What are you Grilling now?

[jvlgato]

Mmm , looks tasty!

[jvlgato]

Spatchcock Chicken, my first air chilled, and it was good.

Beat the huge thunderstorm by half an hour!

Edited June 18, 2014 by jvlgato

[agile_one]

Leftovers to me, John ... fax is on perma receive .    dingdingdingding ...

[Edwood]

Damn, those chickens look fantastic, Al and John. 

 

Getting another pair of Butts ready for the BBQ.  Bone in Pork Shoulders this time. (From Restaurant Depot)

 

Trying a new technique.  Dry Salt Brine the night before.  Then oil and spice rub (minus the salt, since it's already on) before it's into the Keg.

Mighty big butts this time.  17.36 lbs

Edited June 29, 2014 by Edwood

[Grahame]

Lookin' Good, Ed, or should I call you "Sir Mix-A-Lot"?

[jvlgato]

Ed those look so awesome, forget the fax, I'm booking the first flight out!

[tyrion]

Butts are may favorite meat to smoke. Hard to screw them up.. Brisket on the other hand, will always be does vide. I've given up trying to smoke it. Just can't get it right. Enjoy!

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[grawk]

first flap meat

now sockeye

[Edwood]

Butts are may favorite meat to smoke. Hard to screw them up.. Brisket on the other hand, will always be does vide. I've given up trying to smoke it. Just can't get it right. Enjoy!

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I've have smoking brisket down now.  If we can find a decent whole packer brisket at MOA4 we'll have smoked brisket as well. 

[Edwood]

Pics from yesterday's feast.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[grawk]

looks good except for the caramel syrup you spilled on the food.

[tyrion]

Looks good Ed. Send me your secret to smoked brisket please.

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[ironbut]

Since it's Ed,.. I think a video tutorial is in order!

Or maybe a weekly podcast.

How about, "Ed Wood's Balcony BBQ"?

[Edwood]

I base my brisket cook off of this recipe.

 

http://amazingribs.com/recipes/beef/texas_brisket.html

 

For the Big Bad Beef Rub, I use half the black pepper it calls for.  And it used to call for Salt in the Rub, but now calls for Salting separately.  I just use 50/50 mix of Salt to Pepper ratio, which works for me.

 

I inject with watered down beef stock from concentrate.  Basically make some beef stock with beef bullion and taste it to where it tastes like watery soup.  Make sure the liquid is cold when you inject.  Best to make it ahead of time and chill in the fridge, or use ice cubes if you're in a hurry.

 

Also different from the recipe directions, since I'm smoking in the Keg, I don't use water in the drip pan, it's just dry.  Also, I do a foil wrap starting at 160 - 170F internal temp, later than the recipe calls for because brisket doesn't get a decent bark until then.  Then I wrap in double layered foil with the probes still in.  No water, juice, or anything added.  Just plain foil wrap, nice and tight. 

 

A really important factor in smoked brisket is a very long rest in faux cambro.   Basically putting it into an insulated cooler with a bunch of towels (or newspaper) for wrapping for more insulation.  I found 3 hrs rest time to be the best, with 2 hrs being the minimum.

 

But the most important part is selecting the best brisket you can.  Whole packer cryovac.  USDA Prime, with a rectangular shape, where the flat end is as thick as possible.  Also, check the side of the flat part of the meat for marbling if you can.  Push on the side of packaging if needed.  It's pretty difficult to see, so otherwise check the top of the flat for marbling. 

 

So my Brisket smoke steps are:

 

Day 1:

-Trim all fat down to 1/4" - 1/8" thick, remove as much of that enormous deckle fat that you can (don't cut too far into the meat, though).

-Inject with watery beef stock. Pat dry

-Apply Rub (don't put it on as heavy as you would pork, though)

-Cover and let sit overnight

 

Day 2:

-Fire up the grill / smoker.  If your smoker / grill can put out clean blue smoke when it's colder, then put the meat in early, before it's up to temp.

-Put in remote probes into brisket.  If you have two put one in the thickest part of the middle of the Fat area, and the other probe in the middle of the thick Point area.

-Put brisket in grill / smoker, pretty much straight from fridge to smoker.  Don't let it sit out at room temperature, we're going for a cold smoke initially.

-If cooking in anything other than a Big Steel Keg or BGE, you'll have to spray the meat and use water pans (with hot water, not cold) periodically,  Otherwise, I don't touch it until it hits 160-170F.

-Wrap in foil when the bark is nice deep, dark mahogany color after it hits 160.

-Open foil pouch and probe test when the internal temps hit 195F in the Flat Area.  Should slide in like buttah in the Point end.  The Flat will always be much stiffer.  If you can get the peanut butter feel, then it's perfect.  Otherwise, close it back up and let it go to 205F, then pull it.

-Put the sealed foil brisket into faux cambro insulated cooler for 2-3 hrs.

-Unwrap, drool, slice, and eat.

[Edwood]

looks good except for the caramel syrup you spilled on the food.

 

It's a bourbon BBQ sauce I made.

[tyrion]

Ed, thank you.  I will give it a try in the next couple of weeks. 

[ironbut]

Thanks a million Ed!

 

I'll give it a try.

[Edwood]

Really good video showing how to prep a brisket.  I don't bother with letting the meat rest at room temperature at like Franklin does.  I go straight from fridge to smoker.

 

 

When he shows the marbling difference on the edge of the Flat and Point, you can see how lean the Flat is on his brisket.  That's too lean for me, I pick one that has more marbling than that in the Flat area.

Edited July 4, 2014 by Edwood

[Edwood]

Also on cook times.  Brisket is done when it's done.  The last one I did was a smaller, 11.23lb one and it took 18hrs, which included 3hrs rest time.    Fattier USDA Prime Briskets seem to take longer than leaner Choice cuts for me.   

 

The recent pulled pork cook I did took 22hrs for one butt, and 24hrs for the larger piece.  But that was 17.36lbs total. 

[Edwood]

4th of July BBQ.  Simple stuff this time.

 

Smoked Chicken.

 

Bacon and Corn roasted in Bacon Fat as well.

[Absorbine_Sr]

Pizza from scratch on the Weber tonight. Toppings were pepperoni, roasted tomatoes and artichoke hearts. Our first attempt, and needs work. But we loved the crust.

[n_maher]

Grilled pizza rocks. I do just the crust on the grill, both sides but a bit more on the top, to firm it up then put the toppings on and cook to completion. I also cook it on a very low setting trying to keep peak temps below 400F.

[shellylh]

Very nice Mike!

[Voltron]

Spatchcock chickens -- one chili lime paste and one hickory rub

[recstar24]

Burgers. Used fresh ground sirloin and seasoned with bread crumb as binder. Too bad we finished all or bacon though