Labor Day Weekend Grilling/Smoking Thread

[FreightTrain]

Fuck it.


Called in sick and now I'm smoking some buffalo turds to take over to a buddys house tonight to watch some football. I'll probably go all out tomorrow and smoke some stuff. I'll add pics if I do.

[Silverback]

Pork butt and Brisket all rubbed and ready for the smoker.

Got em on this morning, when it was nice and cool... low 70s here in Austin this morning.



Pay no attention to the temp reading, that's inside the kitchen, I hadn't placed the probe in the smoker yet.

[stangin4lyfe]

Love the pics and reading and learning from you guys!
Just wanted to say thanks and keep it up!

[Real Estate Nate]

This would have been a great weekend to come visit I see

[Couver]

This would have been a great weekend to come visit I see

Nate if you are not doing anything come this way... I have steaks marinating

[Silverback]

Brisket was pulled off the smoker at 175, and is resting. Pork butt has about another hour til it hits 195-200, once they rest, ill post pics as I slice and pull.

[FreightTrain]

Didn't have the time to really smoke something today so I went in a different direction. Can't go wrong with some surf and turf. Did some stuffed salmon, shrimp, pinn wheel steak, corn on the cob, and even smoked some small potatoes which I added cheese to at the end. Damn it was good.

[jluv]

I stuffed some giant jalapeños with cheddar cheese and finely chopped chicken fajita meat and wrapped them with bacon. They turned out great. Also grilled some Earl Campbell's hot links. They were good, too.

I tried my hand at beer brats, and will never, ever do that again. My house stinks horribly. They were okay, but I'm going back to just grilling them straight out of the package. I like them better that way.

[FreightTrain]

I stuffed some giant jalapeños with cheddar cheese and finely chopped chicken fajita meat and wrapped them with bacon. They turned out great. Also grilled some Earl Campbell's hot links. They were good, too.

I tried my hand at beer brats, and will never, ever do that again. My house stinks horribly. They were okay, but I'm going back to just grilling them straight out of the package. I like them better that way.

Food section requires pics.

[jluv]

Food section requires pics.

All I can do now is snap some pics of the turd the food will make later.

[Silverback]

here's a pic of the meat at 125 degrees, when I moved the brisket and butt around to make sure they cooced evenly.



And here's the brisket after it rested:



And first slice:



And here's a pic of the smoke ring:

[Silverback]

And now the pork butt:



And after some pulling. It could have used a little more time, I pulled it at 195, and should have let it go to 200-205:



And the whole spread

[momo]

that brisket looks perfect. nicely done.

[krazy kris]

is that a ninja turtle, I mean green turtle

[Silverback]

no, it's oogie boogie from the nightmare before xmas