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Hey SMOKERS!!!!!!!

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Thanks to Nicko and his new Green Egg there has been a bunch of smokehouse talk recently, so much so over the last 24hours that I had to go out and roll me a fattie....

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In the smoker now....can't wait

I was on such a roll I forget to snap shots before "the roll" - once the bacon weave was complete and seasoned, with the sausage rolled over top, I slather the sausage wtih Sweet Baby Rays Original BBQ sauce, on topo of the slather goes pepperjack cheese, spinach, red onion and garlic. Roll the sausage UP, roll the bacon weave down - season again - I have become a HUGE fan of the Kansas City Rub that Open Season produces - can grab it lots of places, even Cabelas now. Their seasons are not nearly sa salty as many others on teh market.

It's in the smoke house now, holding a solid 210 degree temp with a heavy hickory/pecan smoke - couple hours (internal temp of 160) I'll pull that baby out and brush with a bit of a sweeter sauce, Sweet Baby Rays Honey Blend. Whole fattie didn't run me $25 and will taste like a MILLION bucks - even hada little left over for ac couple chubbies.... :wink:

PIcs of the finished product later...

If you're a smoker - share some of your craft!!!

Joe
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i love smoking trout and salmon. looks great! not sure about those caper thingys though. they look like a rabbit been feasting on greens. lol jk
i love smoking trout and salmon. looks great! not sure about those caper thingys though. they look like a rabbit been feasting on greens. lol jk
Capers thingys are really good with most fish. Try em with some smoked salmon sometime. You may be surprised.
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im sure id like them, i hear they are salty. i am a saltaholic lol 😁 just never had a chance to try one.
I caught these trolling in my Jon boat at a local lake. They stock it once a month starting in January. Can’t remember too many times it was open water in January and February as It’s usually at least partially frozen. I very rarely get out until March.
They stock here all "off-season" but only in the local streams/rivers which I haven't yet ventured to. Official season opener is 3/25 and then I'll be out a good bit before the bass spawn really kicks in.
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They stock here all "off-season" but only in the local streams/rivers which I haven't yet ventured to. Official season opener is 3/25 and then I'll be out a good bit before the bass spawn really kicks in.
Here in Eastern WA State they start stocking some of the lowland ponds late Feb - mid March, so I might need to take a trip soon. There's a few ponds within half hour to hour from me, but some of my favorites are about 1.5 - 2 hrs away. Those ones are in some foothills to the Blue Mtns and have turkey and deer all over. I keep trying to talk the wife into a family camping trip in late April where I can sit for turkeys in the morning and afternoon, but come back and take them fishing around noon and evening. She says first we need a camp trailer since it still gets pretty cold at night that time of year, and she doesn't like being cold. We're in the process of looking for one this spring/summer. In the late summer when deer archery season starts up there, there's also wild blackberries, and wild fruit trees such as apples, pears and plums that are ripe that time of year from old homesteads. Usually by the late summer the ponds are fished out of all but the smartest trout, so spring and early summer are best for fishing.

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Crazy to think I bought that first green egg 8 years ago and this has turned into the best ( and no-bickering thread) on Archerytalk.

My first experience with a Brinkman bullet type smoker ( Cheap knock off of weber smoky mountain) … Is what made me search out something better. Started out with a medium, then added a mini max, and got a steal on a large on FB marketplace local sale. Gotta say out of all three of them, the mini max is my favorite.


I know everybody’s got their own personal preferences from stick burners to pellets to diy drum smokers to the ceramic kamados. There’s no right or wrong… Smoke em if you got em!!!
LOL. All I've ever seen my dad use to smoke with is an old Brinkman like you mention. He doesn't do the traditional bbq stuff (pulled pork, brisket or ribs), but he's smoked lots of ducks, geese, turkey and venison roasts on the thing over the decades. He now has a cheap dual fuel Char Griller or something along those lines, where one side is a propane grill and the other is charcoal (can't remember if it has an offset fire box or not), that he uses sometimes. He still uses the old Brinkmann bullet for turkey at least once a year.

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Just ordered a Bradley smoker should come in beginning of next week. Anyone use one?
LOL. All I've ever seen my dad use to smoke with is an old Brinkman like you mention. He doesn't do the traditional bbq stuff (pulled pork, brisket or ribs), but he's smoked lots of ducks, geese, turkey and venison roasts on the thing over the decades. He now has a cheap dual fuel Char Griller or something along those lines, where one side is a propane grill and the other is charcoal (can't remember if it has an offset fire box or not), that he uses sometimes. He still uses the old Brinkmann bullet for turkey at least once a year.

