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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 #1780 on: September 16, 2018, 09:21:47 PM »
I need smoke my pastrami, maybe tomorrow. I put it up to cure last motzash. It's a 15 lb brisket, minus a couple lb that I cut off for rh
Slice it thin and fry up like beacon

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Re: Smoking Meats
« Reply #1781 on: September 17, 2018, 02:10:35 PM »
He only does charcoal. I like to add some wood for beef, Chicken I do not.
What type of wood and how many would be good to start out for a brisket on the PBC?

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Re: Smoking Meats
« Reply #1782 on: September 17, 2018, 02:15:14 PM »
What type of wood and how many would be good to start out for a brisket on the PBC?
I like cherry or apple One chuck is enough it burns Long

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Re: Smoking Meats
« Reply #1783 on: September 17, 2018, 02:21:52 PM »
finally broke out my pellet grill and tried some wings on it...i'm officially converted. super easy and great flavor

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Re: Smoking Meats
« Reply #1784 on: September 23, 2018, 01:42:23 PM »
Hit stall at 182 on a full packer, is that normal?

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Re: Smoking Meats
« Reply #1785 on: September 23, 2018, 02:02:10 PM »
Hit stall at 182 on a full packer, is that normal?
In my experience yes.

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Re: Smoking Meats
« Reply #1786 on: October 16, 2018, 10:35:04 AM »
Hit stall at 182 on a full packer, is that normal?

No, it is normal to wrap at 160  ;D

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Re: Smoking Meats
« Reply #1787 on: October 16, 2018, 10:37:30 AM »
No, it is normal to wrap at 160  ;D
For cheaters, but I wouldnt excpect more from a New Englander ;)

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Re: Smoking Meats
« Reply #1788 on: October 16, 2018, 12:05:53 PM »
lol

But all's fair in love, war, and cooking.


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Re: Smoking Meats
« Reply #1789 on: October 16, 2018, 05:30:26 PM »
Hit stall at 182 on a full packer, is that normal?

how did it come out?

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« Reply #1790 on: October 17, 2018, 04:32:23 PM »
how did it come out?
It was good but I over cooked it. It wasnt hitting my desired it of 203 even after wrapping, so I put it in the oven an hour before yom tov at 250, it was falling apart when I took it out for the meal.

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Re: Smoking Meats
« Reply #1791 on: October 17, 2018, 05:44:31 PM »
It was good but I over cooked it. It wasnt hitting my desired it of 203 even after wrapping, so I put it in the oven an hour before yom tov at 250, it was falling apart when I took it out for the meal.

My advice for next time is to wrap at 160  ;D

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« Reply #1792 on: October 17, 2018, 05:57:42 PM »
My advice for next time is to wrap at 160  ;D
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Re: Smoking Meats
« Reply #1793 on: October 18, 2018, 06:00:20 PM »
Anyone here compete?

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Re: Smoking Meats
« Reply #1794 on: October 18, 2018, 11:48:37 PM »
Anyone here compete?
I'm hopefully going to the Long island competition Sunday.... As a spectator

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Re: Smoking Meats
« Reply #1795 on: October 19, 2018, 09:22:08 AM »
If we make a competition in NY I would.

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Re: Smoking Meats
« Reply #1796 on: October 19, 2018, 09:22:45 AM »
If we make a competition in NY I would.
This Sunday. Prob too late to register though

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Re: Smoking Meats
« Reply #1797 on: October 19, 2018, 09:32:20 AM »
This Sunday. Prob too late to register though

Kosher? Linky?

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Re: Smoking Meats
« Reply #1798 on: October 19, 2018, 10:17:50 AM »
It's all dumb. You can't use your equipment.

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« Reply #1799 on: October 19, 2018, 10:23:45 AM »