Halloween smoke

[robertm]

Wife wanted to have two sets of close family friends and their kids over for Halloween. I've had my LSG since February but have never gotten to cook anything on it for any of our friends due to covid.

Wife just wanted some ribs but we all know that wasn't happening! I didn't have time to do a long cook due to previous engagement in the morning. Including getting the smoker going I had 7 hrs. Challenge accepted!

Went with ribs, turkey breast, quail sausage, venison sausage and broke down the pork butt to money muscle and 'burnt ends' to get it done in time.

Broke the meats down the night before and started brinning the breast.

Here's some prep in the morning while fire was getting up to temp:

Various points during the cook:

Love the direct side for a little char action:

The payoff:

Finally a buddies plate:

Everything turned out fantastic with the exception of the pork butt burnt ends which were dam tasty but a little over cooked. Last time I made them I started with about 1.5" sized chunks, this time I started with 1". I think the larger ones worked better.

Great day of BBQ and great to finally get to share my cooking with friends!

 

[KClandcruiser]

Looks like one heck of a feast! Glad the LSG was up to the task. You nailed it

 

[Stingerhook]

All looks great Robert

 

[Kanco Connection]

Fantastic cook

 

[kevinstaggs]

That’s definitely a treat, not a trick, there.


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[creek bottom]

Everything looks fantastic!!! :thumb:

 

[Shiz-Nit]

Everything turned out great looking

 

[ModelMaker]

Done well, sir.
Ed

 

[robertm]

Have to be honest. The ribs were really good but they weren't as good as the last ones I made. It wasn't smoke flavor, or doneness or quality of meat. They just didn't have the pop of the last batch. Because I take pics of most stuff I cook now I could go back and see what my last batch looked like. Sure enough previous batch had close to double the salt/pepper:

The pork butt nuggets were a bit dried out as well. Looking through last cook and this one discovered two things. First they were about 1/2 the size of first batch and second I trimmed a bunch more fat off compared to first. I think I way over thought them this time. Cut into 2" chunks and don't trim at all. The smoker will do the rest!

Always learning, but it sure is nice to be able to go back to previous cooks and see what I did differently.