Smoked Pecan Pie Test Run

The last couple of year's I've made chocolate chip bourbon pecan pies (either in smoker or in the oven) for SoCal Bashes. This year's SoCal Bash is two weeks from now and realized that last made these pies last October at Moose's house. Got the idea for these pies from peeps who made them at Texas bashes using a recipe from Curt McAdams. Figured doing some pies and taking them to work would be a good practice run for the upcoming Bash.

Here's peeps' thread: http://www.bbq-brethren.com/forum/showthread.php?t=186193&highlight=bourbon+pecan+pie

The link for Curt's recipe in post #11 doesn't work but found this one: http://livefireonline.com/2014/11/24/livefire-thanksgiving-blitz-day-3/ (those pictures are amazing!)

Then realized that I had used 16Adams' recipe (post #8 in this thread: http://www.bbq-brethren.com/forum/showthread.php?t=180448 and not Curt's like I thought.

Things are getting confusing.

Last year at Moose's had too much filling because had apparently had done one deep dish pie in 2016 (made pie two different days) instead of two at once like I "remembered" (apparently need a memory upgrade) and his wife Kathleen saved the day by making up more pie crust (she insisted that home made crust was needed).

Needless to say a test run is indicated. Used 16Adam's recipe with two regular size (store bought; don't tell Kathleen!) and cooked them in the Egg with Royal Oak Lump and a li'l chunk of pecan wood. Wellers SR was the bourbon used.

Turned out okay but gonna tweak a couple of things next weekend.

Thanks to all y'all for reading this long, rambling post.

pjtexas1 said:

Feel free to bring a couple to the Texas bash

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Only if y'all promise to eat em. Taking these to work so I don't eat a two pies by myself.
Can do that easily but my blood sugar numbers would suffer.

Did some tweaks today and just made one deep dish pie and liked the results better. SoCal bash is next Saturday so glad to have done these practice runs. Luckily my coworkers have volunteered to be my taste testers Monday night so I don't have to eat an entire pie.