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
Category Archives: Smoked
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
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
11/4/2021 – 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
3/14/2021 – Kelley, Piper, and Olivia arrive this afternoon to visit for Spring Break week. Like in Houston, we smoked Pork Butts knowing they will come over for dinner. This was the second time the old Masterbuilt Smoker quit during … Continue reading
9/6/2020 – This was a successful smoke using the MES and two Butts with a lot of tasso from trimmings. … Continue reading
7/4/2019 – We started on 7/1 to thaw a two pork-butt pack that weighed 20 lbs. This smoke turned out great and we enjoyed a great meal with Peggy and Frank for the 4th of July. … Continue reading
Did not start this early as usual so raised the MES temp to 260 and let it roll. Butt was cleaned of a lot of fat and ended up in two thin slab, rubbed liberally with 5POGS. 1:00 PM – Put … Continue reading
7/3/2018 – This smoke went very different as the MES quit heating about 2 hours in. So moved it to the Weber Kettle to finish and it turned out very good. The butt and 3 small tasso pieces were rubbed … Continue reading
The butt turned out really good on salads and in sandwiches. The 5POGS makes a great bark and adds a touch of spice.