Saturday, January 30, 2016 Ambient Temp was unseasonably warm 65 degrees with a nice breeze.. Meat Prep – About 11 AM removed silver skin, salted as usual and slide back into plastic sleeves and into refrigerator. Both slabs are thick … Continue reading
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January 24, 2016; Ambient temp was 65-70 with only a slight breeze. Preface – This did not turn out well and serves as a good learning experience. Thawed the 13-lb bird the day before. Removed from bag and trimmed an … Continue reading
January 10, 2016 Day before removed silver skin from slab of ribs and salted liberally. Ambient Temp was 46 degrees and no breeze. Used the Weber Kettle with the SnS and large pecan chunks over Kingsford Briquettes. Piled burning briquettes … Continue reading
During the 12/31/15 smoking of a pork butt at the farm I added chicken legs that had been salted and peppered with poultry seasoning on the skin side. They were positioned over the roast on a higher grill. By that … Continue reading
12/30/2015 – Had thawed the pork roast in the frig for about 2 days. Removed fat cap and salted well. Returned to frig for about 18 hours dry brining.. 12/31/2015 7 AM – Rubbed roast with Schultz’s Premium Seasoning and … Continue reading
As there was a good batch of coals burning when the Christmas Eve turkey reached temp Mary yanked the no-name spiral-cut ham from the frig to give it a little smokey flavor. I added several pecan chucks to the coals. … Continue reading
Bought a 13 lb. frozen generic brand bird to be smoked on the 22″ Weber Kettle with the Slow-N-Sear with my new ChefsAlarm remote digital thermometer. The Plan – Will use the new thermometer to first monitor grate temp for … Continue reading
Preface – This party is in lieu of a Christmas day meal as we are going to Sundown the day after Christmas. So, the dinner and present exchange is today, 12/19/2015. That seems odd as it is the first time … Continue reading
Preface – This was a cook that did not follow Meathead’s advice totally as had to improvise. Should have started the cook before leaving for HEB about 3 PM. Once got back I was in a rush to get it … Continue reading
11/22/2015, 5:35 pm – Placed eight thighs on the grill where turkey had just been removed. See that journal entry for how the kettle was set up. The thighs had been sitting out for maybe a hour. Had steady stream … Continue reading