new smoker and 1st smoke Pron

[tulsatkd]

So my wife volunteered me to smoke some pork shoulders for church this Sunday
w/o realizing that I could only fit around 20 pounds on my current smoker and I needed around 50-60 pounds to feed everybody.

So like any true Brethren, I wasn't going to let this challenge beat me. I went down to the barrel yard, on Friday, and purchased a 55 gal unlined drum.

I used the KISS X 2. Nothing fancy, just vent holes, a temp gauge and a place to put my grill great. I use magnets on the bottom to control airflow and the bung hole for exhaust.

Took us about 2 hours to put her together, two 3 hour high intensity burns, a good sanding , one slow burn to see how she acted, and she was ready to go by Saturday afternoon.

I don't think she liked me turning her into a smoker because she was burning hot for most of the cook. She stayed for the most part at 300 degrees, which isn't bad, but hotter than I want it.

I was able to fit 50 pounds of pork butt on her. I call her Mary Lou.

New toy my wife picked up for me.

Has 2 probes and you can also by an attachment that will measure the grill temp.

gives you a graph of how fast your food is cooking. I don't work for Apple, but they are on sale for around $64 and the app is free.


This is my old grill. She is always good. Held a temp of 225 for the entire cook. I wish Mary Lou was this nice, but I will tame her.

I put the butts on around 1500 on Saturday and the drum finished them around 0300 and the grill finished up around 0400. Wrapped them in foil, placed in cooler with blankets and they were still pipping hot when I took them to church at 10:00.

Probably the best pulled pork I have done.

I used " Pigs worst nightmare Apple rub"

6 Tbsp Ground Dried apple
3 Tbsp Brown Sugar
3 Tbsp Turbinado Sugar
3 Tbsp Coarse Salt
1 Tsp Sweet Paprika
1 Tsp Garlic Powder
� Tsp Ground Black Pepper ( I used a TBS of garlic pepper instead)

I injected it with 50/50 apple juice and Reds Apple Ale w/ some ground up seasoning.

Thanks everyone for the advice. I got lots of compliments on the pork and there was only about half a pound left.

I took some left overs to work and people where looking at me crazy when I got a bowl of hot water to heat the meat up.

 

[marubozo]

Well, the pics of the end product are terrible and blurry, but it looks like it all turned out well. :mrgreen:

Congrats on the new smoker.

 

[dwfisk]

Way to react, adapt and overcome! A hint for your iGrill (actually for the/any iOS device). If you simultaneously tap the "home" button on the center bottom of the screen and the "on-off" button on the upper right edge you will hear a click and you have just saved a screen shot to your photo album.

 

[IamMadMan]

Thanks for sharing....... Looks Great!!!!

 

[Tsevg9]

Looks sweet. How do you like the iGrill thermo? I've heard some mixed reviews, but I think the concept is pretty freaking sweet.

 

[BobM]

Very nice! :thumb:

 

[tulsatkd]

It was my first time using the Igrill and it works great for now.

 

[PaPaQ]

Sure looks good!