What's on the smoker today?

[Islander]

Pork tenderloin last night. Pull at 145F.

Grape vine wood is the best I've tried for pork. Incredible.

 

[Addicting]

This turned out great. I used a smooth acid this time so it has less tang. It has a very similar taste to a Black Forest ham.

 

[noharleyyet]

Can you imagine...

 

[Dave N]

Can you imagine...
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I'm in!

 

[WildWill]

Tri tip smoked for a couple hours then reverse seared on the Blackstone.

 

[cne-elk]

Man I wish i would have taken a picture because it turned out awesome. I took the heart from my elk this year, butterflied it out, trimmed tendon and valve pieces out of it. I then cubed up apple, some stuffing, rosemary, onion, thyme, sage and stuffed the inside of the heart with it. Tied it back together with butchers twine and put on smoker, 165 high smoke for 1.5 hr, increased to 220 for another .5 then wrapped in aluminum foil and put in oven for another 40 mins. It turnedout amazing the apple still had a little crunch and the heart was just barely cooked so nice and moist. Give it a try

 

[Wild Bill]

Smoked a pork belly today. Nothing crazy, but we’ll have plenty of good weekend breakfasts and BLTs.


(Yes we have a globe in the kitchen, thanks for noticing)

 

[Dave N]

Smoked a pork belly today. Nothing crazy, but we’ll have plenty of good weekend breakfasts and BLTs.

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(Yes we have a globe in the kitchen, thanks for noticing)

Details, please! I have 2 small ones in the freezer and I'm looking at a couple ways to do them.

 

[Wild Bill]

Details, please! I have 2 small ones in the freezer and I'm looking at a couple ways to do them.

Nothing too crazy. Picked up the biggest pork belly they had at Sam's Club. I use the Hi Mountain cure. I'm sure there are better ones out there but I've had good luck with this one.

Hi Mountain Original Bacon Cure

Hi Mountain’s new Original Bacon Cure makes traditional bacon from pork belly whereas Buckboard Bacon Cure uses Boston Butt roast or pork

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[INMT]

Figured I’d ask this here cause this is the group that knows smoking.

I’m starting to look at vertical smokers. Leaning electric and not too big, but big enough to do 20-30 lbs summer sausage, etc. Is there a certain size I should be looking at?

Any brands to look at or avoid? Should I look at propane instead of electric? I don’t have the capacity for a legit wood smoker yet.

Any insight is appreciated.

 

[Wildabeest]

Figured I’d ask this here cause this is the group that knows smoking.

I’m starting to look at vertical smokers. Leaning electric and not too big, but big enough to do 20-30 lbs summer sausage, etc. Is there a certain size I should be looking at?

Any brands to look at or avoid? Should I look at propane instead of electric? I don’t have the capacity for a legit wood smoker yet.

Any insight is appreciated.

I’ve got a Masterbuilt electric vertical. Doesn’t do the best job at smoking, but it works and has lasted 10 yrs with no issues. I use it mostly for jerky now, and would also use it if I needed to hang something like sausages. Mine’s a 30”, but I’d go with the 40” if you’re hanging stuff.

 

[Dave N]

I've always had a stick burner so I can't help on the other styles. If you find one that you may like, see if you can hook up a separate smoke generator to it. If the pucks or pellets don't make enough smoke then you can add more with one of those. It will also let you smoke without the heat if you want. I wouldn't recommend any that use sawdust or chips in a smoke pan.

 

[INMT]

I’ve got a Masterbuilt electric vertical. Doesn’t do the best job at smoking, but it works and has lasted 10 yrs with no issues. I use it mostly for jerky now, and would also use it if I needed to hang something like sausages. Mine’s a 30”, but I’d go with the 40” if you’re hanging stuff.

Thanks for the size recommendation.

 

[INMT]

I've always had a stick burner so I can't help on the other styles. If you find one that you may like, see if you can hook up a separate smoke generator to it. If the pucks or pellets don't make enough smoke then you can add more with one of those. It will also let you smoke without the heat if you want. I wouldn't recommend any that use sawdust or chips in a smoke pan.

Thanks that helps narrow it down.

 

[Wild Bill]

Thanks for the size recommendation.

I've got one similar to what Wildabeast has. Same brand. I've got an offset smoker box for it that allows me to get much more smoke than what is possible as a stand alone. Makes it much more versatile. I've never had issues with it getting up to temp, even on below zero days.
I tried to migrate to a pellet grill, but I find my vertical smoker far better for doing sausage and such.
Someone is picking up the pellet grill in a few hours. Bringing the vertical smoker back up to the main patio from the basement walkout.

Masterbuilt® Slow Smoker

When you're ready to serve up adventure, Masterbuilt has the tips, techniques, and more to help you fire it up at your next cookout

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[noharleyyet]

6 racks & a 10lb brisket...thankfulness, our 13th grand (3rd great grand) arrived this morning

https://flic.kr/p/2rHzKMX

 

[Wild Bill]

Details, please! I have 2 small ones in the freezer and I'm looking at a couple ways to do them.

Kicking myself for not getting a picture of the entire belly laid out nicely after slicing.

All packaged and into the freezer now. Tested out some of the ends.

Perfection!

 

[connorfagen]

6 racks & a 10lb brisket...thankfulness, our 13th grand (3rd great grand) arrived this morning

https://flic.kr/p/2rHzKMX

Thats money

 

[Gellar]

Smoked a pork belly today. Nothing crazy, but we’ll have plenty of good weekend breakfasts and BLTs.

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(Yes we have a globe in the kitchen, thanks for noticing)

I’m jealous! Both of your fresh home smoked bacon and your globe!

 

[Addicting]

but big enough to do 20-30 lbs summer sausage

Bigger is better. I have a fairly large vertical pellet smoker at 1993 square inches. Pit boss copperhead 7 I think.

I have found hanging sausages works best. I need all of that space to do a 25lbs batch at once.

If I’m making snack sticks I have to only do 12.5lbs at once.

You will not be doing 20-30lbs in an electric at once. You might get close with 24” 2.4” tubes but you will need to rotate the heck out of them. Otherwise one end will be burnt and the other raw.

Electrics are significantly smaller in design.

With Black Friday upon us, get the biggest you can afford. And spoiler, it won’t be big enough in this price bracket. You will find ways to outgrow it.