Smoke on Badger Mountain
Babbling Farker
I picked up 17lb prime packer at Costco yesterday. It was $5.49 per lb. I normally I would not have spent that kind of money on a brisket but some of our summer staff are leaving at the end of the week and I promised a brisket this summer. So I just went for it. I also had a hankering for some pork loin. So I picked up a loin at Costco as well. Thankfully that was cheap. Years ago when I first started smoking meat I used the BBQ bible pork loin recipe several times but moved on from that. Today I feel like doing it again so nostalgic reasons. So I will.
I was planing on cooking the brisket on the drum and the loin on the kettle later today but the drum was burning dirty and not wanting to come to temp. I think that being at the bottom of the my charcoal bin is what killed it this morning. Too many small pieces not allowing enough air flow through the basket. I have more charcoal coming today but the truck does not arrive until this afternoon. So I got the offset fired up and hard charging at 325. Brisket is on and the loin will go on later this afternoon.
I was planing on cooking the brisket on the drum and the loin on the kettle later today but the drum was burning dirty and not wanting to come to temp. I think that being at the bottom of the my charcoal bin is what killed it this morning. Too many small pieces not allowing enough air flow through the basket. I have more charcoal coming today but the truck does not arrive until this afternoon. So I got the offset fired up and hard charging at 325. Brisket is on and the loin will go on later this afternoon.