Once again you take it to the next level Sako. I only cook salmon on mine. This was cooked by my son-in-law last weekend on his PBC:
Now that we straightened out Noah's business affairs for him lets get back to cooking discussions again. :becky:
Who else cooks fish in their PBC? Better yet what have you guys cooked out of the norm or outside the box in yer barrels?
I love fish in the barrel
I regularly cook salmon on the PBC, did some last night as a matter of fact. I use a grilling pan for fish which works especially well now that I can raise the charcoal basket to within 5" of the grate.
Never tried hanging whole fish, but your pics have me wanting to head to the gulf or local fish market to get some.
man, do you question everything your purchase to this extent? i couldn't live in constant worry of lead being on everything i buy that has a painted finish.
Do you have children?
I cannot speak for him, but I, personally, check the labels of what I purchase for it's origin. Labor issues aside, quality of items manufactured overseas can figure into the wisdom of a purchase. For example, my wife was quite excited two weeks ago about cooking a pasta dinner she was preparing using shrimp that it turned out was imported. When thawed, it turned into a pink mush. I took it back to Krogers the next day, they refunded the price, but her dish was ruined.
Def try hanging whole fish. Depending on the fish I hook through the spine right behind the head. Has worked fine so far. I like hanging fish because it's easier to take off the grill and doesn't fall apart when it's a delicate fish. It's quite delicious with a moist inside and crispy skin.
You guys have inspired me so much I have built my own PBC this week.
Used an old free oildrum, burnt it in twice with big fires overnight.
Installed the hardware and did a dry run with my ThermaQ probes to see the temps. I was amazed at the length of time that this thing can go on one batch of charcoal briquettes. I used a 5kg bag (11 pounds) and started the cooker up at 17:00. Next morning at 07:00 it was still on temp. At about lunch the temps started dropping despite max airflow throught the bottom vents.
Doing some pork ribs for my first run. Here are some pics:
^^^So when is your new PBC being delivered? :becky:
Well I pulled the trigger and ordered a pit Barrel cooker. I read some of the pages but I didn't see it. How many chunks of wood do you ad and if you ad to much won't it raise the temp to much. Thanks