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re: Need a Smoker / grill combo

Posted on 8/15/17 at 4:18 pm to
Posted by RedHawk
Baton Rouge
Member since Aug 2007
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Posted on 8/15/17 at 4:18 pm to
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How do you make beef jerky?


Have no idea, have never made any. Have made a ton of Que have never heard about air flow drying out meat.
Posted by wickowick
Head of Island
Member since Dec 2006
45814 posts
Posted on 8/15/17 at 4:23 pm to
If increased airflow doesn't dry out things faster, why are there low and high settings on a hair dryer?
Posted by Janky
Team Primo
Member since Jun 2011
35957 posts
Posted on 8/15/17 at 4:26 pm to
You move hot air over it. That is why dehydrators have fans.
Posted by VABuckeye
Naples, FL
Member since Dec 2007
35561 posts
Posted on 8/15/17 at 5:02 pm to
If increased airflow doesn't dry out things faster, why are
quote:

there low and high settings on a hair dryer?


Human heads don't have a fat cap to melt and rehydrate it like a brisket does.

Brisket is a science. One of the most important aspects is controlling the draw through the top of the smoker. Too much or too little draw is a bad thing.
Posted by Burt Reynolds
Monterey, CA
Member since Jul 2008
22443 posts
Posted on 8/15/17 at 5:05 pm to
Do you extend your smoke stack either downward or upward?
Posted by VABuckeye
Naples, FL
Member since Dec 2007
35561 posts
Posted on 8/15/17 at 5:26 pm to
Up
Posted by Burt Reynolds
Monterey, CA
Member since Jul 2008
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Posted on 8/15/17 at 5:53 pm to
Posted by GeauxTigers0107
South Louisiana
Member since Oct 2009
9731 posts
Posted on 8/15/17 at 6:01 pm to
From my Egg








Now what....
Posted by Burt Reynolds
Monterey, CA
Member since Jul 2008
22443 posts
Posted on 8/15/17 at 6:12 pm to
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Now what...


You would get better results on an offset
Posted by Janky
Team Primo
Member since Jun 2011
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Posted on 8/15/17 at 6:16 pm to
Bark is meh. Color is meh. Cutting board is white. Pictures don't mean it's good. You still have fluorescent lights...........

Am I doing it right?


That shite looks really good. Great job.
Posted by VABuckeye
Naples, FL
Member since Dec 2007
35561 posts
Posted on 8/15/17 at 6:23 pm to
Juicy brisket. Awesome!

A wet brisket is more important than a smoke ring but yours has both!
Posted by GynoSandberg
Member since Jan 2006
72028 posts
Posted on 8/15/17 at 6:33 pm to
Brisket looks good. We need to get you a proper slicing utensil though
Posted by tirebiter
7K R&G chile land aka SF
Member since Oct 2006
9216 posts
Posted on 8/15/17 at 6:43 pm to
quote:

Now what....


Meat too shiny/glistening, afraid liquid shortening has been sprayed on for effect & re-touching done by a pro food photographer, definitely would not eat...ever.

Nah, looks great, would slam even if from a BGE.
Posted by GeauxTigers0107
South Louisiana
Member since Oct 2009
9731 posts
Posted on 8/15/17 at 7:02 pm to
I think so. Thx btw.


quote:

You would get better results on an offset


Better results? Lol. C'mon man.
This post was edited on 8/15/17 at 7:03 pm
Posted by GeauxTigers0107
South Louisiana
Member since Oct 2009
9731 posts
Posted on 8/15/17 at 7:04 pm to
quote:

Brisket looks good. We need to get you a proper slicing utensil though



And believe it or not, that picture is what made me go buy a brisket knife.
Posted by Dam Guide
Member since Sep 2005
15511 posts
Posted on 8/16/17 at 6:36 am to
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You would get better results on an offset


Not always true, some people can't man an offset all night and so they come out like shite (I don't have the time or patience for that myself.) Ceramics take a lot of that out of the equation.

Someone up to the task would get better results from an offset though.
This post was edited on 8/16/17 at 6:43 am
Posted by RedHawk
Baton Rouge
Member since Aug 2007
8851 posts
Posted on 8/16/17 at 8:41 am to
quote:

You move hot air over it. That is why dehydrators have fans.




I hardly doubt you could create enough air flow in a smoker setting to have any effect on drying out meat.
Posted by Janky
Team Primo
Member since Jun 2011
35957 posts
Posted on 8/16/17 at 8:45 am to
ok
Posted by RedHawk
Baton Rouge
Member since Aug 2007
8851 posts
Posted on 8/16/17 at 8:45 am to
Why do dehydrators have fans?
Posted by Janky
Team Primo
Member since Jun 2011
35957 posts
Posted on 8/16/17 at 8:54 am to
Just a little info



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When meat heats up a lot of liquid evaporates from its surfaces, and the more airflow the more the meat dries out. Since ceramics have low airflow, meat remains juicier. Other smokers have thinner walls and many leak a lot so they require more charcoal and airflow, which means that airflow out the chimney and the leaky doors carries away more moisture than the ceramics. It is not unusual for a pork shoulder to lose 30% of its weight in an offset smoker. Water loss on a ceramic is often under 20%.
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