What to put in the smoker this weekend?

[Dave]

That's a pretty decent price?



I was just @ King Soopers the other day & they wanted $67 for a packer brisket. Forget the weight & per pound price but it was probably about 7lbs.

Not sure if there's a difference between Denver metro and Loveland, but KS near me still had flats for 5.99/lb and an untrimmed whole for 4.99/lb when I was there yesterday. I'm thinking of grabbing a flat and doing some homemade pastrami.

[electronman1729]

Very nice, what sort of sauce / baste is that, looks tasty.

No sauce used! Just a good old rub and brown sugar.

[electronman1729]

Pork Tenderloin just came out.

[SuperiorDG]

Pork Tenderloin just came out.

Damn I can almost taste that meat.

[Jer]

Damn I can almost taste that meat.

Ha! I was just saying the same thing to my wife. Looks awesome!

[Gman]

Got a whole brisket at Sam's for $3.48/lb. on Thurs. after work. The one I bought was 14.65 lbs. Trimmed it up Fri. night and put a dry rub on it and popped it in the fridge. Put it on the Traeger Sat. morning and had the family over for dinner. Brisket, Olathe sweet corn, potato salad, coleslaw, and Rocky Ford melon. There wasn't much left.

[Jer]

Got a whole brisket at Sam's for $3.48/lb. on Thurs. after work. The one I bought was 14.65 lbs. Trimmed it up Fri. night and put a dry rub on it and popped it in the fridge. Put it on the Traeger Sat. morning and had the family over for dinner. Brisket, Olathe sweet corn, potato salad, coleslaw, and Rocky Ford melon. There wasn't much left.

I'd love to find me a whole brisket locally for $3.48/lb. Someday...

[sniper7]

Did some chicken thighs the other day, and last night was ribs! Both for the first time. We just picked up a smoker at Home Depot. Now I need to find a place to get some apple or cherry wood for free instead of buying that stuff at the store...

no pics of the chicken, didn't think of it, but here was a few from the ribs. I got called to work so didn't take a picture wright when they finished but grabbed a pic while we were eating them!

[DeusExMachina]

Need to find a place for a whole brisket locally. The flats from Costco are alright, but I hear a whole (flat+point) comes out even better.

I may have to check out a Sam's Club.

Did a rack of ribs yesterday on the Traeger. Trader Joe's Kansas City BBQ sauce is actually pretty damn good.

[Gman]

We have memberships at both Costco and Sam's. We had some not so satisfying experiences at Costco with some tough steaks and end up buying most of our meats from Sam's. The pork loin ribs are awesome - 3 racks to a cryopack. Can't believe how much meat is on those suckers. I'm lucky to finish half a rack.

With the whole brisket, the flat is definitely the premium section, but the point has awesome flavor and if you get the internal temp high enough can become quite tender as well. When I get done trimming out the heavy sections of dense fat between the flat and point they're barely connected anymore. After cooking I complete the separation to slice them since the muscle fibers run in different directions.

Favorite bottled sauce at the moment is Guy Fieri's Kansas City. Mixed that with de-fatted pan drippings and some Stubb's Spicy (habanero, cayenne, and black pepper) in a sauce pan. I try to avoid high-fructose corn syrup in my diet.