I just got the smokenator for Christmas 2014. Already smoked a beer can chicken and it was great!. Any other "easy" suggestions for a newbie?
Thanks
Congrats on the new addition to your Kettle!
Short smokes are best with the SN equipped Kettle until you get familiar with it. Salmon, shrimp, or just about any fish is great. Our favorite way to smoke roast salmon is to make a little boat out of HD aluminum foil, put down a layer of brown sugar, coat the salmon with olive oil, soy sauce, brown sugar, and some kosher or sea salt. We smoke it with hickory or mesquite at about 230F until done, usually a couple hours to the point my wife likes it (a little overcooked), depending on the thickness of the fillets.
Store bought sausage is a piece of cake too (about an hour). And meatloaf to an IT of 165F, usually 2-3 hours depending how big it is.
Oh, and don't forget the Double Smoked Ham. Way easy and AWESOME! Same 2-3 hours to an IT of 145F. I did my first one recently, using the
WSM, but it would have been just as easy on the SN Kettle. Pick up some cheap maple syrup, a pre-cooked and honey smoked ham, put the ham in a pan, coat the ham with the syrup, then lightly dust the ham with a little of the glaze that comes with it. Throw it on the SN equipped Kettle then every half hour sprinkle a little more of the glaze on it, then lightly spritz it with something sweet, like apple cider or half-half syrup and water. Just dampen the glaze. It will harden like candy in layers as you do that every half hour. My wife says we'll never buy a Honey-Baked Store ham again, this was better!
