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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 #1561 on: April 30, 2018, 11:14:35 AM »
that seems extremely overpriced.


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Re: Smoking Meats
« Reply #1562 on: April 30, 2018, 11:18:39 AM »
that seems extremely overpriced.

it's expensive....not overpriced
also, wait for it to go on sale

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Re: Smoking Meats
« Reply #1563 on: April 30, 2018, 12:00:00 PM »
I'm agonna make chicken pastrami for shevuous. I once made a piece before and it was pretty good. I'll try it again.

I'm agonna cure chicken breasts  using the ratios from amazing ribs.  Then I'm agonna rub it with pastrami rub, and smoke it to 165 (no need to steam, it's tender enough).

That's the long. The short is I'm going to make chicken pastrami.

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Re: Smoking Meats
« Reply #1564 on: April 30, 2018, 01:17:24 PM »
I'm agonna make chicken pastrami for shevuous. I once made a piece before and it was pretty good. I'll try it again.

I'm agonna cure chicken breasts  using the ratios from amazing ribs.  Then I'm agonna rub it with pastrami rub, and smoke it to 165 (no need to steam, it's tender enough).

That's the long. The short is I'm going to make chicken pastrami.
I did turkey for a family member that couldn’t eat red meat. Let just say with the brisket pastrami on the table no one touched the turkey.

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Re: Smoking Meats
« Reply #1565 on: April 30, 2018, 01:20:27 PM »
Lamb pastrami is supposed to be really good

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Re: Smoking Meats
« Reply #1566 on: April 30, 2018, 01:33:30 PM »
Lamb pastrami is supposed to be really good

Yah. But then need get a hold of a chunk of lamb. hmm. maybe.

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Re: Smoking Meats
« Reply #1567 on: April 30, 2018, 01:53:59 PM »
Yah. But then need get a hold of a chunk of lamb. hmm. maybe.

buy a shank

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Re: Smoking Meats
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Re: Smoking Meats
« Reply #1569 on: April 30, 2018, 02:37:48 PM »
You buy a shank
I did....at Izzy's....was very good

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Re: Smoking Meats
« Reply #1570 on: May 10, 2018, 02:14:13 PM »
is the WSM easy to clean in terms of getting spent coal out?

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Re: Smoking Meats
« Reply #1571 on: May 10, 2018, 05:12:31 PM »
is the WSM easy to clean in terms of getting spent coal out?
Not terrible, I use contractor bags for their wide openings, this way I fit the whole bowl and just pour the ash straight in.

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Re: Smoking Meats
« Reply #1573 on: May 11, 2018, 09:46:39 AM »
15% off today

85% of a bazillion is still a bazillion.

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Re: Smoking Meats
« Reply #1574 on: May 11, 2018, 05:25:53 PM »
85% of a bazillion is still a bazillion.
How does the math work on that one?
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Re: Smoking Meats
« Reply #1575 on: May 11, 2018, 05:36:38 PM »
How does the math work on that one?
It works. If you didn’t buy it because it’s $99 u not buy it for $85

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Re: Smoking Meats
« Reply #1576 on: May 11, 2018, 05:57:14 PM »
What are your thoughts on an electric smoker?

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Re: Smoking Meats
« Reply #1577 on: May 11, 2018, 06:15:31 PM »
What are your thoughts on an electric smoker?
Good place to start.
I had some great results with mine, now it’s used as a table.

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Re: Smoking Meats
« Reply #1578 on: May 12, 2018, 11:14:27 PM »
Good place to start.
I had some great results with mine, now it’s used as a table.
Lol... They just seem so much easier than charcoal

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Re: Smoking Meats
« Reply #1579 on: May 12, 2018, 11:17:17 PM »
Lol... They just seem so much easier than charcoal
If you're looking for easy smokings not for you.
Aren't you the one that told be back when I first got my smoker that it's time and cash consuming?