Ok, by way of introduction my name is Dave and am from a little town in SE Iowa, Floris. I came to this form in a strange set of circumstances. On another board, Iowaoutdoors.org, some people were talking about smoking fattys and for a while I had no idea what they were talking about. Then some one posted a link to here for instructions on how to make and roll one. Then a few days later I happened on to a Great Outdoors Smokey Mountain Smoker at a yard sale around here and bought it, and here I am. Tuesday I was off work and decided to give it a try. I bought a whole pork loin and chicken quarters and some stuff to try a fatty, along with a couple thermometers and some other stuff. Made a ground beef cheese burger type fatty and a sausage breakfast one and got them rolled up ok. Then read through several threads on here about the loin and chicken before starting them. Cut the loin in half and rubbed one half with mustard and put some Dave's Rib Rub on it and the other half just the rub. Put them and the fattys on and tried to hold about 250 degrees or a little less and brought the loins upto 140 then foiled them. On the one with the mustard I picked an apple and sliced it and just laid it on top in the foil and then brought them up to a little over 160. The loins and the fattys all hit 160 about the same so took them off and started with the chicken and some beans. My wife's reaction at first bite was "Oh my God. Buddy you've got a new job around here".
I do have a question though. I used a seasoned hickory log I had and just cut slices that were about a half inch thick and about 2 inches across and soaked them in water for about a hour before I started. I put 3 or 4 of these in the little wood box and several times they caught fire and the blaze spiked the temps up to 350 or 375 before I caught it. How do I keep the wood from catching fire?
Thanks for all the info so far and I know I will have lots of questions in the future.
Dave
I do have a question though. I used a seasoned hickory log I had and just cut slices that were about a half inch thick and about 2 inches across and soaked them in water for about a hour before I started. I put 3 or 4 of these in the little wood box and several times they caught fire and the blaze spiked the temps up to 350 or 375 before I caught it. How do I keep the wood from catching fire?
Thanks for all the info so far and I know I will have lots of questions in the future.
Dave