Captain, or anyone else. As a newbie to the WSM, I followed the guidelines on the virtual weber site regarding pork butt prep and hacked alot of fat off. Ended up having to tie my butts to hold them together for the cook. I notice in alot of Larry's pics and yours tonight that you don't...
Grill Guys still has it listed for $169.99 with free shipping. I got my grill and WSM through them, definately recommend giving them a call to see if they still have it in stock.
http://www.grillguys.net/smokeymc.htm
Man Weber is a great company. Called them to get their shipping address so I could send back the broken bottom half of my One touch gold. They told me to just set it out front and they'll send Fedex to pick it up Monday. I've never dealt with a more friendly, customer service oriented business.
Both were good. I really liked the brisket and it's kind of cool to be able to turn out some good brisket at home. Can see myself cooking brisket often. PB was good, but end up with a ton of leftovers for a single guy. Glad I bought the foodsaver. :sad: Next up...ribs. =P~
Ok here are the remaining pics. The temp did drop quite a bit last night, with a little wind. I'm thinking that I should have moved the 2 butts up to the top rack in the WSM when I took the brisket off. When I went to check the temp on the butts around 3:00 a.m., the temp was around 220 and...
Butts didn't go so well. :-X Couldn't get them above 174 on the smoker. Temp remained at 240 - 250 through the lid. I finally pulled them off at 7 am (19 hours on the WSM :o ) and threw them in a 240 degree oven. They finally hit 190 after about 35 minutes. Going to bed for a bit, I'll...
For anyone in VA (or other East Coast areas I think), have you tried anything from Balducci's? When I lived down in Reston it was only a block away. Their Chipotle Lime marinaded ribeye was the best store bought steak I've had. Loved their bratwurst from the meat counter too. Just wondered...
Here's the finished Brisket. I took it off at 185 and wrapped it in foil, it's sitting in the cooler now. The butts are only at 169, hopefully they'll be done by 3 am est. Are the photo's to large? Not sure if anyone's on dialup. Lemme know and I'll resize them in the future.
Temp has been stable at 180 for about 15 min, which is good because I need to go to the store for beer. :razz: Them ABT's are some good eating. I was really impatient waiting for them to cook and almost gave up, thinking the bacon would never get done. Probably could have left them on a bit...