3/2/2021 – Kelley and the girls are arriving in 12 days and will be here for Spring Break week. She talks often about the Rueben Sandwiches we made with my homemade Pastrami in Houston. So, this prep will follow the … Continue reading
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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
10/6/2020 – Smoked in the MES a fresh 4.25 lb. pork belly bought at Alabama Speciality Meats. Trimmed off the skin and the loose ends of fat. There was a thin end that was removed to not have it overcook. … Continue reading
8/22/2020 – This cook was good with the pecan coins from our firewood in the kettle with the SNS and lower tray. Tried to follow the similar smoke in March 2017. Dry brined and shook on a good amount of … Continue reading
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
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