Hey everyone!
I've been reading this forum for a few months now and theres a TON of useful information and ideas!!
finally decided to join and be a part of a smoking community!
So.. I've used a PitBarrel cooker for about 2 or 3 years, I got it as a chrismas present.. im still not sure if it was a gift for me or for the rest of the family
I was what you would call an "enthusiast smoker" since I love the flavor of smoked meat but I really didn't know how to do it myself... so this smoker I received for christmas was perfect to start my journey into meat smoking!!!
I feel like I've come a long way from messing up my first rack of smoked ribs to almost ruining the Thanksgiving meal =)
I've learned a lot tips from different peeps on this website and for that I THANK YOU ALL!!!!
My smoking has come to be somehow good enough for my church to ask me if I could help with a fundraising that took place a last summer... but boy I had no idea what I was getting into!! still... I took the challenge
long story short.. ended up cooking brisket for a 1000 plates (thats a lot of meat to smoke!!!!!) Ill attach a picture of the pit I was using... we got the job done and the meat was good but not great! I felt like I wasn't prepared for something that big and I decided it was time to get prepared before the next one came in.
So.. here I am... asking this great community to guide me, and teach me how to be prepared!!!
My plan is to build a smokehouse that can fit 80-90 briskets or 40-50 even if that means Ill have to smoke meat for 2 days to get it done... for what I've seen there are some variations to her design and there are some that I like but based on my project im afraid to keep the same measurements used on some of those and If make mine bigger.. do I need to make a bigger firebox? add additional pipe to bring in more heat or just add more wood to the same box.. and I could go on with questions but.. I'd like to get guidance from the experts..
Thank you for reading my essay!!!
I've been reading this forum for a few months now and theres a TON of useful information and ideas!!
finally decided to join and be a part of a smoking community!
So.. I've used a PitBarrel cooker for about 2 or 3 years, I got it as a chrismas present.. im still not sure if it was a gift for me or for the rest of the family
I was what you would call an "enthusiast smoker" since I love the flavor of smoked meat but I really didn't know how to do it myself... so this smoker I received for christmas was perfect to start my journey into meat smoking!!!
I feel like I've come a long way from messing up my first rack of smoked ribs to almost ruining the Thanksgiving meal =)
I've learned a lot tips from different peeps on this website and for that I THANK YOU ALL!!!!
My smoking has come to be somehow good enough for my church to ask me if I could help with a fundraising that took place a last summer... but boy I had no idea what I was getting into!! still... I took the challenge
So.. here I am... asking this great community to guide me, and teach me how to be prepared!!!
My plan is to build a smokehouse that can fit 80-90 briskets or 40-50 even if that means Ill have to smoke meat for 2 days to get it done... for what I've seen there are some variations to her design and there are some that I like but based on my project im afraid to keep the same measurements used on some of those and If make mine bigger.. do I need to make a bigger firebox? add additional pipe to bring in more heat or just add more wood to the same box.. and I could go on with questions but.. I'd like to get guidance from the experts..
Thank you for reading my essay!!!
