12/19/2021 – Bought a smallish pork butt, trimmed the small amount of fat, and cut it into thirds along the muscles. Rubbed it with Stubb’s Hot Pork Rub and let it sit out for about a half-hour. 8:00 AM – … Continue reading
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Thawed a 10 lb. bag of leg quarters in late morning Trimmed away the extra skin and fat and cut the legs from the thighs. Dry brined and seasoned with Creole Poultry Seasoning for about an hour. Set the RecTec’s … Continue reading
This dish turned out great. It was easy to make and Mary enjoyed it as a thick soup and I had it beside Jasmine rice. This was the first time to cook cannellini beans but will not be the last. … Continue reading
We made big plans to wet brine the turkey and follow a plan developed from videos and websites cited below. But, decided to keep it simple and only dry brine. The turkey turned out very moist and the ham had … Continue reading
11/17/2021 – Bought a small Smithfield ham, ground beef, ground pork, and Rouces’ Armadillo Eggs with Butt Rub. Set the RECTEC (RT) on 300°. Ham Trimmed off all outside fat and split it along the muscle seam. Cleaned out the … Continue reading
11/92021 – From Cajun Creole Recipe Circle on FB as made by a woman in Opelousas whose daughter-in-law said is ” a fabulous Creole and Cajun cook.” Jane Hall Harmon Cajun & Creole Recipe Circle Ingredients 1 pound ground beef … Continue reading
11/8/2021 – We had the new REC TEC going for Butt pieces and a pile of nice size poblano peppers from the garden. Found a good-sounding recipe by Malcolm Reed and used it as a go-by. They turned out very … Continue reading
11/7/2021 – We had two small pieces of a pork butt that would not fit on the Kettle last spring so we vac-packed and froze them. They had been dry brined and rubbed with 6POGS in March of this year; … Continue reading
11/4/2021 – This is the second smoke today on our one-day-old RecTec 700. We removed the heavy fat and cleaned up a small ham partially splitting it open between muscles to get rub and smoke into the center. Rubbed it … Continue reading
11/4/2021 – The RecTec RT-700 wood pellet grill arrived yesterday. Today we smoked chicken thighs and legs with the Ultimate Blend all-natural food-grade Red Oak, White Oak, and Hickory hardwood pellets that came with the smoker. The chicken was part … Continue reading