Overnight Zen with my Shirley

[Papa Don]

I've done the hot and fast but really prefer the low and slow on my Shirley. The most fun, for me anyway, is cooking overnight. Don't ask me why but it's just my thing. I tell everyone that will listen to an overly obsessed BBQ fanatic, it's my Zen. I like being out there with my smoker, just me, Jolene and the coyotes.

The pic is tonight about 2 hrs in my overnight cook.

 

[pjtexas1]

Nothing wrong with that. Can't remember how many times I've done that.

 

[BBQDaddio]

Subscribed until 12-1 am pst. :thumb:

Can't wait for the updated prob.

Vince

 

[Papa Don]

4 hours in

4 hours in.
I'm getting 1 Hr between adding wood and I could almost go 1.5 hours if I pushed it. I rotated all the meat after this photo. I do fat side down for a bit on my briskets for a nice even smoke ring. It's not needed but it's like my football coach used to say, "doing curls for the girls".

 

[BBQDaddio]

Bark coming along real nice papadon.

Briski going to be real good tomorrow. Can't wait for the breakfast pron.

Vince

 

[Jason TQ]

How's it going now? :-D

 

[cheez59]

That's gonna be some great Labor Day eating right there.

 

[sturev]

Lookin good... should be day break soon; wake up!

 

[chicagokp]

Looks like heaven!

 

[barry w]

Papa Don, this is the reason I bought a stick burner. I always loved the over night cooks with a few die hard friends. I read all the negatives about tending the fire and temp fluctuations. I just knew from the beginning that the offset stick burner was for me. I just got really lucky selecting Shirley fabrication to build mine. Great post and thanks.

 

[lwdbo1]

:thumb::thumb:

 

[Papa Don]

My Zen moment is way past over and done. The journey is about over too. Everyone in the house is waking up, the neighbors are out working on their yards and all my meat chunks are over 180. I'm right at 12 hours, it won't be long now.

The small window when you're picking out the right pieces of wood, adjusting your dampers and it seems it's just you and the smoker. Nobody is awake and it's quite. The moment when you have the smoker tuned in perfect and you just let it roll smoke.

 

[BBQ Freak]

brisky looking great sir .

 

[Big George's BBQ]

That is looking really Good

 

[Papa Don]

Full steam ahead

How's it going now? :-D

Missed your question. At 3:30am I was just rolling smoke listening to the coyotes.