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I've bought a weber kettle grill and want to do more than grill. I've done a salmon, beer can chicken, and turkey breast on it with success, but I want more. Can you smoke a pork butt on it? If so how? And what else can I do?
The search bar above is a good starting point," smoking with weber kettle"
You/re welcome. I have brined a few in the past...the halved loin I linked you to wasn't.Thanks Eric. That looks great. Do you brine your loins, or just rub them?
I have that book and it's a great resource.Hi, Weber has a great new book out: Weber Smoke. It has recipes and processes for smoking on the kettle, gas grill and WSM. They indicate their preferred grill for each recipe but the processes are transferable. Although I very rarely use my Summit and the WSM is my go to for low and slow, I have a tendency to put some chunks of smoking wood on the coals every time I use the performer. I love a rib-eye with a bit of oak smoke! Happy smoking!
Great post cliffcarter! I will try with 15 litten briguettes next time i smoke.
Yes you can-
This is how I set it up, here I am using Stubbs briquettes and apple wood pieces 3"long
by 1" thick, set on end in the charcoal. About 15 fully lit briquettes go in the open space
to the left of the foil pan-
I like to cook my butts at temps between 260° and 280°, the last one was a 7.25 pounder that cooked to pulling temp in about 8 1/2 hours.
Ash build up will restrict air flow over time so be sure to sweep the ash out of the kettle about once per hour.
Since posting this I have changed to using about 1/2 chimney of lit charcoal because it gets me to my desired cooking temp more quickly.
Great post cliffcarter! I will try with 15 litten briguettes next time i smoke.
Thanks i keep this also in my mind.
Since posting this I have changed to using about 1/2 chimney of lit charcoal because it gets me to my desired cooking temp more quickly.