Thanks i was really happy with the taste. How can someone not like bbqpepperguy1 said:
oldsalty said:
THP, I do not think it was a picnic, at least the package did not say it was. It may be the bad picture, because it wasn't burned at all, no burnt flavor. In fact i pulled a few pieces of the bark off to try and it had a wonderful flavor. it did not get above the 250 but a couple of times and I immediately brought it back down, i had a harder time keeping the temperature up due to the cooler weather, it was in the 40's that day.The Hot Pepper said:
temps look good I like to do butts 225 put 10 deg either way won't hurt if there just bumps in heat. Colder ambient temps don't help either haha been there used to live in RI and MA tough cooks in the snow but fun!! Lol how long you been smoking!After you said that i looked at the pic again and you are right it does look like that, fortunately for me and my wife it wasn't burned.The Hot Pepper said:
Now that is interesting, never heard of it but it does sound like something to look into.DownRiver said:
its funny you say that about the lighting, i just replaced the light above my stove and for some reason it has about half the light of the old one we had on there so there is terrible lighting in there right now. i tried to keep it around 230, but with my smoker it can really fluctuate sometimes. I started smoking ribs and wings a couple of years ago and did some chicken as well this year and last. I don't know why i had never done a butt before, but i definitely will again. There are other things i want to try, but that's about it so far.oldsalty said:Yeah pics of bark tend to look dark sometimes you need more lighting!! Figured it was fine it's like looking in an oven window things look darker than they are
I am pretty much learning as i go, reading some forums and posts and then just modifying to how i want to do it. Right now i have chargriller with a side smoker box that i have had for about 4 years. I know it is not the best, but for learning it has served me well. If i continue to smoke more i will upgrade one day, for now this works though. I will check out your threads sounds cool.oldsalty said:Since I was a kid grandfather was big into smoking and cooking for lots of church and local vfw,elms,shrinners, etc. I'm 52 been cooking seriously since I was 16, always loved it!!!
Check out my post in the grilling and smoking threads.
The Hot Pepper said:
if you'd like. A list of upgrades and were too purchase material just pm me :Thanks pm on the way.oldsalty said:Well your doing great !! Keep On Smoking
Ps I still use my old chargriller offset smoker!! You can buy insulator blankets for many cookers and it easy to buy the material to do it yourself. Mine is fully insulted and sealed all seams with high temp gasket kit and toggle clamps on cooker hatch. Cheap upgrade and my cousins in RI are using it today closing up one of. Are farmhouses. Talked to them this morning said it was chugging like locomotive!!
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