I'm so glad I saw that pic on here before I started with my WSM. We have a nice stamped concrete patio, and I would have surely exploded a divot in it had I not seen that.
As for the chimney starters, I stick to Weber brand. My neighbor had another brand that I borrowed when I needed an extra...
A few years ago, I read my cookbooks and online resources for a comparison of temperatures and methods for ribs.
Meathead at Amazing Ribs says 225 (in his babyback recipe): "It's a magic temp that creates silky texture, adds moisture, and keeps the meat tender. If you can't hit 225°F, get as...
I cooked a Whole Foods air chilled chicken on the gasser rotisserie. Did not tell my wife it was any different kind of chicken. She said it was the best chicken I had ever made. It was really good.
If you hunt, you'll understand when I say the air chilled chicken is like freshly skinned game...
Lots of impressive knowledge and experience in this thread.
Wish I had a neighbor who was good at making sausages. I would need a bigger house to store and set up all the gear and product.
We actually had a couple inches of snow down here last night. First in a couple years or so.
It melted today, so I missed my chance to smoke in the snow.
Beautiful color. :)
I made pastrami for the first time last spring. On two separate projects , I followed the long and the quick (start with store-bought corned beef) versions from Chris' cooking topics. Both produced good results. It's a fun project when you want something new to try.
Never tried it. Ingredients are Salt, spices, brown sugar, garlic, onion, paprika, and natural smoke flavor.
Gets good reviews on Amazon, except one guy who gave it one star. I think he may have posted on the wrong product:
Nice looking ribs.
I'm considering whether to get an EX4 on sale ($799) or wait for possible additional improvements and maybe have to pay $200 more later.
Lowe’s shows them at $799, reduced from $999. My closest store is out of stock (must have finally sold the one that was there all year) but I can get it shipped to my house or drive 30 minutes to get one at another location.
Are they much trouble to assemble? I don’t love doing that, but it...
Looks like you had great success on your first time. You are going to be eating good and having fun.
I would have skipped the liquid smoke and just relied on charcoal smoke, but that‘s just me.
On the wood choices, I have used pecan, hickory, mesquite, peach, and apple. But cherry is perhaps...
My uncle did 3 years in San Quentin for advertising sale-price pork chops that weren’t in stock. I told him to put “no rain checks“ in the ad, but the newspaper charged by the word and he cheaped out.
He paid a dear price in the long run. Penny wise, pound foolish.
The pics look like great results. Glad to see it did well on grilled stuff, as well as smoked. The ability to grill effectively and be a dual purpose cooker is important.
Thanks for the info on size choice. I see one of these in my future.