Smokarama IV

[ckkphoto]

I love the occaisions when I get to fill the smoker! Don't get to do it very often. Tommorrow we will have a houseful SO, 2 whole chickens, 3 racks ribs, a ham, two packages country-style ribs, and some sausage links. Not exactly plum full, but enought to call a Smokarama. It may be just me, but I think a full smoker makes better tasting food than onesy twosy, events. Or could it be the beer? 8)

[ciret]

Hmmm, I havn't done enough cooking in the smoker to know if there is a difference between full and empty.

However, that brings up a question.

I'm only cooking for 2, most of the time, so the questions is, when I buy a cryovac of ribs or butts, is it better to cook it all up and then freeze, or cook what we can eat and freeze the raw stuff?

Wife says I'm gonna get fat (fatter) if I try to eat all I'm cookin' :)

[The_Kapn]

I'm only cooking for 2, most of the time, so the questions is, when I buy a cryovac of ribs or butts, is it better to cook it all up and then freeze, or cook what we can eat and freeze the raw stuff?

I have the same problem. If I cooked only what Karen and I could eat, I could use a coffee can with some Briquets in the bottom :D

Most of us seem to cook a bunch at once and freeze the excess. Some use Vacumn Bagging, some use Zip-Locs. It all works fine.

See the thread below called "Foodsaver" for some more insight.

Besides, a small load may only be a couple of brewskies. A full load gets "interesting" :D

Enjoy

TIM

[Solidkick]

Well, my neighbors and fellow church members love me because I tend to cook to much and share.

If you are buying cryopacs, I would say a foodsaver would be in your plans either way, either packaging up what you don't cook for a future smoke, or packing up what you have cooked for a future feast. Cooking for two would be tough without the heat shield mod to help cut down on the size of the smoke chamber and conserve on fuel.

Anyway, my .02 worth.

[BigAl]

I'm only cooking for 2, most of the time, so the questions is, when I buy a cryovac of ribs or butts, is it better to cook it all up and then freeze, or cook what we can eat and freeze the raw stuff?

I have the same problem. If I cooked only what Karen and I could eat, I could use a coffee can with some Briquets in the bottom :D

Most of us seem to cook a bunch at once and freeze the excess. Some use Vacumn Bagging, some use Zip-Locs. It all works fine.

See the thread below called "Foodsaver" for some more insight.

Besides, a small load may only be a couple of brewskies. A full load gets "interesting" :D

Enjoy

TIM

I am down to smoking for one :? , since the 'matic doesn't like any smoked meat :roll: , that is why I came up with the "heat shield" MOD, to smoke cook small loads at a less expensive fuel cost :D . Yesterday, I just finished a brisket flat that I cooked two weeks ago, it was foiled wrapped and in a food bag in the frig, microwaved on "reheat 1", it still had a good taste and smoke flavor. :D

However, I like to cook a full load better than a small load for one, I have been eating on that last cook(brisket, chicken, BBR, JD log, baloney log, and of course SPAM) for two weeks now, and only have one batch of beans left. :cry: Too bad my 1.75 ltr's don't last that long :(