Smoking Meat -- Tips, Opinions, Recipes

Smoked some pulled pork last weekend.

Tomorrow I'm taking a stab at pork belly burnt ends :rock:

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We failed to take any after pics for some reason, but they turned out pretty darn good! We used brown sugar, butter, and honey for a glaze :yup:

Next time I'll cube them into smaller chunks because they didn't render down as much as I thought they would.

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My wife and I are planning a pre-Thanksgiving gathering at our house. I was thinking of smoking a turkey for the occasion. I'm looking for opinions and economical smoker options. I was a kid the last time I helped smoke a turkey in a Brinkmann smoker, charcoal and chips. Things have advanced a lot since then. I'm not sure how often I'd use it. I can see maybe a couple times a year (time is always limited..haha) to begin with but could turn into more. Any help and opinions are much appreciated.

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jesse3638 said:
My wife and I are planning a pre-Thanksgiving gathering at our house. I was thinking of smoking a turkey for the occasion. I'm looking for opinions and economical smoker options. I was a kid the last time I helped smoke a turkey in a Brinkmann smoker, charcoal and chips. Things have advanced a lot since then. I'm not sure how often I'd use it. I can see maybe a couple times a year (time is always limited..haha) to begin with but could turn into more. Any help and opinions are much appreciated.

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Get a Traeger! You’ll love it. Just got this in so I can throw down a mean bird. This year will be my first turkey i smoke so I can’t wait! IMG_2093.jpg


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jesse3638 said:
My wife and I are planning a pre-Thanksgiving gathering at our house. I was thinking of smoking a turkey for the occasion. I'm looking for opinions and economical smoker options. I was a kid the last time I helped smoke a turkey in a Brinkmann smoker, charcoal and chips. Things have advanced a lot since then. I'm not sure how often I'd use it. I can see maybe a couple times a year (time is always limited..haha) to begin with but could turn into more. Any help and opinions are much appreciated.

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Traeger is not really economical and personally I’m not too happy with my Junior and the way it controls low temps. Might get a PID controller to combat that. But if you want to build an economical smoker, look into a UDS. I think I built mine for less than $50 total. And flavor-wise would take it over my Traeger hands down. It’s just more work but I enjoy it. I use the Traeger all the time in place of my gas grill due to it being so easy and flavor being good.


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