haha yeah I am going out to buy some salmon right now to make a batch
Chief Big Beard
haha yeah I am going out to buy some salmon right now to make a batch
proj·ect
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2. a large or major undertaking, especially one involving considerable money, personnel, and equipment.
3. a specific task of investigation, especially in scholarship.
4. to propose, contemplate, or plan.
5. to throw, cast, or impel forward or onward.
6. to set forth or calculate (some future thing).
7. to extend or protrude beyond something else.
8. to use one's voice forcefully enough to be heard at a distance, as in a theater.
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I'm jealous...I'm just seasoning my smoker now....first run before I can use it.Originally Posted by Project
haha yeah I am going out to buy some salmon right now to make a batch
Take some pics P....we want to see your delicacies when they're done
Bon appetit!!!
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Are these smokers something that could be used if one had close neighbors? How much smoke do they produce? Do they use wood, pellets, or what? Inquiring minds want to know!
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Judee....no-one has closer neighbours than what we have here in suburbia.Are these smokers something that could be used if one had close neighbors? How much smoke do they produce? Do they use wood, pellets, or what? Inquiring minds want to know!
Where you are, that is not even an issue IMHO.
P & I have electric digital smokers, however there are propane ones and the old fashioned charcoal ones ( I have one of these too, however for reasons I have already posted about, it's both too painful and labor intensive for me to go back to doing it that way, although you'll never get better flavor than by using a regular charcoal smoker, bought or made yourself IMO.
The electric ones are basically effortless to some degree.
You can preset temp, time...feed the smoker how often you choose to for how much smokiness you want etc.
Project has the one that you have to buy pre-made wood "pucks" for....it has a feeder and you load them up and that's it.
I didn't get that one, because I like the idea of using wood chips, so one can mix and blend the wood you want to use.
I think mine could probably do pellets too, but I like the idea of wood chips better.
Of course, using a charcoal smoker you can just use wood you collect and dry....unless of course one wants to chip their own wood to use in one like mine.
Bottoms line, you lucky folks in the US can buy an electric smoker for about 1/2 the price we can get it up here in Canada....and get free shipping too.
Mine cost $85 to ship to me.
Here's the one that I bought and it's at a great price for you guys in the US at Amazon:
http://www.amazon.com/Masterbuilt-20.../dp/B00104WRCY
Here's the one I think Project has:
http://www.amazon.com/Bradley-Smoker.../dp/B000FJZ150
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Just as a point, the wood pucks are nice becuase you can load up a pre-defined time amount of pucks, each puck lasts 20mins, so you can load up 10 to do 2 hours of smoking without having to go check it and change them etc. You can do a mix, just put one puck of something, then another on top of that.
If it is your first smoker I might suggest getting a charcoal one, they are really cheap, and double as a good charcoal BBQ as well. They definitely take more TLC, but this is how all the "real" smokers work. Then you don't need wood chips as you are using real wood. I have this one which is quite good http://www.google.com/products/catal...d=0CJ8BEPICMAE
proj·ect
1. something that is contemplated, devised, or planned; plan; scheme.
2. a large or major undertaking, especially one involving considerable money, personnel, and equipment.
3. a specific task of investigation, especially in scholarship.
4. to propose, contemplate, or plan.
5. to throw, cast, or impel forward or onward.
6. to set forth or calculate (some future thing).
7. to extend or protrude beyond something else.
8. to use one's voice forcefully enough to be heard at a distance, as in a theater.
9. to produce a clear impression of one's thoughts, personality, role, etc.
Chief Big Beard
This is actually the one I have, for the price it is awesome http://www.amazon.com/Bradley-BTIS1-...ef=pd_sbs_lg_3
The only difference to the one Alpha posted is the digital control, which is really not necessary since I use a handheld temperature probe on the meat, and there is a thermmometer on the smoker itself.
proj·ect
1. something that is contemplated, devised, or planned; plan; scheme.
2. a large or major undertaking, especially one involving considerable money, personnel, and equipment.
3. a specific task of investigation, especially in scholarship.
4. to propose, contemplate, or plan.
5. to throw, cast, or impel forward or onward.
6. to set forth or calculate (some future thing).
7. to extend or protrude beyond something else.
8. to use one's voice forcefully enough to be heard at a distance, as in a theater.
9. to produce a clear impression of one's thoughts, personality, role, etc.
I have a charcoal smoker as well...one of the "bullet" looking types. I love the charcoal taste and I will still use it from time to time, however this so far seems so much easier.
Actually I'm smoking ribs and chicken quarters as I type this.
I made 2 different rubs yesterday, brined the chicken and can't wait to see how it all turns out. I'm using applewood with a bit of hickory thrown in for the smoke.
P, tell me more about how you smoke in your garage. Is your garage attached to your home or is it detached?
I have a double car attached garage and was thinking of smoking in there, but was worried about how the smoke smell might permeate into the house...anyway thoughts and tips would be appreciated.
It's threatening thunder storms later and I'm petrified it's going to come on suddenly and start to rain, although I have 2 umbrella's up on the patio.
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My garage is attached, and my living room is on top of it. There is no real smell that I can smell, but the garage is pretty well sealed. I use a commercial-type fan - something similar to http://www.canadiantire.ca/AST/brows....jsp?locale=en - it seriously moves the air. The smoker is right at the front of garage next to the open door (maybe I did not mention, I only do it with the garage door fully open), and the fan is about 8 feet behind it, blowing directly at the vent on top for the smoke, and blowing it outside.
