ABT's and First LOL cook - lessons learned

[dave from mesa]

Well did our first ever leg of lamb smoke. I boned it, first for this also. Marinated if for 2 days (1st mistake) in EVOO, S&P, kufta spice (middle eastern spice), rosemary and a bunch of garlic.
Smoker at 225 (2nd mistake) and it cooked for 3 hrs.
In the mean time did up some ABT's. No after pics, sorry.

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LOL ready to go in the smoker.

http://s10.photobucket.com/albums/a142/dmsjas/?action=view&current=IMG_0068.jpg

Finished and out of the smoker. Wrapped it in foil and rolled it up in a big blanket. Didn't have a cooler available so just put it on the counter.

http://s10.photobucket.com/albums/a142/dmsjas/?action=view&current=IMG_0069.jpg

Sliced and ready to go. Came out a little short of medium and real juicy.

http://s10.photobucket.com/albums/a142/dmsjas/?action=view&current=IMG_0072.jpg

Next time I am only going to use marinade for over night. Meat seemed a little soft.
I will also cook it a a higher temp, maybe 250.
Friends that came for dinner are not big lamb fans but said I could make that for them anytime so I guess it wasn't too bad.

Well thanks for looking and any suggestions would be appreciated.

 

[rdknb]

Well to me if the people eating it liked it then it was a job well done, so well done

 

[smokin relaxin steve]

looks good to me... i have only done lamb on the rotisserie though... want to try it smoked sometime this summer...

 

[roller]

I am not a big lamb eater, but that looks real good...

 

[rbranstner]

I love lamb on my smoker!!!! Good job.

 

[northern greenhorn]

Looks great, if they really don't like lamb, and said they'd eat it again, then you did something right

 

[acemakr]

What NG said.....

 

[chuckrinwv]

looks really good to me. I haven't tried cooking lamb, can't say I have ate a lot of it. but for some reason, I am thinking this weekend, I will be smoking some. I see several recipes for marinates but no one mentions what flavor smoke.

Any suggestions would be apreciated.

Thanks in advance

 

[dave from mesa]

I used Apple.
Forgot to put that in my original post.

 

[fire it up]

Looks good from here.
Thinking about picking up a leg, they are going on sale for $1.99lb tomorrow.