Recent content by jpowell

I wrap at the stall when I'm in more of a time crunch. It makes a significant difference to the cook time.

Well, I can’t upload pics here from my phone anymore (too large) .. so you’ll have to go to my instagram for pics. https://www.instagram.com/share/BBqQXUi6Mk Really wish there was an active Facebook group for SI users as forum technology is just not user friendly nor convenient for the masses.

I recently discovered this cut of pork I’d never tried before. Did a test run, and decided this will be our Christmas dinner 😄 Tweaks will be couple mins under broiler, longer wet brine, and it could use some sort of injection. Also pondering a diff rub. Since I wasn’t sure what to look for in...

I’ve been using a 3D for many many many years and use approx 12oz for pulled pork. I’ve finally got my used analog 4 working and I’m wondering how much wood the 4 needs vs a 3. I’m assuming more do to the increased volume, but curious what y’all have found. Thanks!

So I took apart my 4 over a year ago trying to troubleshoot why it wasn’t working with the auber controller I bought. I thought I took pics of the insulation placement when I removed them but can’t locate them. I have 4 insulation chunks. They don’t seem to fit like I’d think they should so...

Buddy bought a bunch of thick sliced bacon and wants me to smoke it for a party. I looked through these posts and didn't see any non-pork belly smoking procedures. Suggestions? Time, Temp, oz of wood? I ordered a 12" smoking tube to maybe try cold smoking it.

Buddy bought a bunch of thick sliced bacon and wants me to smoke it for a party. I looked through these posts and didn't see any non-pork belly smoking procedures. Suggestions? Time, Temp, oz of wood? I ordered a 12" smoking tube to maybe try cold smoking it.

I just scored a barely used analog 4 (more on that in a coming post) that I want to connect to a new auber controller. Wondering where the internal probe is located on the 4D? Thanks!

Between July 4th, an all-staff party, and a men's cookout at church ... I've done 24 9-10lb butts in my 3D in the month of July. That's a record for me ... and one I'd rather not repeat without upgrading to a bigger model :-) Props to my good old 3D though ... 5yrs since purchase and it still...

After cooking 24 butts this month in my 3D it's time for a bigger smoker. Looking for used 3.5D or 4D's. I'm located in Northern IN FWIW. Thanks!

First attempt at fish. Costco was out of brisket so decided to give this a try. Should I cut it into smaller chunks before dry brining?

Has anyone tried Jeff's 300F pork butt experiment? https://www.smoking-meat.com/march-30-2019-five-hour-smoked-pork-butt I'm going to tomorrow and was curious if anyone has tried a quick/fast smoke :-)

I need to upgrade to a 3.5 or 4D and wondering what y'all think a reasonable price for my 3D w/ cover would be? It's been awesome and housed indoors when not smoking...and within the past year, I use it inside my garage venting into an old wood stove flue (I have a post somewhere on the setup) :-)

Stopped by Menards to grab my go-to rub and discovered it’s on sale! I’ve not seen it this low so I stocked up :) Sale ends July 4

I've done 4 butts several times now, but I'm getting asked to do larger events meaning I'd really like to do 6 butts. I did move the internal probe higher which gave me more room, but I'm leery trying to squeeze in 3 racks (2 butts each) and that lower rack is going to be so dang close to the...