I started using the cast iron smoker box I got from my ugly drum smoker in my cheapo gas grill... kinda works, but it's less than ideal.
This morning, I'm off work (4 day work weeks in the summer) I ground up some more of pork steaks (they call them sirloin) in the food processor,
and seasoned the mixture with fennel seeds, garlic, sea salt, black pepper and some red pepper flakes and some sage and a little Cajun seasoning.
Threw some maple chunks in the smoke box and cooked them until the were 160 inside... about an hour.
Not enough fat in the pork steaks, so they came out dry, but they had a lot of flavor, so I put on some Sweet Baby Rays and they came out, flavor-wise, sweet, mapley with a little heat on the end, but dry.
Lessons learned: need more fat, leave out the fennel (makes it smell like italian sausage) need to get the UDS up and running... this would make an excellent fattie stuffed with some bananas or apples and raisins for breakfast.
So goes my first week of smoke experimenting with a gas grill.
Next up: War Dogs in a parking lot.
This morning, I'm off work (4 day work weeks in the summer) I ground up some more of pork steaks (they call them sirloin) in the food processor,
and seasoned the mixture with fennel seeds, garlic, sea salt, black pepper and some red pepper flakes and some sage and a little Cajun seasoning.
Threw some maple chunks in the smoke box and cooked them until the were 160 inside... about an hour.
Not enough fat in the pork steaks, so they came out dry, but they had a lot of flavor, so I put on some Sweet Baby Rays and they came out, flavor-wise, sweet, mapley with a little heat on the end, but dry.
Lessons learned: need more fat, leave out the fennel (makes it smell like italian sausage) need to get the UDS up and running... this would make an excellent fattie stuffed with some bananas or apples and raisins for breakfast.
So goes my first week of smoke experimenting with a gas grill.
Next up: War Dogs in a parking lot.