Who's into BBQ & smoking food?

[reefcat]

I seem to remember a thread in the summer that was almost derailed by some BBQ chat. Sure there were one or two enthusiasts on here.

My second hobby is "low & slow" BBQ cooking on a smoker, pulled pork, brisket, ribs are the classics, although I'll have a go at anything. I have a Weber Smokey Mountain dedicated hot smoker & a Kamado Joe ceramic grill/smoker. I make my own bacon, and have 4 loins of pork curing in the fridge at the moment. They will be cold smoked in about 10 days time then sliced and put in the freezer.

Slow cooked brisket, if you haven't tasted it is the nectar of the gods, absolutely delicious. It takes 9-10 hours to smoke, but it's so worth it. I have a computer controlled "pit controller" linked to the PC by wi-fi, so that I can manage the cook from inside the house. It's a home made device that controls the temperature within tight limits, it's a lot of fun.

You can probably tell that I like my food, curry, BBQ, fish, love it all

Anyone else?

[phatfil]

ive made a souseviede cooker from a cold box 10mm 400w cartridge heater and a hi temp Chinese impeller pump,, slow cooked hams YUM!!!! 8-10 hours (overnight) @86c , then cooled for a day before sitting in the fridge for daily slicing

Eggs were a dissapointment tho as was chicken.. Steaks - soso.. tbh they need just as long in a flash fry pan to colour up as they would need if fried from raw And the biggest no-no was a brisket.. the temps cooked at are not high enough to cook the ?collagen? so u end up with a very chewey result..

I did have plans to make a smoker using a 50l Stainless steel thermopot using ceramic bulbs for a heat source and a secondary wood chip burner venting into/out of the thermopot for flavour enhancement.. But it never got off the back of a fag packet..

[reefcat]

I have wondered about sous vide. I have a vacuum sealer, mainly for the bacon & sausages I make. I suspect that the temp controller I have could be modified to run a sous vide setup. Will have to do a bit of research.

[dagl]

Give vapingbad a tag, he worked wonders with his Cobb slow cooker at VF

[VapingBad]

I got a Cobb last summer and have used it quite a lot, far from an expert but I have done a few Sunday roasts and veg for 4 in it with only 15 bricketts. It is great for smoking and is more an oven than a bbq so not so good with burgers and sausages, but great with everything else. It is very portable and fuel efficient and has become our camping mainstay we leave the 2 ring gas hob and grill at home now.

[phtumshk]

My Mrs is a vegetarian which pretty much makes me a vegetarian.
I only get the odd bit of (over cooked) meat when the daughter/granddaughter come round for tea.
That said if Im let out the house unattended first port of call is the nearest greasy spoon for a bacon butty.