Smoke Somethin

Got this char-griller premium kettle for my birthday, it says its a smoker too.

So after a little research and about 40 bucks for charcoal baskets and a pizza stone I'm gonna give it a shot.

Here's the kettle

Charcoal baskets

Modified grate out of my old grill, had to cut the sides off, and hit it with a hammer a couple times so it would get past these bolts.

Pizza Stone(heat diffuser)

Water/drip pan

Forgot to add the apple wood, it wasn't that bad to open everything back up. Glad I took out some of the center of the old grate.

Iron mikes mustard Bbq for a binder and Montreal steak, some minced onions, salt and pepper on the rub.

Questions, comments, and suggestions all welcome. This will be my smoking/grilling thread.

Bout to slap the meat on now!

 

[Guatemalan Insanity Pepper]

Made these "Moink" type of things. The small ones are for the kids, sausage and hamburger with bacon around them, salt and pepper(ground white pepper, cause if they see any seasoning they say its spicy)

On the bigger ones I wrapped the meat around a square of cream cheese and a square of Colby Jack, draped bacon over the top and hit it with G.I.P's sweet heat rub.

Then they are the two bell peppers stuffed with the remaining cheese/cream cheese, bacon skewered to the sides, and a little of G.I.I.P's smoked Serrano powder on top.

Went ahead and threw them on the char griller, cause I know I can cook right with it. I need to get the extensions made for the webers, or get some fire bricks and run them with 2 zones or whatever.

Gonna fry up some of these morels tonight to go with them.

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all blondes    very nice lookin Morels 
the meatballs and stuffed peppers look good too
but that beautiful bowl of blonde morels     

 

[Walchit]

Didn't get much of a finished pic of the morels, if you have ever had them you know why!
And there were a couple grayish ones in there. I really don't think I can tell the difference once they are fried.

Moinks were pretty good, could have used more of hips rub. I should have rubbed them before I put the bacon on. The cream cheese Colby jack in the peppers was really good smeared on the shrooms and the moinks. I ate way too much. Bacon could have been crisper, I will probably make them bigger next time so they can go longer.

 

[Guatemalan Insanity Pepper]

Nom          
 

 

[Walchit]

I'm gonna find you some gip they should be popping soon.

 

[Guatemalan Insanity Pepper]

I'm gonna find you some gip they should be popping soon.

   Dude you would be my hero     
 I think i read somewhere that as soon as the soil temp gets up near 50F they start poppin, ideally a couple days after a warm rain.
Last year here, it was the weekend after our anniversary, so about another month still up here.
 
http://thehotpepper.com/topic/1244-what-was-the-last-spicy-meal-you-cooked/?p=1555996
I made stuffed panko battered morel poppers   

 

[Walchit]

Your morels look black! And mighty tasty!

My buddy found a little bowl behind his house this morning, so hopefully they are starting here. My brother seems to think we need some rain. Got a bunch of stuff to do tomorrow, but Sunday I'm gonna go see if I can get some ticks in my nether regions.

Then I'm gonna have that check you for ticks song in my head lol

 

[Walchit]

Happy Easter!

Got the char-griller and 2 webers rollin smoke today.

Making a version of what I call chicken fingers today. They used to make it at the restaruant my mom worked at. Basically brown some chunks of chicken breast, then cook them in butter/Tabasco/vinegar. Dipped in homemade blue cheese dressing.
Today I decided I would dust them with G.I.P's smoked serrano powder, and warrantmans arson salt. Smoke them for a while then transfer to the dutch oven with the sauce and smoke them some more. Wife and son requested steak and daughter wanted chicken legs. Got some onions and bell peppers in a foil pouch, and a couple carrots tossed on. Baked potatoes and beans getting cooked by the wife.

Apple chunks and a couple hickory chips on the smoke.

 

[Walchit]

Never tried to grill carrots, they needed to go on a couple hours earlier or something lol.

 

[Guatemalan Insanity Pepper]

Yum 
 

 

[PtMD989]

[emoji106]. Good looking food there, eh. [emoji16]


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[Walchit]

Thanks guys! I highly recommend the chicken fingers. Probably the meal that turned me on to spicy food, when I was a kid.

And the blue cheese recipe is

16oz sour cream
15oz mayo
Splash of Worcestershire
Splash of Tabasco
Splash of lemon juice
Blue cheese crumbles, 5oz or so.

 

[WarrantMan]

Walchit,
 
Was riding down the highway, saw this and an idea spawned.... We (your THP) family have noticed your problem, It's having an effect on your life. This obsession. Buying grills, cooking and all that smoking.... People are talking, your immediate friends and family have noticed and the folks at work... well they talk. So in loving brotherhood, we've taken up a collection for an "intervention" and want to send you to rehab.
 

 
That was the idea... but as I got closer, I realized it wasn't what I initially thought, so the idea is a wash.
 
However, kudos I reckon to some enterprising soul. I guess he makes money... But I must say now, as for me, the day and hour I pay another man to clean my grill... dear God - one of you guys come and kick my ass!
 

 
 
Reggie
 

 

[texas blues]

Whats up with.
 
The pineapple?
 
 
 
 

 

[Walchit]

The pineapple,

Could have been grilled longer, lol

I was ready to eat,

It was warm

I didn't put ranch on it.

And warrantman, that guy will probably get your grill looking like new! Better hit him up. He's probably got a vintage weber you could get from him too.

And don't you ever try to intervention me!

Ps. That Williamson bros bbq with a splash of clearly guilty is some of the best bbq sauce I've had. Its pretty good on its own, but my well aged clearly guilty really sets it off

 

[Walchit]

Whittled a cedar handle yesterday, it was supposed to be for the weber I'm gonna give my buddy, but it didn't turn out as good as I would have liked so I tossed it on the chimney, it looks better than the plastic handle at least. And I stabbed myself in the thumb with that chisel lol.

Accidentally drilled all the way through on one of the holes on the back. I found a twig on the ground and polyed it in.

 

[PtMD989]

Hell, it looks good to me, eh. [emoji106]


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[Walchit]

These turned out better.

Had better luck with the chisel with some board attached. Nailed the second one to a 2x4

Used the grinder to do some shaping

Got some nice grain on the one handle

 

[Masher]

These turned out better.

Had better luck with the chisel with some board attached. Nailed the second one to a 2x4

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Used the grinder to do some shaping

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Got some nice grain on the one handle

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Looks great Andy.
I used to smome/BBQ a 14lb turkey on 4th of July sometime ago.

Always a huge hit.

Mesquite charcoal, foil lined rack, the bird seasoned salt and pepper.

Slather in bbq sauce spicy honey and then baste inside and out every hr or more.

Your Weber referb sure brings back some damn fun times and great grilling.

 

[Walchit]

Masher, used webers are really cheap, I'm sure you could find one before the 4th! I'm definitely gonna do a turkey or 2 for thanksgiving.

 

[Chorizo857_62J]

So this weekend (and Monday) was to smoke up some massive jalapeños, skirt steak, and sweet corn.  The theme was a smoked jalapeño sauce (with tequila), some bamboo skewers with inside skirt steak, and Mexican street corn. Eating this all week for lunch.  Fish Tacos for tonight, with Scotch Bonnets.