Hi there My name is Jared, I am totally new to the smoking world. A friend of mine's Dad always used to smoke trout and I fell in love with it then. However that has been 17-18 years ago, I recently decided that I wanted to get into smoking so, I went out looking and found a smoker. It is a brinkman vert smoker I read that sell for around 89 bucks, I picked mine up for $25.00.
It has been cured and used twice, its in awesome condition!!! I know this is a cheap smoker but my wife doesn't want me to spend to much till she can see that I like cause I know I will, but se doesn't.
Anyway she has never had smoked anything, and I really hope to impress her so that I can talk her into letting me buy a better one.
Now down to the brass . . . . . FIRST SMOKE, this weekend I will be pursuing my rise to fame and glory, haha?
I have already made the rookie mistake of inviting some friends and family over. But I hope that is the last I will make!!!
Tonight I have decided (via help from a post i made here yesterday before I saw roll call) to take a test run, 2 pork loin steaks.
I hope by doing this I learn how to keep the temp where it needs to be and all the do's and don'ts of my rig.
CAUSE . . . tomorrow, I will be smoking 2 Tri tip's for clan. I have done a shload of prep and research for the event and I really really hope I can pull it off. Tomorrow is a state holiday for us here in utah called pioneer day, ya know fireworks, friends, family and BEER!!!
Any hoo let me give you some of the details.
First here is the rig
. . . well it looks just like this one any way. Im sure this is the cheapest rig one could find but . . .
second as per the advice of some of you awesome Smoke Jocks I have purchased a real thermo to put in the smoker.
Still not sure where I will be putting it but I was thinking in the middle of the keg just below where the handle sits about 2-4 inches. The only reason for that is I kinda want to have a decant reading from both grills (top & bottom) and I'm thinking that if I put it there I would get an all right reading for both racks. ???????? what do you think???????
Third. have heard of people throwing a wool blankie over their smokers to help keep in the heat, do you recommend this????
Thanks and anything else you can add will help fosho
THANKS
THANKS
THANKS
It has been cured and used twice, its in awesome condition!!! I know this is a cheap smoker but my wife doesn't want me to spend to much till she can see that I like cause I know I will, but se doesn't.
Anyway she has never had smoked anything, and I really hope to impress her so that I can talk her into letting me buy a better one.
Now down to the brass . . . . . FIRST SMOKE, this weekend I will be pursuing my rise to fame and glory, haha?
I have already made the rookie mistake of inviting some friends and family over. But I hope that is the last I will make!!!
Tonight I have decided (via help from a post i made here yesterday before I saw roll call) to take a test run, 2 pork loin steaks.
I hope by doing this I learn how to keep the temp where it needs to be and all the do's and don'ts of my rig.
CAUSE . . . tomorrow, I will be smoking 2 Tri tip's for clan. I have done a shload of prep and research for the event and I really really hope I can pull it off. Tomorrow is a state holiday for us here in utah called pioneer day, ya know fireworks, friends, family and BEER!!!
Any hoo let me give you some of the details.
First here is the rig
. . . well it looks just like this one any way. Im sure this is the cheapest rig one could find but . . .
second as per the advice of some of you awesome Smoke Jocks I have purchased a real thermo to put in the smoker.
Still not sure where I will be putting it but I was thinking in the middle of the keg just below where the handle sits about 2-4 inches. The only reason for that is I kinda want to have a decant reading from both grills (top & bottom) and I'm thinking that if I put it there I would get an all right reading for both racks. ???????? what do you think???????
Third. have heard of people throwing a wool blankie over their smokers to help keep in the heat, do you recommend this????
Thanks and anything else you can add will help fosho
THANKS
THANKS
THANKS