BBQing Reefers - What's on your grill/smoker?

homer1475 · Apr 17, 2020

OMG! that bacon was outstanding!

If you guys have never tried making your own bacon, it was super simple, and way easy.

Yeah I stopped measuring my rub ingredients years ago, but your pretty ok to do about a 1TBS of each ingredient, with the sugars being a little heftier(the sugars caramelize creating your bark).

I like to rub and rest overnight, take out of fridge an hour or so before smoking to warm up a bit. May sound gross but anohter trick is plain yellow mustard on your shoulder or ribs first so the rub sticks to it. The mustard leaves no taste after smoked.

homer1475 · Apr 17, 2020

I liked it so much that I;m going to buy more pork belly today!

Only hard part is sourcing the pink curing salts. Not to be confused with pink Himalayan salts, 2 totally different things. Luckily for me, I have quite the large Amish/Menonite population with their little stores out of their homes. They had everything I needed.

jayala12 · Apr 17, 2020

Seasoning complete!!!! But the real fun started after lol. I hope everyone enjoys their weekend. Reef on, smoke on, but most importantly. Love your family and your time on earth. God bless

homer1475 · Apr 18, 2020

Went into Lowes yesterday and they have a pitboss 1100 pro model for a vary decent price. Didn't buy it yesterday, but still considering it.

siggy · Apr 18, 2020

There will be some fantastic sales after this thing clears.

AbjectMaelstroM · Apr 18, 2020

0500 wakeup this morning... If all goes right, about a 12hr cook.

homer1475 · Apr 18, 2020

siggy said:
There will be some fantastic sales after this thing clears.

Open box, floor model..... $300. I'm pretty sure I'm picking it up today.

And they will throw in 2 bags of PB pellets for missing one of the temp probes(20$). lol

AbjectMaelstroM · Apr 18, 2020

Time to wrap!

Then 4-5 more hrs.

NS Mike D · Apr 18, 2020

homer1475 said:
I liked it so much that I;m going to buy more pork belly today!

Only hard part is sourcing the pink curing salts. Not to be confused with pink Himalayan salts, 2 totally different things. Luckily for me, I have quite the large Amish/Menonite population with their little stores out of their homes. They had everything I needed.

I think I got mine on amazon. Mortons Tender Quick

DonTavo27 · Apr 18, 2020

Just got my Snake River Farm Box. Can’t wait to throw that brisket on the grill.

DungSl1nger · Apr 18, 2020

homer1475 said:
Well found out I have a bad probe on my thermometer. God the butt up to 185 and it just sat there. Not wanting to open the smoker, I relied on the thermometer like I have hundreds of times. When it finally got to be like 12 hours in the smoker I knew something had to be wrong. Opened up the smoker, used my insta-read and I get 205! Way to HOT!!!!

Not my best cook, but certainly not my worst. Great flavor, just a tad dry. Add some BBQ sauce and it's all good. New probes ordered for the weber wireless. I guess it's time, after all it is like 10 years old now.

I shoot for 203. Done is consided 200-205

homer1475 · Apr 19, 2020

DungSl1nger said:
I shoot for 203. Done is consided 200-205

195 is perfect, 205 is dried out(of course depends on the cut of meat also). Meat continues to cook for 5 to 10 minutes after it's taken off the heat raising the temps as much as 5 degrees while resting. Not to sound cocky, but I am a chef of 23 years now, I know my meat temps lol.

Anyways, Got the Pit boss 1100 pro model. Floor model at lowes that was missing one of two temp probes, so they threw in 2 bags of pellets, and I got it for $200 off retail($350 with tax, originally $599). I honestly cannot find a ding or a dent in this thing. For a floor mdel its like it just came out of the box.

Got some pork belly burnt ends I'm doing for dinner tonight, bacon curing for thursdays smoke, St. Lois style pork ribs for tomorrows dinner, then for Tuesday I'm just doing burgers and dogs to try out the "cook" aspect of the smoker.

homer1475 · Apr 19, 2020

OOps forgot a pic.

This was yesterday during the initial burnout:

Reefnman2 · Apr 19, 2020

This is the 3rd season of my Camp Chef PG, the control board is acting strange (not doing what I'm programming it to do) a new one is around $100.00 and easy to change out but not happy seems like that's awful quick to be having problems already.

homer1475 · Apr 19, 2020

Reefnman2 said:
This is the 3rd season of my Camp Chef PG, the control board is acting strange (not doing what I'm programming it to do) a new one is around $100.00 and easy to change out but not happy seems like that's awful quick to be having problems already.

When I was originally researching pellet smokers, the camp chef was always right near the top of the list. But the control board, along with rusting were the number 1 complaints with it.

Reefnman2 · Apr 19, 2020

homer1475 said:
When I was originally researching pellet smokers, the camp chef was always right near the top of the list. But the control board, along with rusting were the number 1 complaints with it.

I should have known I guess, on their web site they have a video on how to change out the board! No rust on mine yet but I keep it covered when not using and it does a nice job of cooking.

homer1475 · Apr 19, 2020

I've watched the video's too. Doesn't look to tough to change out.

Look up stoveparts4less.com, they have a ton of parts and usually very decent on the price. looks to be around 60$ to 80$ depending on model.