1/14/2018 – 5 AM to 6 AM – Pulled silver skin from BBs and rubbed well with Kit’s Creole Seasoning. Rubbed the beef ribs with Jeff’s Texas Rub. Put into refer. 2:30 – Put into MES. Smoke was from a mixture … Continue reading
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Saturday, January 13, 2018 – This cook turned out great. Results were very good especially with the point that had the 3POGS and Jeff’s Texas Rub. Adding more Jeff’s at the time it was wrapped also had to help with … Continue reading
Mary bought an 18 lb. ButterBall turkey on Thursday before the Sunday event. This cook used our version of a creole style poultry seasoning blend in one of Kit Whol’s books we have. Although we doubled the amount of sage, rosemary, and thyme from … Continue reading
This cook turned out ok and provide a few lessons. The large butt was de-fatted, cut into three chunks, dry-brined plus rubbed with creole seasoning, and then smoked a long time with the initial 3 hours with full grey smoke … Continue reading
11/18/2017 – First time to brine a fresh bird in the larger Briner bucket with Chef JJ’s Family Favorite Brine. Had good pecan smoke with temps in the 300’s. Turned out fine with, very moist even in the parts that were … Continue reading
10/28/2017 – Bought a 10.9 lb. brisket for $1.69/lb. Trimmed the fat and separated the flat from the point. Rubbed them with 3POGS and Jeff’s Texas Rub. 10:00 AM – Put into the MES that had been preheated to 250 … Continue reading
Bought a trimmed flat with a piece of the point at HEB. Separated them into two pieces where the flat weighted 739 gm and the piece of the point weighted 728 gm. This cure/smoke is my first dry brining the beef … Continue reading
10/15/2017 – Cut and deboned half of a pork butt bought yesterday for $1.29/lb. Smoked the larger part of it today and shook on cure per the cure calculator that provided the values below. This was our first dry-cure of … Continue reading
10/15/2017 – Dry brined the tip roast with kosher salt the night before. This morning cleaned up the butt and took off about 3 lbs to cure for tasso. Rubbed the beef with Jeff’s Texas Rubb and the piece of … Continue reading
10/8/2017 – Sunday after Hurricane Nate went into Biloxi. We are still in Houston. This cook turned out good and had a few new tricks such as using Stubbs and creole seasoning with ACV.