2021 Official Gratuitous Grilling/BBQ/Cooking Thread

[chezuki]

On my pellet smoker, I vacuum out the ash about every 3 bags of pellets. That’s it really. If the drip tray gets a ton of buildup I might hit it with a putty knife.

 

[tim87tr]

Curious...

How often do folks clean their smokers other than the cooking grates.

Have a camp chef and occasionally crank the dial to clean, think digital temp read 500f. Once it's done smoking/burning residue, it's a lot more clean. It has a trap door for ash and vacuum some, bottom and top grates fit in dishwasher for a soak and scour long cleaning cycle with two pods.

 

[63PGP]

Twice a year I hit the inside of my offset smoker with a propane weed torch. Let it cool and rinse it out with a hose. Let it dry in the sun.

Old grease does not add flavor.

 

[Mitch B]

Made some “Texas Twinkies” this weekend…they were ok. Didn’t live up to the hype I don’t think!

Seasoned and smoked cream cheese 2 hours at 225. Mixed cream cheese with pulled pork I smoked a few weeks back. Stuffed in a jalapeño and wrapped in bacon with a little seasoning. Cooked at 250 for a little over an hour.


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[tmschuller]

Made some “Texas Twinkies” this weekend…they were ok. Didn’t live up to the hype I don’t think!

Seasoned and smoked cream cheese 2 hours at 225. Mixed cream cheese with pulled pork I smoked a few weeks back. Stuffed in a jalapeño and wrapped in bacon with a little seasoning. Cooked at 250 for a little over an hour.


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Those look great. Thanks for sharing! It’s on this weekend. Can use some of the pork I did last weekend!

 

[chipbennett]

Made some “Texas Twinkies” this weekend…they were ok. Didn’t live up to the hype I don’t think!

Seasoned and smoked cream cheese 2 hours at 225. Mixed cream cheese with pulled pork I smoked a few weeks back. Stuffed in a jalapeño and wrapped in bacon with a little seasoning. Cooked at 250 for a little over an hour.


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I have some leftover shredded brisket that I froze. I plan most of it for chili. I'm definitely going to set some aside for this.

 

[Jaybird1980]

Curious...

How often do folks clean their smokers other than the cooking grates.

I clean the pellet smoker quite often. Mainly because i cook pies on it, and it needs to have a deep clean beforehand otherwise it puts meat flavor in the pie.

The charcoal smoker i setup to catch most the ash, and then a good grate scraping.

The gas grill gets cleaned when i start getting flare ups in the catch pan.

 

[hoosierdoc]

Smoked steak tacos

 

[Bill2905]

Curious...

How often do folks clean their smokers other than the cooking grates.

I never cleaned my old electric smoker. It lasted about 4 years before it quit heating.

I disassemble and vacuum out my pellet grill when I notice the wood dust starting to build up inside. The control panel also alerts you to clean it after so many hours of run time but I generally ignore that. The drip tray liner gets replaced when it gets crusted over pretty good. They seem too flimsy to scrape without tearing them up.

 

[mike4sigs]

Beer can chicken on the Weber Kettle tonight!

 

[BigRed]

Beer can chicken on the weber tonight!

Those are EXCELLENT!

 

[Hatin Since 87]

finally doing the turkey I was gonna do a couple weeks back. Got an injector to hopefully help it stay moist. Any tips for smoking a turkey? Or recipes for the injector liquid?

 

[BigRed]

finally doing the turkey I was gonna do a couple weeks back. Got an injector to hopefully help it stay moist. Any tips for smoking a turkey? Or recipes for the injector liquid?

I've never smoked one, but am thinking of doing one for Thanksgiving....Please keep posted on this!

 

[hoosierdaddy1976]

finally doing the turkey I was gonna do a couple weeks back. Got an injector to hopefully help it stay moist. Any tips for smoking a turkey? Or recipes for the injector liquid?

Sweat some garlic and onion in butter. When it has softened up, add your favorite BBQ sauce, then thin it down with apple or pineapple juice. Use an immersion blender to emulsify (or strain out the onion and garlic if you don't blend it up). Season to taste, then inject while still warm so the butter doesn't solidify in the syringe.

Never smoked one outright, but I do at least one on the grill for Thanksgiving, and usually a couple other times during the year.

 

[BigRed]

Does anyone have tips for smoking pheasant?

 

[Hatin Since 87]

Sweat some garlic and onion in butter. When it has softened up, add your favorite BBQ sauce, then thin it down with apple or pineapple juice. Use an immersion blender to emulsify (or strain out the onion and garlic if you don't blend it up). Season to taste, then inject while still warm so the butter doesn't solidify in the syringe.

Never smoked one outright, but I do at least one on the grill for Thanksgiving, and usually a couple other times during the year.

Thanks, I know for sure I wanna do garlic and onions. I’ve heard BBQ sauce or chicken broth so not sure which would be better to smoke with. I just don’t want a dry turkey, that’s the worst

 

[hoosierdaddy1976]

Pic of a previous grill turkey.

 

[sharkey]

Beer can chicken on the Weber Kettle tonight!

Always good. From Labor Day:

 

[hoosierdaddy1976]

Does anyone have tips for smoking pheasant?

Never tried (haven't pheasant hinted since I was a teenager), but I'd imagine that an overnight brining would help keep it moist through the smoking process. Unless you want to go with the traditional way of tenderizing pheasant- hanging by the neck until they drop.

 

[BigRed]

Never tried (haven't pheasant hinted since I was a teenager), but I'd imagine that an overnight brining would help keep it moist through the smoking process. Unless you want to go with the traditional way of tenderizing pheasant- hanging by the neck until they drop.

I have a buddy that lets birds hang for a few days before cleaning....he swears by it. I've never felt comfortable doing so.

I know it works and folks did it for ages....but still...LOL