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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 #2120 on: September 30, 2021, 12:27:21 PM »
You did this for Yom Tov or on Yom Tov? Always had a cheshek to do a bbq on YT
for yom tov. I have done a rib eye roast started erev to be ready in time for the night seuda.
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Re: Smoking Meats
« Reply #2121 on: September 30, 2021, 04:26:57 PM »
for yom tov. I have done a rib eye roast started erev to be ready in time for the night seuda.
How did you get temp right without thermometer?

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Re: Smoking Meats
« Reply #2122 on: September 30, 2021, 04:57:49 PM »
How did you get temp right without thermometer?
It was a bit more than a perfect med-rare but still delicious. I got it to just under the temp I wanted before and left only a small amount of charcoal to keep the grill at a keep warm temperature below 170 and probably closer to 150.
In general, it was extremely annoying to be so busy getting the right temps at the right time and not smelling like smoke all YT that I have never done it again des[ite my older boys regularly requesting it.
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Re: Smoking Meats
« Reply #2123 on: September 30, 2021, 05:07:52 PM »
Always had a cheshek to do a bbq on YT
i did one second day of first half. Worked out really well. first time grilling on charcoal in a really long time. only did fast cooking foods like burgers, hotdogs, steaks, and chicken cutlets

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Re: Smoking Meats
« Reply #2124 on: September 30, 2021, 05:26:43 PM »
i did one second day of first half. Worked out really well. first time grilling on charcoal in a really long time. only did fast cooking foods like burgers, hotdogs, steaks, and chicken cutlets

Steaks are risky without a thermometer unless the crowd wants well done.
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Re: Smoking Meats
« Reply #2125 on: September 30, 2021, 05:41:12 PM »
Steaks are risky without a thermometer unless the crowd wants well done.
touch.touch.touch

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« Reply #2126 on: September 30, 2021, 05:44:58 PM »
touch.touch.touch
yeah yeah yeah I stand by what I wrote.
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« Reply #2127 on: September 30, 2021, 05:51:29 PM »
Short ribs and full brisket for y"t

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« Reply #2128 on: September 30, 2021, 06:30:05 PM »
yeah yeah yeah I stand by what I wrote.
I also stand by what you wrote. I could never accurately tell temps by touch

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Re: Smoking Meats
« Reply #2129 on: September 30, 2021, 07:23:54 PM »
I tell by touch. I know about how long and then I try by touch. But as long as the cooking process finishes by the steak resting you are most of the time ok.
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Re: Smoking Meats
« Reply #2130 on: September 30, 2021, 07:59:10 PM »
Steaks are risky without a thermometer unless the crowd wants well done.
I usually use thermometer but for this crowd I was fine with touch

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Re: Smoking Meats
« Reply #2131 on: September 30, 2021, 08:05:14 PM »







My sukkos haul:
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Ribs
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Re: Smoking Meats
« Reply #2132 on: September 30, 2021, 08:10:45 PM »
Oh right. Smoked a brisket on Sunday. Kept it in the crunch and heated it in oven on Wednesday. Perfect

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Re: Smoking Meats
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Re: Smoking Meats
« Reply #2134 on: November 24, 2021, 07:14:37 PM »
Dyna-Glo Signature Series DGSS1382VCS-D Heavy-Duty Vertical Offset Charcoal Smoker & Grill https://www.amazon.com/dp/B06W5R4XTQ/ref=cm_sw_r_awdo_navT_g_SYFSRNY7TF5YR2EV7PFD
Just ordered this.
Looks like much higher capacity that a traditional offset.




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Re: Smoking Meats
« Reply #2135 on: November 24, 2021, 07:20:26 PM »
Would rather one I can set and forget..

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Re: Smoking Meats
« Reply #2136 on: November 24, 2021, 07:22:03 PM »
Would rather one I can set and forget..
not gonna happen with an offset.
Get a pbc and be done with it.
I currently have a pbc and like it but I'm playing with other toys as well

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Re: Smoking Meats
« Reply #2137 on: November 24, 2021, 07:24:28 PM »
Chargrill 980 and MB series both have that. Doesn't work?

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Re: Smoking Meats
« Reply #2138 on: November 24, 2021, 07:29:47 PM »
Chargrill 980 and MB series both have that. Doesn't work?
bit much lower capacity

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Re: Smoking Meats
« Reply #2139 on: November 24, 2021, 07:40:06 PM »
bit much lower capacity
Thanks. I don't need more than that now. You know if they are good long term at keeping even temps?