raycollazo
Knows what a fatty is.
- Joined
- Sep 24, 2012
- Location
- Middletown, NJ
I was cooking mostly on a Pitmaker Vault, and honestly, I still do love it. The water cookers turn out great product and flavor is excellent. I wanted to tackle the stick burner and set out to get that "clean smoke" Central Texas flavor.
I ended up with a Shirley 30x80 (Reverse Flow) custom trailer, and I do really enjoy the experience and working with the fire. Have to also add and attest that there is absolutely no comparison out there quality wise for a build. This thing is a tank and impeccable welds and finish.
The issue I had is the clean fire, gives me absolutely zero smoke flavor. And I am using Hickory. I was able to try some green hickory and "choke" the fire a bit to maintain a blue smoke, that gets me a decent flavor as well, but nothing compared to what I have gotten at some of the places here in Brooklyn, or even in Austin and other parts of Texas. I am getting better smoke rings than ever before, crazy pink to the bone on my ribs, but the smoke flavor is too subtle. If anyone has experienced the same issue and has some tips, I'm ready to order some mesquite wood to get some smoke flavor!
I ended up with a Shirley 30x80 (Reverse Flow) custom trailer, and I do really enjoy the experience and working with the fire. Have to also add and attest that there is absolutely no comparison out there quality wise for a build. This thing is a tank and impeccable welds and finish.
The issue I had is the clean fire, gives me absolutely zero smoke flavor. And I am using Hickory. I was able to try some green hickory and "choke" the fire a bit to maintain a blue smoke, that gets me a decent flavor as well, but nothing compared to what I have gotten at some of the places here in Brooklyn, or even in Austin and other parts of Texas. I am getting better smoke rings than ever before, crazy pink to the bone on my ribs, but the smoke flavor is too subtle. If anyone has experienced the same issue and has some tips, I'm ready to order some mesquite wood to get some smoke flavor!