HOPE YOU SAVED THE BOX. the smoker came in, for cold smoking: cheeze,
popcorn, noodles, beans & anything els you want smoked but not dried. i
bin smokeing for 35 yrs. i foundout that the books come with the
smokers are a big help but tend to have to much salt in there brine.
you can smoke any thing, i've smoked hamburger, pork cops, beef & pork
roasts, fish chichon, truky & lam for 5 hrs then put them in the oven or
frying pan. the drippings make GREAT GRAVY. as for beef or fish jerky i
like the old way, water to cover meat. add salt till water starts
tasting salty mixing well, set in frig. for 24hrs rinse then put on
racks cors black pepper & smoke to your likeings (at least 8hrs to cur)
i like mine very dry like 20 hrs & five pans of hickry chips, thoug out
the 20hrs. great for long trips. but after the salt you can add any
spices & herbs you like. in cluding brown suger. good luck & have fun

ZZ

I bought a charcoal smoker this weekend, along with a big bag of charcoal and
hickory wood pieces. It never occured to be that I might need lighter fluid,
so it was tricky getting the fire hot enough; I had to sacrifice most of the
hickory to keep the fire going.

I also bought a rack of ribs, some hamburger and hot italian sausage, and
smoked it all. I probably cooked the sausage too long (about 2 1/2 hours) and
it had the consistency of a large pork sausage link; next time I'll cook it not
quite as long.

The hamburgers came out suprisingly well, as I cooked those for about 3 1/2
hours.

I cut the rack of ribs in half so it would fit in the smoker, and used a dry
rub on them while smoking, although in the last half hour hit them with some
good barbeque sauce and they turned out great. The ribs cooked about 4 1/2
hours

Just to satisfy my curiousity I had a Granny Smith apple in my fridge and put
that into the smoker for about 2 hours and it came out pretty well cooked; next
time I will try cooking it maybe an hour longer and inject it with some melted
butter before I put it in the smoker.

I still have a lot to learn about getting the fire hot enough, and am already
looking forward to smoking some more hamburgers next weekend.

Michael O'Connor - Modern Renaissance Man

"The likelihood of one individual being correct increases in a direct
proportion to the intensity with which others try to prove him wrong"
James Mason from the movie "Heaven Can Wait".

(Mpoconnor7) writes:

>I bought a charcoal smoker this weekend, along with a big bag of charcoal and
>hickory wood pieces. It never occured to be that I might need lighter fluid,
>so it was tricky getting the fire hot enough; I had to sacrifice most of the
>hickory to keep the fire going.
>
>I also bought a rack of ribs, some hamburger and hot italian sausage, and
>smoked it all. I probably cooked the sausage too long (about 2 1/2 hours)
>and
>it had the consistency of a large pork sausage link; next time I'll cook it
>not
>quite as long.
>
>The hamburgers came out suprisingly well, as I cooked those for about 3 1/2
>hours.
>
>I cut the rack of ribs in half so it would fit in the smoker, and used a dry
>rub on them while smoking, although in the last half hour hit them with some
>good barbeque sauce and they turned out great. The ribs cooked about 4 1/2
>hours
>
>Just to satisfy my curiousity I had a Granny Smith apple in my fridge and put
>that into the smoker for about 2 hours and it came out pretty well cooked;
>next
>time I will try cooking it maybe an hour longer and inject it with some
>melted
>butter before I put it in the smoker.
>
>I still have a lot to learn about getting the fire hot enough, and am already
>looking forward to smoking some more hamburgers next weekend.

What you neglected to buy (OBVIOUSLY) is a comprehensive manual on Smoking
Meat... read it, comprehend and commit to memory every detail... could save
your life as well as that of others. And about that lighter fluid:
FERGETABOUDIT, Zippo breath. <g>


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"PENMART01" > wrote in message
...
>
> What you neglected to buy (OBVIOUSLY) is a comprehensive manual on Smoking
> Meat... read it, comprehend and commit to memory every detail... could
save
> your life as well as that of others. And about that lighter fluid:
> FERGETABOUDIT, Zippo breath. <g>
>

Tell him to go he http://www.bbq-porch.org/faq.asp

Probably the best compendium off bbq knowledge around.

Jack Smoke

PENMART01 wrote:
> What you neglected to buy (OBVIOUSLY) is a comprehensive manual on Smoking
> Meat... read it, comprehend and commit to memory every detail... could save
> your life as well as that of others. And about that lighter fluid:
> FERGETABOUDIT, Zippo breath. <g>


who is the author???