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Under the right conditions, it worked fine. But the one I bought had too much of a gap between the top and bottom sections. On a cold and windy day, it sucked all the heat right out. I had it wrapped with tin foil one Christmas day as I was trying to smoke salmon. That experience is what took me down the BGE path.
Here in Eastern WA State they start stocking some of the lowland ponds late Feb - mid March, so I might need to take a trip soon. There's a few ponds within half hour to hour from me, but some of my favorites are about 1.5 - 2 hrs away. Those ones are in some foothills to the Blue Mtns and have turkey and deer all over. I keep trying to talk the wife into a family camping trip in late April where I can sit for turkeys in the morning and afternoon, but come back and take them fishing around noon and evening. She says first we need a camp trailer since it still gets pretty cold at night that time of year, and she doesn't like being cold. We're in the process of looking for one this spring/summer. In the late summer when deer archery season starts up there, there's also wild blackberries, and wild fruit trees such as apples, pears and plums that are ripe that time of year from old homesteads. Usually by the late summer the ponds are fished out of all but the smartest trout, so spring and early summer are best for fishing.

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Sounds ideal!
in IN. they cut way back on our stocking. they say the lakes that have been producing great trout fishing arent fit anymore. claim the dissolved oxygen isnt there. i watched the downfall of the best lake in the state. it happened in 2 years. i noticed all the trout i caught were packed to the anal vent with corn, like couldnt pass it! the next year numbers of big fish were very low then the next they stopped stocking the next. IMHO the corn chummers killed them. but that doesnt explain the so called oxygen crash. im suspicious but im no biologist. it very well could be fact. sure was a shame i pulled 4-6 pound trout(my biggest 9#, state record from there was 18# i think!), from that lake starting in 1984 till crash several years ago. smoked hundreds of pounds of pink meat from there over the years. now all we have is just a couple of stocked lakes but they rarely hold any over these days. those fresh stockers taste like pureena trout chow and are tiny. lol after a couple years they were choice eats though. again DNR reports low oxygen levels in the remaining lakes. with a 10ft wide band of trout friendly water column by late summer. there were some browns stocked but i dont know if that still happens. they are hardier and could survive easier than bows i think. a few 20some inchers have been taken but very few.
anyhow back to smoking meat. lol im getting the erge to do another log of canadian bacon. going to grab a hole loin if i get to town today. i like to keep a few chunks on hand in freezer. i cook these fritters all the time. slice and beat out loin with meat mallet. dredge threw seasoned egg wash and shake in andys red. let set a few min. while bacon grease warms then pan fry. great lunch tenderloin sandwiches!
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Trying something a little different, Poor mans brisket..lol. Doing a beef chuck roast.
Hopefully it will turn out ok!
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Trying something a little different, Poor mans brisket..lol. Doing a beef chuck roast.
Hopefully it will turn out ok! View attachment 7811852
How accurate is your MEATER with ambient temp?
right now, not very accurate..lol.. its off like 40 degrees from the smoker, having problems with losing signal. I am in the house and the smoker is in front of my garage its losing signal constantly. Thought I would like it but having some issues with it.
rightt now, not very accurate..lol.. its off like 40 degrees from the smoker, having problems with losing signal. I am in the house and the smoker is in front of my garage its losing signal constantly. Thought I would like it but having some issues with it.
Yeah I’m in the same boat. It’s 30-40 degrees off and drops connection all the time.
My wife got it for me for xmas, but I think I like Igrill better.
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Man, the MEATER concept is great but everything I’ve read tells of those same issues.

I know Joe (12Ringer) got in on the ground floor when they were crowdsourcing and it took him forever to get one. That was a few years ago and apparently they still haven’t got it right.

If my old Maverick ever dies I’ll have to figure out what to get next. There’s a couple Meater clones out there but they’re not getting rave reviews either.
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Turned out pretty good, kinda taste like brisket, little more fatty than brisket. it was pretty tender. Took the internal temp to 206 then let it rest for 30 min.
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Dang that looks good!!
Looks great! Got another 2 hrs for my pork shoulder to be done
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I have a rib eye on the Weber pre heating for a reverse sear.
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