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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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Smoking Meats
« on: July 01, 2014, 10:39:30 AM »
So I got inspired at the Long Island kosher bbq competition and bought myself a charcoal kettle grill to start learning how to smoke meats. Anyone have any tip and tricks to share?

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Re: Smoking Meats
« Reply #1 on: July 01, 2014, 10:51:57 AM »
  I guess I can start off with my first experience.
 I bought a 2 pound "mini-brisket" which probably wasn't actually a brisket (no fat cap) I started the coals going in a coal chimney filled 3/4 the way up. I should have started this process earlier because that shot the temperature of the grill to about 450 and it took a good 45 minutes to bring it down to 250. I put some hickory chips to get a nice smoke. Another mistake I made was not soaking the chips so they caught fire and raised the temperature again. I didn’t marinade the meat because I wanted the rub flavor to come through without competing. After a few hours I hit the “stall”.” I thought I can push through it but after a couple of more hours of no temperature rise, I gave in and wrapped the meat. That brought the temp up to 180 pretty quickly. Overall the meat tasted awesome, with a nice smoke ring, but it was a little more tough, probably because I should have wrapped it right when I hit the stall at 140.
Overall not a bad first experience. A lot of little lessons learned.

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Re: Smoking Meats
« Reply #2 on: August 07, 2014, 09:25:16 AM »
I went to a tzedakka event that hosted the "Wandering-Qs" (formerly Hakadosh-BBQ) and they are awesome!

Perfectly smoked brisket, pulled brisket sliders, smoked turkey legs, etc...Amazing!

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Re: Smoking Meats
« Reply #3 on: August 07, 2014, 09:48:36 AM »
@ushdadude are only you able to post in this thread or other people as well? :D
ETA: I guess other people as well ;)

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Re: Smoking Meats
« Reply #4 on: August 07, 2014, 09:52:21 AM »

I went to a tzedakka event that hosted the "Wandering-Qs" (formerly Hakadosh-BBQ) and they are awesome!

Perfectly smoked brisket, pulled brisket sliders, smoked turkey legs, etc...Amazing!
Was that at Fleishfest? I really wanted to make It there but was traveling yesterday.

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Re: Smoking Meats
« Reply #5 on: August 07, 2014, 10:04:58 AM »
Paging henche

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Re: Smoking Meats
« Reply #6 on: August 07, 2014, 10:12:30 AM »
@ushdadude are only you able to post in this thread or other people as well? :D
ETA: I guess other people as well ;)

LOL...i wish other people would chime

Was that at Fleishfest? I really wanted to make It there but was traveling yesterday.

It was. Not a fan of the name of the event but the organization they were collecting for is top notch.

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Re: Smoking Meats
« Reply #7 on: August 07, 2014, 10:17:54 AM »


It was. Not a fan of the name of the event but the organization they were collecting for is top notch.
  Yeah I've been connected with them for a long time now,they are amazing.  What's your beef with the name?

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Re: Smoking Meats
« Reply #8 on: August 07, 2014, 10:29:05 AM »
  Yeah I've been connected with them for a long time now,they are amazing.  What's your beef with the name?

no pun intended? :P

Just not my taste. I'm not a chinyuk but to me the name promotes pure indulgences.  Rabbi Feitman even made a joke against it when he got up to speak.

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Re: Smoking Meats
« Reply #9 on: August 07, 2014, 11:08:03 AM »
I went to a tzedakka event that hosted the "Wandering-Qs" (formerly Hakadosh-BBQ) and they are awesome!

Perfectly smoked brisket, pulled brisket sliders, smoked turkey legs, etc...Amazing!
Too bad they had to change their name Hakadosh-bbq is great

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Re: Smoking Meats
« Reply #10 on: August 07, 2014, 11:26:58 AM »
Too bad they had to change their name Hakadosh-bbq is great
why did they have to change it?

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Re: Smoking Meats
« Reply #11 on: August 07, 2014, 11:28:25 AM »
why did they have to change it?

I heard people were complaining to the Star-K. Not sure though.

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Re: Smoking Meats
« Reply #12 on: August 07, 2014, 11:32:09 AM »
I heard people were complaining to the Star-K. Not sure though.
I heard the same

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Re: Smoking Meats
« Reply #13 on: August 07, 2014, 11:52:37 AM »
Too bad they had to change their name Hakadosh-bbq is great
well, it is kinda disrespectful

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Re: Smoking Meats
« Reply #14 on: August 07, 2014, 02:44:33 PM »
Back to the matter at hand,  anyone else smoke meat?

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Re: Smoking Meats
« Reply #15 on: August 07, 2014, 04:05:33 PM »
Too bad they had to change their name Hakadosh-bbq is great

Hakadosh bbq?

Holy smoke!

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Re: Smoking Meats
« Reply #16 on: August 07, 2014, 04:14:28 PM »
Paging henche

I've done some makeshift smoking from time to time.

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Re: Smoking Meats
« Reply #17 on: August 07, 2014, 04:31:42 PM »
Hakadosh bbq?

Holy smoke!
Gut gezukt

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Re: Smoking Meats
« Reply #18 on: August 07, 2014, 06:17:11 PM »
I've done some makeshift smoking from time to time.
Awesome.. Any tips or tricks?

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Re: Smoking Meats
« Reply #19 on: August 07, 2014, 07:00:39 PM »
Back to the matter at hand,  anyone else smoke meat?
sure, from time to time