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As just about everyone has read and provided input on, Tommy_Bandera broke into the smoking world today with his maiden voyage. It's been a great time listening to him go through the day on his way toward nirvana. It got me thinking about the first time I did (attempted to do) 'real Q':
About 4 years ago did a pork butt on a Brinkman ECB. Absolutely no mods. Stuck it on right after I got the coals going. After about 2 hours, the temp was still in the low 90s and I was having a terrible time trying to get the pit temps up into that smoking range on that wonderful ECB thermometer. Wife went to the hardware store twice to bring me wood CHIPS. I just keep throwing those things in the coal bowl and would get a flame going. That helped to get the temps up a bit, but they would almost immediatly plummet when the handful of chips burned out. Of course, VERY soon, I had a big old bowl of ashes that couldn't hold a burning briquette to save it's soul. After about 7 hours and my in-laws getting ready to show up, the butt had an internal temp of a whopping 140 degrees and the coals were non-existent. I was so farking peeved I threw the butt into a foil tray, dumped sauce on it, covered in foil and slammed it into the Weber gasser turned on full blast. Needless to say, it got to 200 degrees fairly quickly, but it was a bit removed from the nirvana I was hoping for. It ate, just didn't fit what I had going on in my head.
Since then, I've modded out the ECB, chucked it in favor of the 'Dera, found the Bretheren, and have taken quantum leaps towards hitting that pinnacle of Q that I had envisioned years ago.
How 'bout you guys? Any war wounds still present from your first time???
About 4 years ago did a pork butt on a Brinkman ECB. Absolutely no mods. Stuck it on right after I got the coals going. After about 2 hours, the temp was still in the low 90s and I was having a terrible time trying to get the pit temps up into that smoking range on that wonderful ECB thermometer. Wife went to the hardware store twice to bring me wood CHIPS. I just keep throwing those things in the coal bowl and would get a flame going. That helped to get the temps up a bit, but they would almost immediatly plummet when the handful of chips burned out. Of course, VERY soon, I had a big old bowl of ashes that couldn't hold a burning briquette to save it's soul. After about 7 hours and my in-laws getting ready to show up, the butt had an internal temp of a whopping 140 degrees and the coals were non-existent. I was so farking peeved I threw the butt into a foil tray, dumped sauce on it, covered in foil and slammed it into the Weber gasser turned on full blast. Needless to say, it got to 200 degrees fairly quickly, but it was a bit removed from the nirvana I was hoping for. It ate, just didn't fit what I had going on in my head.
Since then, I've modded out the ECB, chucked it in favor of the 'Dera, found the Bretheren, and have taken quantum leaps towards hitting that pinnacle of Q that I had envisioned years ago.
How 'bout you guys? Any war wounds still present from your first time???