Recent content by JDSwan87

A friends daughter raised chickens for FFA, I bought one and decided to smoke it. Bird was about 7lbs dressed out. No brine was used in this smoke. I stuffed the cavity with equal parts carrots, red onion, celery and tied her little legs closed with twine. Placed 3oz of cherry wood in and into...

So I bought a 14lb packer brisket from Costco. I trimmed it and now I'm in trouble. I plan on starting smoking tomorrow at midnight so it's ready for Sunday afternoon. I plan to tender quick it tomorrow morning before I leave for work, rub when I get home. The #2 is 15" deep and my brisket is...

So I bought a cord hanger for my #2, I didn't like the function of it so I modified and duplicated it. The cord hanger as I received it is designed to hang off the top. I didn't like that because the cord is loose. I shortened the hanger and bent a new tab on it.  Also got slightly longer M4x.7...

Howdy, long time, no see on my part. I've been busy and have done some smoking. Well, I have been tasked with making 30lbs of pulled pork for the 2nd shift Skilled Trades Christmas party at my work. I have 30lbs of boneless pork shoulder already and I'm going to use DivotMaker's brine. My...

Anyone ever make smoked lasagna? Sitting here at work, it popped in my head... I searched "lasagna " in the forums but only got 2 hits...

Odd question, I know... In a few years my wife and I are totally re-doing our kitchen and I got to thinking that it wouldn't be that hard to install an SI permanently while we are at it. I would plumb up the smoke hole to exit outside with a switched fan in line. The fan would activate via a...

This is a thread for the newbies (such as myself) who have never smoked ribs.  This thread is a compilation of information I gathered from here and chose tocombine it into one convenient thread. I, personally, have only ever done ribs in a crock pot. This is my first try at smoking them, here is...

Howdy everyone! Just got a model 2 and can't wait to use it!! This site looks like a wealth of knowledge!

So I pulled the trigger on a #2 and I'm very impressed with the quality. Anyways, I've only ever smoked venison jerky in my old propane smoker, which always turned out well. I'm smoking a whole turkey this Thanksgiving (wife is making a standard turkey also just in case). I bought the Turkey...