Smokers, grills, and BBQs. What are you cooking?

[oftpiste]

^^^this. You can also just chuck a couple of pellets into the firebox for testing purposes. Should start smoking within a couple minutes.

[phatty]

For Seattle area mags, I have a 5yr old Traeger I'll be getting rid of soon (I upgraded a couple years ago and never use the old one). It's not working now, but I plan to fix it up in the next couple of weeks. Mags will get first dibs once I get it working again.

[Squirreljam]

Riser, if you really want to keep it dirt bag simple and cheap, just use a Weber kettle for smoking. Only thing it won’t do is scale up for huge amounts - but I routinely do two pork butts at a time or 4 slabs ribs.

for temps, anything thermoworks is the tits but you don’t even need the smoke that someone linked above. You can get their dot single cable thermo in the $20s and for air/smoke temps I just use the thermometer off my Weber gas grill and stick it in the vent holes in the lid

[present tense]

Game on

[Core Shot]

Yep. Smoked the bird on the grill yesterday. It’s the only way.
Start on the grill. Transfer to a pan with some water. Turn off the burner under the bird. Tray of wet hickory chips under the other burner.
Wait for it. And enjoy

[phatty]

My 20yo took charge of the bird yesterday and killed it. Used a recipe from TikTok (I guess it's good for something), a person named Max the Meat Guy. Moist and delicious.

It's crazy how much talk there's been on social media dogging on turkey as a main dish for Thanksgiving. That just tells me that they have no idea how to cook it. Turkey can be amazing if cooked properly.

[Touring_Sedan]

6th or 7th year in a row of frying the bird. Comes out great every time. Peanut oil is expensive AF, might have to switch to 5W30 next year.

[The Reverend Floater]

Successfully smoked a turkey last night on my Green Mountain Grille.

Question: I live at around 5k feet and have found that actual smoking times are usually 25% faster than a given recipe. It's not the smoker as this is my third smoker.

Anyone else have a similar experience? I don't know if it's the altitude or high desert.

[Dantheman]

It's crazy how much talk there's been on social media dogging on turkey as a main dish for Thanksgiving. That just tells me that they have no idea how to cook it. Turkey can be amazing if cooked properly.

I post this every year and feel like it gets ignored every time. People cook poultry to death for no reason.

[phatty]

I post this every year and feel like it gets ignored every time. People cook poultry to death for no reason.

Yes, it's crazy! A dry bird just means you have no clue what you are doing.

[nickwm21]

For Seattle area mags, I have a 5yr old Traeger I'll be getting rid of soon (I upgraded a couple years ago and never use the old one). It's not working now, but I plan to fix it up in the next couple of weeks. Mags will get first dibs once I get it working again.

Did you sell this thing?


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[phatty]

Did you sell this thing?


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No, still have it. Still haven't got it working again. I think it needs a new board, but I need to call Traeger.

[Ed el Loco]

Smoked turkey last year. Better than a not smoked turkey. Only 5 of us this year so I made baby back ribs. Way better than turkey.


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[half-fast]

Applewood smoked