Recent content by Jim W.

My nervousness was partly about the size but mostly about the fact that it’s expensive and I didn’t wanna mess it up. I rubbed it yesterday morning, rubbed again just before cooking, and put it in the WSM in about 830 last night. It’s now 16 hours in and about 185°F. It had a bit of a stall but...

Thanks. I realize I'm overthinking this. @TonyUK and @JKalchik would you suggest cutting it in half (about 6.5 pounds=3kg each)? I rubbed it as is but the cut would be easy.

Update: I was overthinking it. Just going to treat it like the butts I've done before and expect it to take longer. Thanks. Summary- planning to cook my biggest, most expensive piece of pork ever tonight and don't want to mess it up. This will mostly be for portioning and freezing with just...

Doh! Yes. It has a 20 amp circuit with 6 outlets. We have a cheap induction burner that’s ok except for having a small 6” diameter active zone. It’s worth playing with.

I should have disclaimed that my wife has cooked 95% of the dinners, other than grilling or smoking meat, for the past 23+ years. I retired in December and want to do more cooking. I think I'll defer this purchase until next spring after I've developed more "whole meal" skills. Last spring I...

Thanks. Still trying to picture how useful a gas grill would be for me. I have a 22" kettle, 18" WSM, and a propane Weber Q (which doesn't get much use) I like to imagine that the 3 burner Genesis with a griddle insert and side burner would allow a lot of cooking to shift outside instead of...

I am seriously considering an LP gas Weber GENESIS 335 (3 burner). 95% of our use is two people but I really want a side burner so the 335 is my smallest Weber gas option. I like the Crafted griddle. For baking and roasting, how even is the Heat with just the left burner on? Could you bake...

My best whole pork loin was a reverse sear. I cooked semi-indirect to 120, then moved to medium heat to give some sear and removed at 135. Sliced at the table and everyone loved it. Perfectly tender and juicy. Color was whitish pink.

My critique- sorry I don't have a lot of suggestions for improvement: There's one of each thing without anything to bring them together. Sort of like 5th graders at a school dance trying to avoid touching. The rice in the middle draws my eye, with the meat barely hanging on the edge. How...

You found stainless rain gutter guard at Home Depot? I think my local store only had galvanized.

I guess I'll just have to do that- maybe a trip to the big BBQ store so I can measure the grates. Weber's web site only refers to the nominal size of the kettle, not the grate sizes.

I was hoping to find a FAQ on Weber (plus aftermarket?) round cooking and charcoal grates: Primarily diameter of each model, but material, coating, comments would be handy. Anybody know of one? If so it would be a great sticky.

What's PSB?

The Ugly (or Upright) Drum Smokers generally do it this way. I think I read a spec' of at least 24" from the coals to the cooking grate. I do beef roasts and whole chickens on the WSM top grate without any pan or diffuser underneath. It seems that with a pork butt it would work but only if...

I want to try a spatchcocked chicken in my new 18.5" Jumbo Joe and was wondering what the best charcoal arrangement would be. Indirect with the coals on one side? Direct with a sparse layer of evenly distributed coals? Going with an air-chilled organic bird, dry brined.