The Klose pit I have has two gauges on it and the one closes to the fire box had the reading of 125. There can be a difference of 40-50 degrees from the fire box end to the stack end when cooking and the gauges are located even with the top rack(which is out on this cook). Have seen a 10-15...
Wife and I had to leave a turkey on the smoker unattended and was gone longer than we thougt we would be. Two and a half hours. When we got home the pit temp was down to 125 and the internal temp of the bird was 110. Checked the internal temp of the turkey right before we left and it was at...
This is the way I do it. Cook the briskets the way you normally would let rest them slice. I have a cutting board that is just a little narrower than the vacum bag that I slice briskets on. Go ahead and seal one end of the bag. I do several at a time in advance. Slide brisket into bag then...
I have been ask to fix brisket for 400 men at a banquet. I like to smoke flats in the 6-7# range. I know the rule of thumb is to figure 1/3# per person of cooked brisket and that is for men and women for a average. Considering that I will be smoking flats how many #'s of raw briskets do you...
Made my yearly trip to HD to stock up charcoal and got 400#s also. I had one double bag left over from last year and they were 21.6# bags. They have it on sale at this time every year and I stock up. Notice Sams was $16 plus for two 23# bags.