Recent content by Jay Nelson

A lettuce and tomato sandwich - Not so good... But a BACON Lettuce and Tomato is awesome!

I like chicken. Wrap it in bacon and I love chicken...

That's all. I love bacon. Just felt that it needed to be said...

I belong to a MC that often will have parties with 200-400 people eating. I find that cooking the butts in advance and leaving them whole is the best way to go. Ill usually smoke around (8) 10lb butts the day before and wrap them in foil, let them cool, then refrigerate. The day of the party ill...

***UPDATE*** Home Depot 4/7-4/10 the two pack of Kingsford (2 @ 18.6lb) is on sale for $9.88!! Stock up...

Thanks for the heads up. $12.99 is a great price and I will be buying a few bags this weekend!

The best value of any similar size smoker, period. I started a cook last night at 9:00pm and set my alarm clock to go off periodically throughout the night, figuring I would have to mess with the fire at some point. Nope... By the time i went to bed at 11:00pm the cooker was dialed in at 230...

Put the larger butt on the bottom grate since it is about 10 or 15 degrees hotter than the the top grate...

They are the 18.6 Lb bags. Here in South Florida they are usually $20.00

UPDATED 4/7/16 - Home Depot has the two pack of kingsford on sale for $9.88. Thats about 50% off! STOCK UP! Limit 5 packs per customer.

Today I cooked (6) eight - ten lbs pork butts on my new 22.5" WSM and learned a lesson... Next time doing so many butts I will put the smaller ones one the top grate with the larger down below because the lower grate was definitely cooking faster than the top grate. I'm assuming the lower grate...

Thanks for the reply's. It makes sense to me too...

What is the general consensus on clean-up after a cook? I typically clean the grates, clean out the ash and remove any food pieces that may have fallen through the cracks but purposely do not clean the interior of the kettle or smoker as I was told this was part of the "seasoning" of the...

I've been cooking with a Weber Kettle for years and started using it as a smoker about a year ago using every trick I could to keep the temperature down. Well I finally broke down and bought a 22.5 WSM and love it. Great temperature control and plenty of room for large cooks. I look forward to...