Recent content by afratki

I have a lot of family coming to stay with us over a two week period at the end of July through the beginning of August and I'd like to prepare several smoked meals for them. I'd like to avoid the added work and anxiety to find good meat and prepping the meat while they are here so I'd like to...

I don't know how many members are familiar and/or use Tapatalk but it's a streamlined, customized presentation of forums on smartphones and tablets, making sites incredibly easy to read, post, reply, etc. I'm not sure what has to been done to set this up for the Smokin-It forums but it would be...

Though I'd start a thread to see what everyone has planned for the 4th. I'm having my parents and younger son and his fiancée over. I just picked up three racks of St Louis style ribs to smoke using the 3-2-1 method (but will probably skip the 1 and finish them on the grill like I did last...

I smoked a 8lb butt and after me, my wife, and a friend had pulled pork sandwiches I wondered what to do with 4- 5 lb of left over pork. We always get pork fried rice when we carryout Chinese so I thought I'd make a hardier version with some of the leftover smoked pork. It was really good so I...

I smoked my first Boston butt Friday and all I can say is WOW! Here’s what I did: Thursday morning before work, I took out the 8lb butt and gave it a good rinse. I noticed what I perceived as a fairly thick fat cap (about ¼ - 3/8 inches thick), so I trimmed a good bit off but left a little...

I'm preparing my pork butt to smoke and noticed a fairly thick (at least 1/4") pad of fat running the entire length of one side. I was wondering, is the general consensus to trim the fat off or not? Should I smoke fat side sown?

(I originally posted this question as part of another thread but figured it warranted its own thread) I was splitting up some fruit woods I ordered online into 2 - 3oz chunks and realized at the rate I use wood for smoking, I have over a years worth wood and started to think what the best way...

I thought I’d post my smoke from this past weekend maybe to inspire a newbie like me or get some suggestions from the more experienced smokers on this forum. I headed to the local supermarket Saturday morning not sure what I wanted to smoke yet but leaning towards something pork. Safeway had...

I purchased my #1 about two weeks ago and I finally got around to putting the cover I purchased with it on. I noticed it overhangs the edges by a good two inches on all sides when viewing from the top. I'd think it would fit better than this given you order a cover for a specific model. Maybe...

Hello from Maryland all! My #1 should arrive today, can't wait to get home and start using it!