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05-10-2021, 03:36 PM | #2 |
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Feel the thick dirty gray smoke produces the off flavors, at least in wood burners.
People tend to put their meat on too early when its billowing like a campfire instead of waiting for the wood to burn clean. |
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05-10-2021, 06:55 AM | #3 |
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You can get plenty of smoke in your meat from a pellet smoker. I just did two pork butts and a brisket in my pellet smoker and they turned out great. I also have a stick burner. One thing you can do with a pellet smoker that you can’t do with a stick burner is to cook food over night. Throw your meat on the smoker at a temp of around 200 degrees and let it cook low and slow while you sleep. Turn the temp up when you wake up and the food is ready sooner. There’s fun in managing a fire then there are times you just want the food because you have other things to do also.
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05-10-2021, 09:28 AM | #4 |
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I just bought a ZGrill (ZPG-7002B) a couple of months ago. Lowes had them on sale. They said they had purchased a bunch more than they intended so they had to mark them down. They were originally $500 and they had them marked down to $200. I figured why not get into pellet grilling for a small price. So far, I love it.
I would recommend you get yourself a wireless temp probe for your meat. This thing makes smoking/grilling easy. It's hard to over cook food and easy to cook it just right if you have a temp probe. Last edited by Lzen; 05-10-2021 at 09:36 AM.. |
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05-10-2021, 08:48 AM | #8 |
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For best results, pre-soak your pellets in liquid smoke.
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05-10-2021, 08:49 AM | #9 |
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I've always been a bbq purest, would only smoke over wood and grill over charcoal. Then last year my buddy wanted me to make some ribs on his new RecTeq pellet smoker for his daughter's graduation party. I offered to make them at home on my offset then bring them over but he insisted so after warning him they wouldn't be as good as they normally are I said fine.
As much as I hate to admit it, they were nearly identical to what I've made for years on my WSM and offset. So I bought a RecTeq Stampede for myself and haven't regretted it at all. The only thing I don't like about it is it's making me lazy and I've been finding myself using it more than my stick burners. |
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05-10-2021, 09:53 AM | #12 | |
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As for the ribs, do NOT foil them at all. That essentially steams them and while it does speed the process, you lose quite a bit of the bark and meat juice to steam. Put the smoker on 225 and smoke for 5 hours for baby backs and 6 for spares. Use the bend test to make sure they are done, or check with a fork and done when fork tender. Those times should pretty much get you there though. You will have a great bark and flavor. If you want to add sauce, add it the last 45 minutes or so. |
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