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KnotRight

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I never wanted a smoker before until we got the house on the lake. Now whenever we head up there, I am always smoking something (meat) and vacuum sealing the left overs. Usually leaving them up there. When I got back to Savannah I was wishing that I brought some meat back home. Well today I went and got a new pellet smoker for Savannah. Now I need to earn how to cook other stuff on it besides meat. A bunch of people are saying that Mac & Cheese is great on a smoker. I guess that is my next learning project.
 
KnotRight said:
I never wanted a smoker before until we got the house on the lake. Now whenever we head up there, I am always smoking something (meat) and vacuum sealing the left overs. Usually leaving them up there. When I got back to Savannah I was wishing that I brought some meat back home. Well today I went and got a new pellet smoker for Savannah. Now I need to earn how to cook other stuff on it besides meat. A bunch of people are saying that Mac & Cheese is great on a smoker. I guess that is my next learning project.
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My nephew bought a smoker maybe 3 years ago. He has spent hours upon hours studying, reading, testing, and has finally perfected his smoking. His chicken is out of this world; like, competition quality. Ribs are just about there. I guess all of that is to say, it's very much a trial-and-error but he loves the science of it and playing with it.
 
Smoked Mac n cheese, smoke a pizza, cobbler in a cast iron Pan is really good also.
 
Burt Gummer said:
Smoked Mac n cheese, smoke a pizza, cobbler in a cast iron Pan is really good also.
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Burt Gummer, where are you getting your recipes? The Pit Boss website has pages of them but I prefer something that a "beginner" can do and build up to them.
 
KnotRight said:
Burt Gummer, where are you getting your recipes? The Pit Boss website has pages of them but I prefer something that a "beginner" can do and build up to them.
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I see them in Facebook, and some I got here
 
Smokingmeatforums.com is a great resource, tons of recipes, techniques and just talking. I used to spend a ton of time there years ago now just go back to reference some favorite recipes.

Dutch's wicked baked beans will change your life šŸ˜Ž

Beyond that it is all trial and error. You can smoke anything.
 
Oh boy @KnotRight you are in deep now. I have a Big Green Egg, Yoder Pellet grill and a Good One smoker. And there is a few more set ups Iā€™d like.

If you are new to this there are 3 books I highly recommend. Theyā€™ll help with some recipeā€™s, but will also teach you some solid basic concepts so you can do your own thing too. Iā€™m sure there is 100 other great books, but these 3 all are excellent. When time allows Iā€™d like to set up a whole hog pit and learn that skill too. Rumor has it that @Chdamn has this down. Iā€™d love to make it to his ā€˜cue and check out his meat. šŸ˜±

Meathead: The Science of Great Barbecue and Grilling: Goldwyn, Meathead, Blonder, Greg: 9780544018464: Amazon.com: Books

Meathead: The Science of Great Barbecue and Grilling [Goldwyn, Meathead, Blonder, Greg] on Amazon.com. *FREE* shipping on qualifying offers. Meathead: The Science of Great Barbecue and Grilling
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Franklin Barbecue: A Meat-Smoking Manifesto [A Cookbook]: Franklin, Aaron, Mackay, Jordan: 0787721952190: Amazon.com: Books

Franklin Barbecue: A Meat-Smoking Manifesto [A Cookbook] [Franklin, Aaron, Mackay, Jordan] on Amazon.com. *FREE* shipping on qualifying offers. Franklin Barbecue: A Meat-Smoking Manifesto [A Cookbook]
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Smoke & Spice: Cooking With Smoke, the Real Way to Barbecue: Jamison, Cheryl Alters, Jamison, Bill: 8601411261282: Amazon.com: Books

Smoke & Spice: Cooking With Smoke, the Real Way to Barbecue [Jamison, Cheryl Alters, Jamison, Bill] on Amazon.com. *FREE* shipping on qualifying offers. Smoke & Spice: Cooking With Smoke, the Real Way to Barbecue
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This book is the best book on smoking that I have run across. It is not a total full-on recipe book, but rather an indoctrination into the science(?) of smoking. Once you understand a few constants, you can smoke pretty much anything with success. The book covers smoking meats,sausages, poultry, fish, and cheeses. Both hot and cold smoking are covered.

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Hashknife said:
This book is the best book on smoking that I have run across. It is not a total full-on recipe book, but rather an indoctrination into the science(?) of smoking. Once you understand a few constants, you can smoke pretty much anything with success. The book covers smoking meats,sausages, poultry, fish, and cheeses. Both hot and cold smoking are covered.

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Thanks. Ordered.
 
CZfool68 said:
Thanks. Ordered.
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YW!

Those Polish folks who wrote the book had to live through WW2 with NOTHING... No Grocery Stores, No Electricity, No aminities of any kind. Everything was bombed into ruins. They lived off of what the land (Hunting,trapping, fishing ) afforded them. They used various smoking techniques, and built various types of smokers/pits/houses to survive and sustain the extreme winters and the duration of the war. They had to. Their life truly depended on it.
 
Hashknife said:
YW!

Those Polish folks who wrote the book had to live through WW2 with NOTHING... No Grocery Stores, No Electricity, No aminities of any kind. Everything was bombed into ruins. They lived off of what the land (Hunting,trapping, fishing ) afforded them. They used various smoking techniques, and built various types of smokers/pits/houses to survive and sustain the extreme winters and the duration of the war. They had to. Their life truly depended on it.
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The older I get and the more I learn the more I appreciate simple, old school techniques.
 
KnotRight said:
I never wanted a smoker before until we got the house on the lake. Now whenever we head up there, I am always smoking something (meat) and vacuum sealing the left overs. Usually leaving them up there. When I got back to Savannah I was wishing that I brought some meat back home. Well today I went and got a new pellet smoker for Savannah. Now I need to earn how to cook other stuff on it besides meat. A bunch of people are saying that Mac & Cheese is great on a smoker. I guess that is my next learning project.
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Use a very light wood sparingly. I messed up the first two times for mac and cheese and had too much wood chips.
 
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