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Ronws

first class brisket smoker
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  • Oct 18, 2021
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    As first class brisket smoker.

    11 pound brisket. Thawed by Thursday evening, I rubbed my meat. I rubbed it really good. Spice Hunter Cowboy
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    So, Last night, I put in on the Char Griller charcoal grill with side firebox. I had a fire going in the firebox with chopped mesquite wood. Smoked really slow for about 7 hours then set in a cold oven. I had am aluminum pan with water in it in the main chamber.
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    We have had that 13" x 9" roasting for more than 30 years. It's one pan big enough to fit my meat in.
     
    As first class brisket smoker.

    11 pound brisket. Thawed by Thursday evening, I rubbed my meat. I rubbed it really good. Spice Hunter Cowboy
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    So, Last night, I put in on the Char Griller charcoal grill with side firebox. I had a fire going in the firebox with chopped mesquite wood. Smoked really slow for about 7 hours then set in a cold oven. I had am aluminum pan with water in it in the main chamber.
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    We have had that 13" x 9" roasting for more than 30 years. It's one pan big enough to fit my meat in.
    You got some good lookin meat there big boy! 😉
     
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    You got some good lookin meat there big boy! 😉
    Now, I am blushing.

    Not really. But I do like the brisket tender. Even a little pink in the center. When I order a steak at a restaurant, I order medium rare.

    But I knew a lady who like steak rare. Her own words, "I put the steak on the plate, I walk past the lit grill and I am ready. My steak "saw flame," however briefly."
     
    Meat is for eating, not photography.

    If you judge your BBQ by looks, you are a pretentious east coast food judge who has no palate. BBQ is about taste, not looks.

    I failed this weekend: Pork Butt was rushed and pulled at 195 as everyone was hungry at I started the pit after my 5k. Was way to tough, but tasty AF.

    THe accetable seasonings are salt/pepper--and since I am advante garde: garlic and sometimes paprika (espeically for pork).

    I do fewer briskets now as its just me and the wife, and thats a lot of meat (*chuckle*)
     
    Meat is for eating, not photography.

    If you judge your BBQ by looks, you are a pretentious east coast food judge who has no palate. BBQ is about taste, not looks.

    I failed this weekend: Pork Butt was rushed and pulled at 195 as everyone was hungry at I started the pit after my 5k. Was way to tough, but tasty AF.

    THe accetable seasonings are salt/pepper--and since I am advante garde: garlic and sometimes paprika (espeically for pork).

    I do fewer briskets now as its just me and the wife, and thats a lot of meat (*chuckle*)
    We eat with our eyes. Supposedly. Except blind people. They just starve apparently.
     
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    Only reason I took the picture of the log was to troll a friend of mine who thinks bologna, spam and Vienna sausages are nasty, but he is a yankee, he doesn't like bacon, knuckle or feet either.

    I think he's a closet Muslim

    Anyone who badmouths Spam is no friend of anyone! Bologna? I guess fried bologna sandwiches are okay of you're drunk enough. And finally, what the fuck happened to Vienna sausages? Remember the gel that was in the can? Now it's just liquid that explodes everywhere when you open a can. These first world problems are killing us inside! 🤪