Ever had to bailout??


 
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Russ Sylvester

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Tried the Stogie Pot Roast Saturday complete with potatoes, carrots, etc. Three hours into the session and it's starting to cloud up. I'm running back and forth between watching the clouds and checking the weather channel radar.

As you can guess it started coming down in buckets, I mean those really big drops that actually splat when they hit. By the time I got an umbrella over me and one for the smoker, the temperature had dropped over 50 degrees at the lid.

After the boss yelled at me about holding two umbrellas with lightning around, I decided it was time to punch out. I got a break in the rain so I dropped the 'brellas grabbed the aluminum pan and ran for the oven.

The roast came out comlpetely wonderful (no leftovers). That meal will definately be done several more times.

Ever had to bail like that before? Interestingly, the fire must have kept going as the next morning there was nothing left but ash.

Russ
 
Yes, I've bailed once before under similar circumstances...fortunately, I was just at the foil stage so it made no difference.....the meat can't tell if it is in an oven vs. smoker when wrapped up. As long as it gets the initial smoke, should be wonderful. Glad you pulled it off!
 
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Hi Russ, that rain experience is what my mother always called: "Raining like a cow peeing on a flat rock."

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yes i have, but i never give in. what i do when weather comes up unexpectedly is disassemble the WSM and move to the front of the garage right at the edge and cook there. makes the garage smell good for a few days afterwards too. in the winter i cook at the edge of the garage door as well. never know when its going to snow here.
 
Torrential downpours of rain will destroy your cooker temperature, but I smoke in the snow all the time. I don't seem to notice too much effect from snow falling on the cooker. Maybe a little extra fuel consumption is all.
 
No I havn't. I saved an old picnic table umbrella (pretty big) and when it rains I have an old wooden broomstick that I pound into the ground so I can put the umbrella on that. If the forecast says T-boomers I hammer the stick in the ground and have the umbrella ready to go on the side.
 
Russ, one time my WSM just "ran out of steam" and had to finish in the oven. Like Don says meat doesn't know the difference and heat is heat except in our case it smells deliciously of smoke.
 
Something similar happened to me, when I first got my WSM. This was a couple years ago. The coals "gave out", and I didn't feel like adding any more. I just simply wrapped the brisket in foil, and finished it in the oven. The brisket came out great.
 
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