First brisket, heck first smoke ever

[farmermac]

Ive been thinking about smoking meat for a long time. I tried with my gas grill but could never get significant smoke going. I found one this week from a local guy that was moving to Colorado. Never used, with a bunch of accessories and even a bag of hickory to get me started. Perfect!

So I joined this forum and stared reading. Im usually pretty good in the kitchen so I wanted to go straight for my favorite smoked meat, brisket. One of my buddies joined me on this historic day and brought some other meats so we could experiment.

A few things learned...
-Chicken breast is delicate and easy to oversmoke (its boring, too)
-the flat rocks!
-my smoker is too small
-hickory has strong taste
-lots of things about fire management and smoke management

Now im sure i broke some international convention rules on smoking by stacking but there's just no way we could get any more meat on that tiny little smoker. I made sure there was bark before we stacked.

On the menu were stuffed & bacon wrapped jalapenos, baby back ribs, brisket, chicken breast, bratwursts and beef round (leftover from freezer)

That was a good day with lots of leftovers. IN fact a brisket sandwich is about to be eaten.

 

[bassman]

Welcome to the forum. Excellent looking smoke.

 

[forluvofsmoke]

Ditto ^^^^^^^^^!!!!! You had me with brisket, first or not!!!!! I absalutely adore that piece of meat since I learned a good method to smoke it.

Very nice first smoked brisky...well done!!!!!

That is alot for the lil' Cabela's...maybe getcha a bigger one???? Heh-heh!

When you're hooked, your hooked!!!!

Enjoy the ride!!!!!

Eric

 

[polishmeat]

Dude, that looks so tastey! Great Brisket my man! ++Points

 

[rickw]

Very nice for a first timer. I can see a bigger smoker in your near future.

 

[beer-b-q]

Glad to have you with us. Stop by Roll Call and introduce yourself.

Be sure to check out Jeff's 5Day Smoking Basics eCourse, you can find it here 5 Day eCourse


Nice job on your first smoke. A feast fit for a King.

 

[farmermac]

Thanks for the kind words everyone. I have been reading on this forum for quite a bit before getting my feet wet. Only thing that got killed was the chicken and thats no big loss in my book

 

[ronp]

Very cool first smoke.

 

[oneshot]

Very nice job for yer 1st time out

 

[glgoodwin]

Your first smoke is very nice. I did a pork loin for my 1st smoke and it was OK, but your brisket looks really good. Congrats

 

[hoser]

Welcome aboard Farmer...for a first smoke...that is awesome! great job

 

[irishteabear]

Nice job on your first smoke!

 

[deltadude]

Man you jumped in with both feet:
Brisket, Ribs, Chicken, Brats, ABTs.. all on your first smoke.

Gotta like your spirit, also we liked the Qview..
Even your first post covers all the points including pics.

You found a great place to learn and share, SMF has help a lot of us learn to turn out some great Q.

Welcome aboard...

 

[bigsteve]