The BBQ Thread.

DoctorX

bertie said:

anyone got a Traeger ? 

Yeah, I’ve got an Ironwood 650. i really like it & use it all the time.

bertie

DoctorX said:

bertie said:

anyone got a Traeger ? 

Yeah, I’ve got an Ironwood 650. i really like it & use it all the time.

how is the heat provided ? looking at the videos looks like the wood chips are only there to provide smoke and not enough to provide cooking temps ? ? With all the temp settings etc Im assuming its electric ?

Neilybob

Smoked 3kgs of pork butts (shoulder) yesterday for 10 hours. Used American mustard and Bart's smokey BBQ rub. Fell apart like butter. 

That is all. 

DoctorX

The heat’s all provided by burning the wood pellets as far as I’m aware, temperature goes up to 260c or 500f, which is enough for most things. It makes things like ribs, chicken, pulled pork, brisket etc a doddle as the temperature is east to set and remains steady. It does need electricity to work, you set the temp which controls the rate at which the electric motor feeds the wood pellets into the burning pit chamber.

fretmeister

bertie said:

anyone got a Traeger ? 

No, but I'd like one.

Alas with the eldest spawn about to start uni I don't have any spare cash.

fretmeister

I've just put in an order with the wonderful Turner & George butchers for a large brisket flat and some canoe cut marrow.

Planning for a bit of a family BBQ in a couple of weeks. Going to do the brisket flat, pulled pork, chicken and some burgers.

Brisket and the prok will be oak smoked with hickory for the chicken.

bertie

fretmeister said:

bertie said:

anyone got a Traeger ? 

No, but I'd like one.

Alas with the eldest spawn about to start uni I don't have any spare cash.

a friend posted on ebay yesterday.. Id not heard of them before  - and at over a grand,  I wish I hadnt now 

fretmeister

bertie said:

fretmeister said:

bertie said:

anyone got a Traeger ? 

No, but I'd like one.

Alas with the eldest spawn about to start uni I don't have any spare cash.

a friend posted on ebay yesterday.. Id not heard of them before  - and at over a grand,  I wish I hadnt now 

Don't go looking at Ole Hickory BBQ pits then...

This is one of their "residential" models.

It can hold 12 full pack briskets.... or 48 chickens. Just right for an American family then!!!

https://www.olehickorypits.com/product/convecture-tri-oven/




It's fully wood burning with gas support but with a control system so you can set and forget.

They also start at about £6000 + vat. Plus delivery across the Atlantic!

bertie

48 chickens ?     that's a herd

fretmeister

BBQ Legend Malcom with a few words about his different smokers




and a brisket done on a Traeger pellet grill.

HerbieTheRadDorklift

I'm unsure about searing on those pellet grills though. I'd like to be able to do all on one thing

fretmeister

HerbieTheRadDorklift said:

I'm unsure about searing on those pellet grills though. I'd like to be able to do all on one thing

Some of them claim to be able to do that. I doubt it would beat a good old kettle for that though.

bertie

^^  yeah  -  the "sear" is  key for me,  as much as the "smokiness"   one without the other is not, for Bertram,  desirable  

with one exception,   hot smoking fish 

Kittyfrisk

bertie said:

48 chickens ?     that's a herd

Get the flock outta here...

chillidoggy

I saw what looked like a really good piri-piri chicken recipe on Youtube. The bloke said it could be cooked on a BBQ, but he did two chickens in large frying pans, and weighed them down with another two.

HerbieTheRadDorklift

fretmeister said:

HerbieTheRadDorklift said:

I'm unsure about searing on those pellet grills though. I'd like to be able to do all on one thing

Some of them claim to be able to do that. I doubt it would beat a good old kettle for that though.

Yeah. I've seen plenty of videos claiming they can sear but the video shows otherwise

DoctorX

Doing some ribs for lunch today, got a 1kg chunk of belly ribs from Turner & George: https://www.turnerandgeorge.co.uk/porkbreastribs-1.html

I’m going to loosely follow this method for cooking them on the Traeger: https://youtu.be/Hy5wnwuIZ2M

For rubs I’ve gone for a combination of Big Poppa Smokers “Jallelujah” bacon/jalapeno and Angus & Oink “sweet bones & bacon”.

Longtallronnie

Anyone heard of the BarbeSkew Classic? Just scored one for £50. 

http://www.barbeskew.com/charcoal-barbeskews/?doing_wp_cron=1653495777.8688750267028808593750

Fancied getting a rotisserie attachment for the Weber then the wife text me about her mate selling one. Usually she rolls her eyes whenever I mention buying BBQ stuff lol. 

Dominic

CoolCat said:

On Saturday, me and the Mrs tanned a couple of chops, and as we're South African we also had boerewors on the grid. We washed that down with a bottle of good wine from Stellenbosch, SA.

Brai

Dominic

ThePrettyDamned said:

I've never considered bbqs to be antisocial... 

We had a case in Belsize Park ,NW London( which made some national papers ) where some Vegan American tenants rented a property and then proceeded to sue the Landlord because he had not disclosed that the house 3 doors down had Barbecues quite often and the smell of the meat cooking was making them sick in their £2800 per week apartment !
  Now that's what I call an evil and cruel Landlord mistreating tenants!