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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
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Re: Smoking Meats
« Reply #2220 on: June 17, 2024, 12:56:44 PM »
Nice!

What cut are you using for Beef Jerky? You cut it smaller yourself?
I use the cheapest lean cut of meat I can get my hands on.
This time it was silver tip.
Many times its. Minute roast which I split and remove the grisel

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Re: Smoking Meats
« Reply #2222 on: June 17, 2024, 01:05:49 PM »
Thoughts on tevilas keilim?
If you intend to use the grease, the bucket and drip tray should require tevilas, correct?


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Re: Smoking Meats
« Reply #2223 on: June 17, 2024, 01:08:11 PM »
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Re: Smoking Meats
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« Reply #2225 on: June 17, 2024, 01:22:30 PM »
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You might want to stack the wood on a rack of some sort, it'll rot under there
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« Reply #2226 on: June 17, 2024, 01:29:25 PM »
You might want to stack the wood on a rack of some sort, it'll rot under there
Looks like 2 weeks worth of wood based on his recent shared pics ;)
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« Reply #2227 on: June 17, 2024, 01:30:39 PM »
Looks like 2 weeks worth of wood based on his recent shared pics ;)
:) I also have 400 lbs of pellets and 100bs of lump charcoal. Also that wood extends the length the 26ft deck

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Re: Smoking Meats
« Reply #2228 on: June 17, 2024, 02:15:26 PM »
sure. I usually just mess around with various sauces including homemade ones. Teriyaki garlic is always a winner.  People tend to favor sweeter teriyaki sauces. I add jarred minced garlic.
Rays chicken sauce also comes out great.
Honey BBQ as well.
Also messed around with Italian dressing.
Thanks!
What temp and how long does it need?

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« Reply #2230 on: June 18, 2024, 04:19:14 PM »
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Re: Smoking Meats
« Reply #2232 on: June 18, 2024, 11:28:08 PM »

Traeger is great for smoking jerky.
Hard to control the low temps on a traditional offset
We'll compare it against the MEAT

what cut of meat do you use? How long can this last after cooked?

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what cut of meat do you use? How long can this last after cooked?
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« Reply #2236 on: August 01, 2024, 01:20:11 PM »
Anyone put up meat on Friday and take it off Shabbos day?

Any halachic problems?

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Re: Smoking Meats
« Reply #2237 on: August 01, 2024, 01:46:28 PM »
Anyone put up meat on Friday and take it off Shabbos day?

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what type of smoker?

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Re: Smoking Meats
« Reply #2239 on: August 01, 2024, 02:10:02 PM »
Anyone put up meat on Friday and take it off Shabbos day?

Any halachic problems?

@aygart

Not sure of chabad specifi holdings, but when I asked I was told it's an oven. So treat as such and don't open and once you open then take it off.
On my wsm I just leave it uncovered once I take out the meat and let it die down
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