Smoking Meat?

[TRG]

MY RECIPE FOR ROTISSERIE SMOKED PORK BUTT!

Don't.

I won't... butt... oh nevermind...

 

[dfergie]

Put a 4 lb pork butt and a 4 lb ham in Ok Joe at 9:10, just pulled, sauced and wrapped, stoked fire a little...

 

[dfergie]

Off cooker at 5, (205 & 199) started pulling both at 6:15. Should have pulled ham earlier as bark was tough.

 

[navychop]

Just got word Food Lion has Boston Butts on for 99 cents a pound, limit two!

At that price, I won't quibble if it's not bone in.

Gives me a chance to redeem myself after my last cook. Remember, pulled pork in rotisserie = BAD IDEA!

 

[navychop]

My 19 hour smoke has taken almost 21 hours.

 

[TRG]

I picked up some plump chicken breast at the butcher yesterday. Did an overnight marinade. Cherry and Hickory will be providing the smoke.

I will also be trying out a new toy. I picked up "Meater+" on sale a couple of months ago. Its a pretty cool Bluetooth meat thermometer for those of you that are unfamiliar with the name. I'm shooting for 165 degrees then reverse sear.

 

[navychop]

I use same probes. They don't stand up well to being hit by a meat cleaver….

 

[Bobby]

I picked up some plump chicken breast at the butcher yesterday. Did an overnight marinade. Cherry and Hickory will be providing the smoke.

I will also be trying out a new toy. I picked up "Meater+" on sale a couple of months ago. Its a pretty cool Bluetooth meat thermometer for those of you that are unfamiliar with the name. I'm shooting for 165 degrees then reverse sear.

I have some interest in the Plus. Reading reviews, there is mention of frequent bluetooth dusconnects. I see that you and navy use these. What say you, how well do they really work?

 

[TRG]

I have some interest in the Plus. Reading reviews, there is mention of frequent bluetooth dusconnects. I see that you and navy use these. What say you, how well do they really work?

This was my first cook so I don't have a lot of data points. That said I didn't have any problems and it worked really well.

The probe comes in a nice little bamboo box that acts as a charger. The app tells you to put the charger somewhere near the probe. So I did as instructed. The app mentioned that the charger acts as some kind of a booster to extend the signal range. We have mosquitos out now so I came back inside. I was a good 70 feet away from the grill at times and only lost lost signal twice. This was after the probe was exposed to heat for a while. I think heat affects range a bit. Also, when I was at the furthest point away from the charger there 5 walls between me and my grill. When I stayed closer to the charger I never had a single dropout. This 3 minute video may help you put a visual to what I just said.

 

[klang]

ThermoWorks has an alternative. I have a bunch of their equipment.

RFX™ by ThermoWorks | Next-Level Meat Monitoring

 

[TRG]

ThermoWorks has an alternative. I have a bunch of their equipment.

RFX™ by ThermoWorks | Next-Level Meat Monitoring

That's quite a bit more than what I paid for my Meater+. I do like the idea of using WiFi instead of Bluetooth though. I honestly only bought mine because it was on sale and I got it super cheap. I went for years using an instant read thermometer, a timer and lots of experience.

 

[Bobby]

This was my first cook so I don't have a lot of data points. That said I didn't have any problems and it worked really well.

The probe comes in a nice little bamboo box that acts as a charger. The app tells you to put the charger somewhere near the probe. So I did as instructed. The app mentioned that the charger acts as some kind of a booster to extend the signal range. We have mosquitos out now so I came back inside. I was a good 70 feet away from the grill at times and only lost lost signal twice. This was after the probe was exposed to heat for a while. I think heat affects range a bit. Also, when I was at the furthest point away from the charger there 5 walls between me and my grill. When I stayed closer to the charger I never had a single dropout. This 3 minute video may help you put a visual to what I just said.

Thank you for that!