9/17/2019 – Smoked in the vertical smoker from splits of our pecan firewood that was started burning in the fire pit. Two pork butts with fat trimmed and separated into 4 pieces. All were salted and rubbed with 6POGS about … Continue reading
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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
4/27/2019 – Needed more BBQ sauce for chicken thighs on the Weber Kettle but found we only had a piece of a bottle of Stub’s Hot & Spicy. So, added the following to some of it to make it do … Continue reading
4/21/2019 – We planned to have two 2-bone lamb chops today for Easter dinner but instead had a very large late lunch with Peggy, Frank, Mandy, TS, Margarit and Sam. After that event we trimmed the chops, cut shallow slices … Continue reading
1/19/2019 – We had bought pork butt bones at South Alabama Custom Meats that have some meat on them. The last smoke had included two of them with 6POGS and the thin pieces of meat made great tasso. So, after smoking … Continue reading
We bought on 12/22/2018 two pieces of lamb ribs that weighted 2.76 lb. and 2.3 lb. at South Alabama Custom Meats. On Christmas eve, after they have thawed in the refer for two days, we salted the (dry brine) and an hour later … Continue reading
8/12/2018 – Removed silver skin then rubbed heavy with Stubb’s Hot Pork Rub 30 minutes before the cook. Put on the hot gas grill and seared for about 30 minutes total. There were black spots on the shiner areas. Throw … 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
7/2/2018 – Dry-brined a 1-1/2″ thick Prime Steak from HEB 48 hours ago. This reverse sear turned out great largely due to a good Prime steak. Pulled from refer an hour ahead to warm a bit and to add a good … Continue reading