Re: [CH] OT: smoker questions (fwd)
Mike Shimek (pick@dmfarms.com)
Mon, 21 Jun 2010 20:11:23 -0400
Jim;
I smoke something every week on my smoker made from 100# propane tanks.
Sunday I did a beef roast, hot link sausage and some steaks, along with
my own sweet corn.
When I do chicken I leave it whole and with the skin on. Turkey the same
way. I am using Stubbs real charcoal and some local pecan wood for
smoking. http://www.stubbsbbq.com/index.php I don't see the charcoal
listed on the website, but our local Lowe's carries it.
Mike Shimek
High Springs, FL
Jim Graham wrote:
> Just a quick update to say thanks to all who gave me SO MUCH useful
> information that I can't go wrong when I do my next smoke (might skip
> cancer support group to do it tomorrow, or not...missed too many back
> to back...Wednesday; yeah, Wednesday).
>
> With the exception of the vent, which I've been advised NOT to do, I've
> completed all of the remaining three mods:
>
> 1) external thermometer;
>
> 2) chicken-wire "rack" in the charcoal pan to let the ashes fall away
> from the coals;
>
> 3) moving the legs to the outside and using something---in this case,
> a reddish (landscaping?) 4" high semi-rounded cement block.
>
> The Cowboy all scrap-wood charoal is back on the shelves at Lowes. The
> money is now at Ace Hardware, where I got the chicken wire (they were
> very nice and cut it to size/shape for me) and an 18 lb bag of Royal
> Oak (which was cheaper than what I paid for the Cowboy stuff).
>
> I now have the veges (and Anaheims) that I didn't get to the other day,
> and two young fryer chickens waiting to be smoked.
>
> I have one final question---looking for multiple opinions to help me
> decide on two things for doing the chickens:
>
> 1) leave the skin on or trim it off?
> 2) leave the chickens whole or cut?
>
> All right...this is going to work out nicely, even if the ECB does
> require more attention than the WSM (which I will eventually upgrade
> to). For now, as in right now, after all the running around I did
> today, I need to get a shower before the thunderstorm that we're
> supposedly already getting actually gets here...and from looking at
> the radar just now, it's going to be a VERY short shower....
>
> Thanks,
> --jim
>
>