as i said up in roll call ive never smoked anything before though ive been wanting to get into it.....yesterday i picked up an older SnP(the heavier duty one) at a yard sale for $50......was going to wait till im out of town next week to get all the right stuff as the local hardware store is lacking.......also my butcher isnt open on Sundays......but the wife wanted me to try it out and wanted a good beef sandwich tonight......
so we went down to the Ace Hardware.....hmmm only briquettes guess they will have to work....no chimney, guess ill have to wing it, least they have briquettes without lighter fluid so i can add without worry throughout the day....no real wood chips but they had some BBQ Delight wood pellets.....hmm those might work, grabbed an apple, pecan and Jack Daniels...no remote thermometer, grabbed an analog that shows both oven temp and meat temp...
to the grocery store......no good looking ribs.....no brisket......hmmmmm?.....ok improvise.......lean oven roast heavily seasoned and wrapped in bacon.......
improvised sort of a baffle..added a water pan...used heavy duty foil folded over a few times to lower the chimney to grill level......having a hell of a time keeping it at proper temps(keep going low) but it smells and looks good after 3 hours......have only used the apple pellets on this one....
not going to be a perfect first run but it should taste good and gives me ideas where to go from here.....going to let it smoke another hour, pull it out, wrap it in foil and throw it back on.....going to be a long cook due to the temps staying in the high 190's but should work this time.....
so we went down to the Ace Hardware.....hmmm only briquettes guess they will have to work....no chimney, guess ill have to wing it, least they have briquettes without lighter fluid so i can add without worry throughout the day....no real wood chips but they had some BBQ Delight wood pellets.....hmm those might work, grabbed an apple, pecan and Jack Daniels...no remote thermometer, grabbed an analog that shows both oven temp and meat temp...
to the grocery store......no good looking ribs.....no brisket......hmmmmm?.....ok improvise.......lean oven roast heavily seasoned and wrapped in bacon.......
improvised sort of a baffle..added a water pan...used heavy duty foil folded over a few times to lower the chimney to grill level......having a hell of a time keeping it at proper temps(keep going low) but it smells and looks good after 3 hours......have only used the apple pellets on this one....
not going to be a perfect first run but it should taste good and gives me ideas where to go from here.....going to let it smoke another hour, pull it out, wrap it in foil and throw it back on.....going to be a long cook due to the temps staying in the high 190's but should work this time.....
