Breaking in Smoker Joe #2 (mini WSM pron)

Having so much fun with our little guy...decided to make him a friend..

...newbie is on the right.



First cook, a tri-tip soaked in Stubb's beef marinade:


These little smokers are great reverse-sear machines. My favorite part is after smoking the beef indirect...you can just lift off the top and stoke the fire (I leave the tri-tip on the top grate, with lid on it retains some heat just fine).


Once the cast-iron grates are good and hot...the sear!




Cooked some Stubb's chicken marinated thighs on our original joe


Sauced with a little Sweet Baby Ray's/apple jelly combo..




No plated pics. Too busy eating!! Stubb's beef was pretty good on the tri-tip. Wasn't really happy with the quality of this particular tri-tip. Gonna try the marinade again with another TT.

Chicken was good. Skin not quite bite-through. The kids loved the sticky-sweet combo of apple jelly and SBR.

We plan on many more double-barrel smoker joe cooks!! :-D

Thanks Phu!! Yeah, she was around (she loves her some tri-tip, for sure)...think she was playing with the neighbors while I cooked dinner.

How about a photo from a recent comp (was supposed to be a 60's theme)...

Yeah, all, I'm lovin' the cast iron grate. Thought I'd try it out on the smokey joe first. This mini-wsm has become our go-to smoker for family meals.

We're big fans of the reverse-sear. These grates work like a champ here!!

They came from craycort:
http://www.cast-iron-grate.com/

Phubar said:

Dang Katie got big!
Tell her "Hi!" and that I don't want her to change her original hair colour.

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Yep, growing up fast, too fast. She's approaching the big one-zero (double digits)!!

Gonna be in trouble if this continues...growing up, red hair!! Gonna be a handfull, for sure!! :becky:

swamprb said:

Did you catch the in store coupon deal on Stubb's marinades at Fred Meyers?

$2 a bottle!

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Yeah, gonna have to get some more!

Loaded up on some when it was on sale at QFC...and saved even more with the stack of coupons the nice Stubb's people sent me (I felt like an extreme couponer :becky::becky!! Were like a $1-$1.50 a bottle!!