I don't think this is really recommended, but since there is so little combustion going on there is almost no carbon monoxide being produced, and since it is summer we have the house windows open anyways so there is no worry about that. It is really only the smell (which I don't even notice). I do keep a CO monitor active at all times in the house anyways since a close friend almost died and almost killed his whole family from a partially blocked flue a few winters ago.
Try a seasoning burn-in (or just a short smoke session) in the garage for a short time and see... The garage defintiely smells yummy for a few days after a smoke session, but even that goes away pretty fast.
One of the HUGE problems with my smoker, and I assume all electric smokers is they are not weather proof... so an 8 hour or 12 hour smoke (not to mention the smoker itself) can be really easily ruined by a freak shower.
proj·ect
1. something that is contemplated, devised, or planned; plan; scheme.
2. a large or major undertaking, especially one involving considerable money, personnel, and equipment.
3. a specific task of investigation, especially in scholarship.
4. to propose, contemplate, or plan.
5. to throw, cast, or impel forward or onward.
6. to set forth or calculate (some future thing).
7. to extend or protrude beyond something else.
8. to use one's voice forcefully enough to be heard at a distance, as in a theater.
9. to produce a clear impression of one's thoughts, personality, role, etc.
Chief Big Beard
Another little tip I have learned, don't be afraid to throw the stuff you smoke in the oven afterwards to crisp it up. The low temps often can't crisp up skin and so on, chicken and turkey especially can benefit from a bit of time at a high temperature to finish them. Not long enough to cook more, just to crisp.
If you time it right you can remove the chicken at 150F and crisp it up till it hits 160F.
proj·ect
1. something that is contemplated, devised, or planned; plan; scheme.
2. a large or major undertaking, especially one involving considerable money, personnel, and equipment.
3. a specific task of investigation, especially in scholarship.
4. to propose, contemplate, or plan.
5. to throw, cast, or impel forward or onward.
6. to set forth or calculate (some future thing).
7. to extend or protrude beyond something else.
8. to use one's voice forcefully enough to be heard at a distance, as in a theater.
9. to produce a clear impression of one's thoughts, personality, role, etc.
Well, here is how it turned out....it doesn't look all the great in the photo, but it's tastes out of this world
IMG_2156A.jpg
Ribs on the left, chicken on the right...and of course after my son and his friends ate a whole bunch, along with home shredded slaw & home made dressing, potato salad and 3 bean salad....I know, no baked beans and corn bread...mebbe next time.
I'm pleased with my first attempt...and this is so, so much easier than messing with a charcoal smoker. It looks burned, but it's not because it has been cooking for hours at 225F.
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Chief Big Beard
Very nice!
I personally do ribs at a lower temp, never above 200, and do them until I can break one off easily. Then I finish in oven with (homemade of course) BBQ sauce over them (with lots of maple in it so it glazes), aluminum foil over it till it is really hot, then broil till really golden and bubbly.
I take almost all my smoking and vacuum seal it then freeze it. I strip all the breast meat off and freeze that and make a soup or gravy out of the dark meat.
proj·ect
1. something that is contemplated, devised, or planned; plan; scheme.
2. a large or major undertaking, especially one involving considerable money, personnel, and equipment.
3. a specific task of investigation, especially in scholarship.
4. to propose, contemplate, or plan.
5. to throw, cast, or impel forward or onward.
6. to set forth or calculate (some future thing).
7. to extend or protrude beyond something else.
8. to use one's voice forcefully enough to be heard at a distance, as in a theater.
9. to produce a clear impression of one's thoughts, personality, role, etc.
LOOK UP! IT'S ALL ABOUT THE SUN!
What a feast Alpha. I'm drooling...Well, here is how it turned out....it doesn't look all the great in the photo, but it's tastes out of this world
IMG_2156A.jpg
Ribs on the left, chicken on the right...and of course after my son and his friends ate a whole bunch, along with home shredded slaw & home made dressing, potato salad and 3 bean salad....I know, no baked beans and corn bread...mebbe next time.
I'm pleased with my first attempt...and this is so, so much easier than messing with a charcoal smoker. It looks burned, but it's not because it has been cooking for hours at 225F.
"Happiness can only come from inside of you and is the result of your love. When you are aware that no one else can make you happy, and that happiness is the result of your love, this becomes the greatest mastery of the Toltecs: the Mastery of Love." ~~don Miguel Ruiz~~
LOOK UP! IT'S ALL ABOUT THE SUN!
What a feast Alpha. I'm drooling...Well, here is how it turned out....it doesn't look all the great in the photo, but it's tastes out of this world
IMG_2156A.jpg
Ribs on the left, chicken on the right...and of course after my son and his friends ate a whole bunch, along with home shredded slaw & home made dressing, potato salad and 3 bean salad....I know, no baked beans and corn bread...mebbe next time.
I'm pleased with my first attempt...and this is so, so much easier than messing with a charcoal smoker. It looks burned, but it's not because it has been cooking for hours at 225F.
"Happiness can only come from inside of you and is the result of your love. When you are aware that no one else can make you happy, and that happiness is the result of your love, this becomes the greatest mastery of the Toltecs: the Mastery of Love." ~~don Miguel Ruiz~~
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