smoking slow cooking

well after all my talk about slow cooking a chicken, I decided to do a lamb leg instead!

I made up an injector marinade last night with chicken stock, a little salt, black pepper, some liquid smoke, rosemary, a commercial rub containing hab powder, oil, and a tabasco style hot sauce.

next, the rub - mild (American) mustard, more rosemary, hickory powder (I didn't have any hickory chips), some more of the Rub From Hell.

the leg was shot and rubbed and left covered in the fridge overnight. this morning I loaded it on the rotisserie with a tray of water beneath it. I plan on leaving it at around 120 deg C for 6-7 hours, when I will wrap it in foil and place it in the esky for an hour or two and see how it comes out.

I made extra marinade and added some butter to it and have been basting it every hour. it looks good and I've trimmed off a little and it tastes pretty good too.
 
ok, the final timings were:

6.5 hours at 120 deg C
2 hours at 135

then wrapped in foil and clingwrap and placed in an insulated bag for 3 hours.

internal temp meat reached in bbq was 70 deg C

weight of leg - 2 kg (4.4lbs)

result: moist, tender lamb. slight pink colour, no blood, not 'pulled' tender. didn't crust however I did try to keep it moist so I'm not disappointed with this result. I will increase the amount of flavour injected next time and also boost the salt a little. overall, I'm very pleased!

thanks to all who got me started. need to try it again now. maybe I'll cut back on the time it was wrapped and try the hotter setting up front in order to get the internal temp up sooner then back off the heat. your comments will be appreciated.
 
Does that calculate to ~158 F internal temp? Ive never done a lamb -- but I wouldnt go much higher in temp than that? Maybe someone else has done lamb.... wrapping will soften the crust a bit as well...
Sounds good to me --- it takes a few times and you'll know when its right ...

I dont know haw many briskets it took me :lol:
 
yeah Dog, 70 C is 158 F. I was cheered by the result though I think next time I'll get the temp up a bit higher for the first few hours and cut back on the overall cooking time. I'm not discouraged by any means, quite the opposite, I'll keep trying as I want to experience my own homecooked pulled lamb leg!
 
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