What to put in the smoker this weekend?

[Great-Kazoo]

Nice pic & results. I'm leery of slow & low when it comes to poultry. That and mixing it and other meats due to cross contamination issues.

If you make it up ft fun way. Shamrock foods is selling prok shoulders / butts for $1.19 and roast @ $1:39lb

[DeusExMachina]

Do you monitor grate/dome temps on your Traeger? I've been futzing with the P settings and it pretty much goes 225 on the thermostat, 250 dome (by the stack) and 275 grate. It's kind of annoying and I never know if I'm cooking low enough. My butts and brisket pretty much always take 12 hours, whereas I hear from other people that it should be much longer. I may try doing a cook at the 180 setting some day.

[wyome]

Just smoked up some crazy good chicken wings in the pit barrel cooker...wOw man...just wow

[Great-Kazoo]

Just smoked up some crazy good chicken wings in the pit barrel cooker...wOw man...just wow

wet marinade or a dry rub ?

[wyome]

a couple of store bought dry rubs, with some bbq glaze on a few.

The redder wings are a combo of Pit Barrel Cookers all purpose seasoning and Weber's Kickin Chicken dry rub. We later hit some of them up with some Sweet Baby Rays bbq sauce. The ones in the middle I'm not to sure of the seasoning used, the wife mixed some Trail Dust poultry seasoning with a garlic and herb dry rub she just picked up. Instead of ranch she mixed up some special sauce dip from a family recipe book. All of the wings loved the dip, but the ones glazed with bbq were the best....sweet, hot goodness.

[wyome]

Smoking a meatloaf today...not quite as low a temp, but still slow

[Great-Kazoo]

Smoking a meatloaf today...not quite as low a temp, but still slow

Tried a low temp end results were eh. 325 - 350 1.5 hrs [ish] have you done a bacon wrapped one? Hint: Make 2.

[Great-Kazoo]

Have 3 racks of pork ribs in the frige, used dillo dust for 1, a pulled pork mix on 2 and S&P with lemon garlic powder on #3.


For the do your own bbq sauces folks, like some feedback on this one.

1/2 tsp ground cinnamon (we substituted ancho chili powder)

1/2 tsp ground black pepper

1 cup applesauce

1/2 tsp salt

1/2 cup ketchup

1/2 tsp garlic powder

2 cups unpacked brown sugar

6 Tbsp Lemon Juice

1/2 tsp paprika

Optional- 1/2 - 1 tsp red pepper flakes


Combine all ingredients mixing well in a med saucepan, stirring occasional over med- hi heat till it comes to a boil. Let cool for use later or once off stove add to meat of choice.

It's one of those try as is or substitute items for that flavor. IMO it makes a great chicken wing sauce when brushed on the last 10 min.

Going to try this using crushed pineapple, instead of applesauce. Substituting cider vinegar for the lemon juice (maybe)

[Buff]

Have some Pork Chops coming off in about 25-30min.....

[Gman]

I've found that vinegar can help cut the bitterness that can come from ancho chili powder, but there's not much chili powder at 1/2 tsp vs. 6 tbsp of vinegar.

That recipe reads 'cloyingly sweet' to me. There are essentially 3 cups of sugar to traces of seasonings + 1/2 cup of ketchup that also has quite a bit of sugar. But that's just my opinion.