Stuffed Smoked Breakfast Sausage (Fatty)
If you have not been introduced to a fatty which is basically stuffed smoked breakfast sausage then you are in for a real treat. To sum it up, a fatty is just breakfast sausage rolled out, stuffed with any number of things such as cheese, bacon, onions, mushrooms, peppers, etc.. Everyone has their own favorite [...]
Getting Wood Ready to Burn
Getting wood ready to burn in a wood fired smoker or a “stickburner” as we call them, is a really good trick to know and it is as simple as placing several sticks of wood on top of your firebox. When you need to add a stick you simply take one off with a pair [...]
How to Season A New Smoker
To season a new smoker or even reseason an old smoker is to get rid of oils, chemicals, cleaning compounds, etc. and to infuse the metal with smoky residue that will make your metal box or cylinder worthy of being called a smoker. All smokers MUST be seasoned be fore you use them the first [...]
Great Outdoors Smoky Mountain Propane Smoker
I am assuming that you have already put the thing together and seasoned it – You can read a short tutorial on seasoning a new smoker here if you need to before we move on. I am also going to assume that you have properly prepared some meat for smoking and have it ready to [...]
Brining Meat
Brining meat is a way to maximize the juice and natural flavor present in any type of meat, specifically poultry and fish.. I don’t want to get bogged down in exactly how it works but rather just give you clear instruction on what to do to make your meat a lot more juicy when it [...]
Smoking Times and Temperatures
I have been asked many times to put together a basic table of times and temperatures for smoking meats. This is the times and temperatures that I use but please understand that they are only guidelines. All smokers are different and add in the other variables like weather conditions, wind, ambient temperature, etc. and things [...]
3-2-1 Rib Method
The 3-2-1 method of smoking ribs is not my original idea but is a process that tends to yield very consistent results and I do use it occasionally when I want my ribs to be falling off the bone. If you have no idea how to prepare and smoke ribs then I recommend you read [...]
