Working on a small building project this weekend, so, I went to Home Despot late on Friday night, to avoid the madding Saturday AM crowd. But, after working all night in my sleep about exactly how to build the little project (sweet dreams!), I remembered something else for my queue for this morning: a new smoker!
My neighbors won a smoker in a charity raffle, and didn't really want it, so they gave it to us. It is a Masterbuilt Pro, and works on propane or charcoal/wood. I fetched it from them at 8 am, and assembled it and had the firing going to cure it by 9:30 am. After it cooled, I fired it up again to handle a pork shoulder. I had to spend a long time getting it to maintain a low temperature. It basically won't, at least not on charcoal. Anyway, I got the shoulder on about 1:30 pm, and by this time the charcoal was nearly spent. I wound up doing most of the cooking on gas power.
The shoulder was not up to proper internal temperature by dinner time. I took it off, took a few slices off of it for dinner (just the two of us, so did not need much). I then put the pork in the kitchen oven at 200F for about 3 more hours. Finally got the temp up to low 180's. So, I would say the trial was a mixed bag.
Also spent the whole afternoon working hard on the little building project. After dinner, another trip to Home Despot to be ready for the morrow, and some painting after the wife went to bed (as that is quiet work!). Now a little wine and WMT!
My neighbors won a smoker in a charity raffle, and didn't really want it, so they gave it to us. It is a Masterbuilt Pro, and works on propane or charcoal/wood. I fetched it from them at 8 am, and assembled it and had the firing going to cure it by 9:30 am. After it cooled, I fired it up again to handle a pork shoulder. I had to spend a long time getting it to maintain a low temperature. It basically won't, at least not on charcoal. Anyway, I got the shoulder on about 1:30 pm, and by this time the charcoal was nearly spent. I wound up doing most of the cooking on gas power.
The shoulder was not up to proper internal temperature by dinner time. I took it off, took a few slices off of it for dinner (just the two of us, so did not need much). I then put the pork in the kitchen oven at 200F for about 3 more hours. Finally got the temp up to low 180's. So, I would say the trial was a mixed bag.
Also spent the whole afternoon working hard on the little building project. After dinner, another trip to Home Despot to be ready for the morrow, and some painting after the wife went to bed (as that is quiet work!). Now a little wine and WMT!
