Hi all,
Did my first biq Q last Friday. I will post some "lessons learned later".
For now, a couple of questions.
When doing meats that you foil and finish, like Boston Butt for pulling, is there any advantage or need to keep it in the smoker after the point of foiling?
Seems to me that the smoking is over and we are now just applying heat. So, I finished mine in the oven at 250 till meat got to 195, then towelled and coolered till back down to 160 or so.
Wonderful results.
But, once again, any real advantage to keeping in smoker?
For the "Drain MOD", what purpose does the valve serve?
Would a 1" drain pipe in the low point work?
Maybe just go direct to a coffee can or something.
Just curious.
Bandera Rib Racks obvioulsy suck!!
I am still using my original smoker box with the sloping shelves. Because of the mis-alignment of the shelf racks, the rib racks don't even mount properly. Also, it is obvious that they are too far apart even for the 2 big and long slabs of spares I attempted to load.
Now, I have extra shelf mounting brackets that I can install in the new smoker box as I get it "modded" and ready to replace the slopey one. Has anyone tried mounting a 3rd rib rack in the center of the two origonal ones?
Seems that might solve the wide spacing problem with the origonals.
Basically, the meat would be supported by 3 holders, not just the 2.
Doing it would be simple and cheap.
Gotta go.
Friday's Q was successful--My Brisket below.
TIM
Did my first biq Q last Friday. I will post some "lessons learned later".
For now, a couple of questions.
When doing meats that you foil and finish, like Boston Butt for pulling, is there any advantage or need to keep it in the smoker after the point of foiling?
Seems to me that the smoking is over and we are now just applying heat. So, I finished mine in the oven at 250 till meat got to 195, then towelled and coolered till back down to 160 or so.
Wonderful results.
But, once again, any real advantage to keeping in smoker?
For the "Drain MOD", what purpose does the valve serve?
Would a 1" drain pipe in the low point work?
Maybe just go direct to a coffee can or something.
Just curious.
Bandera Rib Racks obvioulsy suck!!
I am still using my original smoker box with the sloping shelves. Because of the mis-alignment of the shelf racks, the rib racks don't even mount properly. Also, it is obvious that they are too far apart even for the 2 big and long slabs of spares I attempted to load.
Now, I have extra shelf mounting brackets that I can install in the new smoker box as I get it "modded" and ready to replace the slopey one. Has anyone tried mounting a 3rd rib rack in the center of the two origonal ones?
Seems that might solve the wide spacing problem with the origonals.
Basically, the meat would be supported by 3 holders, not just the 2.
Doing it would be simple and cheap.
Gotta go.
Friday's Q was successful--My Brisket below.
TIM