Thanks everyone for the welcome and the encouragement! Yes, on the gas grill I used recipes for inspiration on the rubs, marinades, and brines, and as a guide to the time and method of cooking (indirect, direct, sear,...) but verified meat doneness with a thermometer, which of course necessitated opening the grill and probing the meat. I've done it long enough that way that I never bothered getting an externally linked thermometer...lazy in retrospect. Of course, I didn't always follow a recipe either.
I have the Weber Connect App, but I haven't found any SmokeFire recipes. Searching "smoke" in the app pulls up lots, but the first step in most of them is "soak the wood chips" and then "prepare grill for indirect cooking". I even looked for the specific recipes that came with the SmokeFire on a glossy insert, e.g. "Classic Roast Chicken - For Weber SmokeFire", which is not in Connect app either, although you can find it on the website, along with lots of other recipes for SmokeFire indeed. Just not in the app, which is the latest version (currently 2.3.1).
Am I missing something?
Interestingly on weber.com under the
Mastering Smoke resources, they don't even talk about pellets or SmokeFire. Seems like they haven't caught up with their own product line, even though it's been around for a few years.
But yes, I'm looking forward to getting into it, and I'll post some pics, probably of the Thanksgiving turkey. I've spun it on the rotisserie over the gas flame for years, so this is going to be a new treat. Now if Amazon would just hurry up and deliver the Weber pellets...Can't seem to find any locally, even here in the Pasadena, CA area. Lots of Traeger, but I've read in multiple posts that they tend to jam the auger and better to use Weber or Lumberjack, which I also haven't yet found locally...
