.
3. I don't smoke South American beef.
1. Then move to a normal town
2. Not 150. As a lawyer you fail
3.it ain't south American
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« Reply #1418 on: February 07, 2018, 09:54:03 AM »
1. Then move to a normal town
2. Not 150. As a lawyer you fail
3.it ain't south American

Regardless, if you're spending even 6.99x15 on a brisket, the butcher paper doesn't seem like such an extravagance.

Unless it's south american. Then you would be wasting even the charcoal.

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Re: Smoking Meats
« Reply #1419 on: February 07, 2018, 09:54:22 AM »
I found it on amazon for 17 and its on the way