Suuuuuuuuuuuuuuuunday !

[frenzy1]

Still a little drunk from last nights party and now we're headin' to 2 communion parties (a christian tradition). I'm at work right now, and my wife and oldest daughter are attending the church service for the communion of our friends kids.
And, around noon, we're going to the party and in the late afternoon to another party...
Don't think I'll sober up today...

Frenzy
Belgium

[KenP]

Goofing around. I've got a few things to do, but nothing pressing.

Grilling a big ole' Porterhouse later!

[mikejr]

Originally Posted by KenP

Goofing around. I've got a few things to do, but nothing pressing.

Grilling a big ole' Porterhouse later!

Hey Ken!

Well i've done two sets of ribs in the new Bradley Digital smoker. Thats one slick machine. Basically all you do is load the wood pucks into it, set the heat and thats about it. I do spritz the ribs every 1/2 hour with an apple juice/old grand dad combination. With the new machine, gone is the trouble of regulating the heat and the big swings in temperature. I did notice it helps to let the ribs come up to room temp before putting it in the smoker. Been trying to figure out what I want to smoke next. Was thinking about getting some of the salmon from sams club and giving that a whirl. Have you tried anything interesting lately on the smoker?

Mike

[KenP]

Hey Mike, nothing interesting, just some butts and ribs. But my kettle has been getting a workout.

I'm thinking about doing a brisket next weekend.

I went to Home Depot last weekend and stocked up on a butt-load of Kingsford. I usually use lump, but it was only about 9 bucks for the big twin packs. I have a nice huge stack of it tucked away in my box I keep all that junk in.

Glad that Bradley is working out for you.

[mikejr]

Hey Ken,

Where do you get your butts at? A buddy of mine finds them at Sam's once in a while. I'd like to do one of those and make some good pulled pork. I've looked at sam's for the past month and havent found any!

We got a few steaks from Sam's for the grill tonite....Gonna have some grill juice while grilling too. I think tonite will be corona night.

How long do you smoke your brisket?

It seems like that Bradley keeps things a tad moister than the Brinkman did. The smoker box seems more controlled etc. I did notice the smoke flavor is more mild in the Bradley though. My ribs always seemed dry with the Brinkman.

I want to smoke some hot pepper cheese. I've heard you have to do that when its cool out. Any experience on that?

Mike

[KenP]

I shop at BJ's, but Sam's should always have butts. Ask the butcher. Butts from Sam's should be double packed.

Same with brisket. You can go with a "flat" or a whole "packer". To get a packer you may have to ask. I understand Sam's doesn't always put them out because of their size.

My last brisket was garbage, so let's not talk about that one... I did a small flat on my Weber kettle that was great a few months ago.

I haven't tried smoking cheese, or "cold smoking". I'd melt it....

If you haven't tried ABT's, you should give it a shot. Easy and tasty original jalapeno poppers. Oh, bacon wrapped half sticks of corn-on-the-cob freaking crush it. Most people don't think it would be good just by the sound of it... Then they wrap their lips around it and BAM!

Tonight's Porterhouse and potato pics: