SirPorkaLot
somebody shut me the fark up.
We show proud photos of our successful cooks here, but we don’t always talk about our failures.
Today I had a fail….
Today is National Pot Pie Day.. so what’s a guy gonna do?
Damn right! Cook a chicken pot pie.
Made the crust, made the filling, covered the filling with another fresh made crust.
Put it in the smoker running a clean (or so i thought) hot (350-400F) Fire
Came out to check on it 30 min later and it looked like it had been tossed upside into the ash can.
I mean, to say it was ashy looking would be kind.
So needless to say, I won’t be sharing photos of my chicken ash pie
I’m still not sure what exactly caused the problem, but I suspect it was one of two things (or maybe a combo)
Possibility 1: To run the smoker at the higher temps I needed for the pie, I had the firebox door wide open.
This may could have caused a stronger draft than normal through the cook chamber, but I wouldn’t have expected ashes to get to the food, because it’s a reverse flow with a baffle.
Possibility 2: I grabbed a bad piece of wood off the wood pile and it didn’t burn cleanly, causing the creosote to cover my pie.
I have decided for the next round, it will be in the Weber using just briquettes.
Today I had a fail….
Today is National Pot Pie Day.. so what’s a guy gonna do?
Damn right! Cook a chicken pot pie.
Made the crust, made the filling, covered the filling with another fresh made crust.
Put it in the smoker running a clean (or so i thought) hot (350-400F) Fire
Came out to check on it 30 min later and it looked like it had been tossed upside into the ash can.
I mean, to say it was ashy looking would be kind.
So needless to say, I won’t be sharing photos of my chicken ash pie
I’m still not sure what exactly caused the problem, but I suspect it was one of two things (or maybe a combo)
Possibility 1: To run the smoker at the higher temps I needed for the pie, I had the firebox door wide open.
This may could have caused a stronger draft than normal through the cook chamber, but I wouldn’t have expected ashes to get to the food, because it’s a reverse flow with a baffle.
Possibility 2: I grabbed a bad piece of wood off the wood pile and it didn’t burn cleanly, causing the creosote to cover my pie.
I have decided for the next round, it will be in the Weber using just briquettes.
