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[Ben E Lou]

Originally Posted by digamma

How many hours we goin' on those?

I'm going to 190 for pulled pork on the smaller one, so probably 12-14ish. I started them at 5:30am and I'm at 154 on the small one right now, a little under 6 hours later. I'm probably going to take the big one to around 165 for slicing.

[Ben E Lou]

Egad. Picture resized. Sorry 'bout that.

[Ben E Lou]

Just took the big one off at 165.

Carter: "I want to taste that. What is it, Daddy?"
Daddy: "Pork."
{Daddy cuts a piece, hands it to Carter}
Carter: "This pork is yummy, Daddy. Pwease may I have a pwate pwease?"

And a pwate I have given her.



Seriously, this is absolutely fantastic. Significantly better than anything I've ever done before.

[MacroGuru]

Originally Posted by Ben E Lou

Just took the big one off at 165.

Carter: "I want to taste that. What is it, Daddy?"
Daddy: "Pork."
{Daddy cuts a piece, hands it to Carter}
Carter: "This pork is yummy, Daddy. Pwease may I have a pwate pwease?"

And a pwate I have given her.



Seriously, this is absolutely fantastic. Significantly better than anything I've ever done before.

Awesome.

[Ben E Lou]

[MacroGuru]

Looks like you had a good smoke ring on this one.

[Ben E Lou]

Yeah, I'm very pleased with everything with this sucker. This was my first serious attempt at pulled pork, actually. I usually just take it off at 165ish.

[Swaggs]

This thread makes me miss living in the South...

[CrimsonFox]

Please...whatever you do, do not get a George Foreman...

[dzilla77]

Originally Posted by Swaggs

This thread makes me miss living in the South...

This thread makes me wish I lived near Ben - like next door.

[CrimsonFox]

Originally Posted by Ben E Lou

fucking yum

[Ben E Lou]

Originally Posted by wade moore

I've mostly used various types of woods from Weber like this:

Amazon.com: Weber 17004 Apple Wood Chips, 3-Pound: Patio, Lawn & Garden

Just because they're easy to find and well-priced on Amazon.

Originally Posted by Ben E Lou

Easy to find? Yes
Well-priced? Uh, no.

I am holding in my hand a bag of the same Wood Chips that you linked to for $7.99 on Amazon. It still has the $4.99 price tag on it. That's the everyday price at the hardware store down the street from me. I *think* the same chip are as low as $4.49 at the nearest Lowe's, but that's inconvenient for me.

Heh. I just started a smoking session and used my last apple wood. Headed to Amazon to check on the pricing for chunks (not chips,) but noticed that the price for this bag of chips has come all the way down to $4.19 now. Pretty sure it's still in the $4.49-$4.99 range retail. (I'll double-check that at some point soon, I'm sure. )

[Ben E Lou]

Bah. They're not eligible for Prime, so the price rockets up to over $10 per bag with shipping. Guess I'll stick with retail for now.

[Ben E Lou]

Heh. Five-pound bag of chunks from Home Depot = $6.99: 5 lb. Bag of Apple Wood Chunks-17005 at The Home Depot

Same five-pound bag of chunks of Amazon = $13.95: Amazon.com: Weber 17005 Apple Wood Chunks, 5-Pound: Patio, Lawn & Garden

I'm guessing this is a place where the "Free" shipping of Prime isn't really free.

[Ben E Lou]

I've grown to trust the Weber smoker very much, it appears. We're having a group of around 20 over this evening, but I'm playing at the first two services this morning, which means I will be gone from 7:30am-1:00ish pm. Fired 'er up at 5:00am, and it was up to 225 by 5:15. Played with the air control until I got it pretty stable by 6am. Since 6am, it hasn't gone below 219 or above 234. I trust it enough to leave it completely unmonitored for 5 1/2 hours. {crosses fingers}

[cartman]

I think I might have found my new favorite wood for smoking. Normally I use oak, and occasionally pecan and mesquite. But I made some pulled pork this weekend, and used cherry. It was awesome. Not sure if it was just the wood, as I also used a new rub/marinade, but the smoke flavor was excellent.

[MacroGuru]

Originally Posted by cartman

I think I might have found my new favorite wood for smoking. Normally I use oak, and occasionally pecan and mesquite. But I made some pulled pork this weekend, and used cherry. It was awesome. Not sure if it was just the wood, as I also used a new rub/marinade, but the smoke flavor was excellent.

Cherry is one of the best woods for smoking if I remember correctly, I am using cheap hickory right now. But I might end up buying a 6 lbs pork butt to cook this weekend. I don't know...

[Logan]

Bump for a question now that the weather is finally getting nice...living in an apartment with a balcony now, and the building rules are electric grills only. Looking around at neighbors, it seems a couple might have some small propane tanks like you would bring to a football tailgate. I could probably get away with one, but absent that, are electric grills any good these days? I guess I would get a piece of the grilling experience if I had one, but I get the sense that it wouldn't taste very good. But that could just be my own pre-conceived biases. Any insight or recommendations of good (reasonably priced) ones?

[cartman]

On the electric grills, it all depends on the quality of the infrared element. The better ones have nearly the same output as the infrared burners on gas grills.