Can I get some Big Green Egg stoke please?

[Tippster]

You can smoke things on a gas grill. You can also get an electric smoker.

[Benny Profane]

Yeah, I know, I guess. Guess I have to learn.

[TNKen]

Any way to double up the racks on these things? Yeah, I know about the droppings from the meat/fish above.

Need to smoke about 20 trout this summer and would like to have them come off at the same time.

[Tippster]

Any way to double up the racks on these things? Yeah, I know about the droppings from the meat/fish above.

Need to smoke about 20 trout this summer and would like to have them come off at the same time.

Rent a cabinet smoker

[Flounder]

Any way to double up the racks on these things? Yeah, I know about the droppings from the meat/fish above.

Need to smoke about 20 trout this summer and would like to have them come off at the same time.

Yes there are after market products that are pretty slick. I've also seen home built setups using a couple of racks and bolts, washers, and nuts to space the racks outs as well.

[Sagamoron]

Nothing fancy, just a spatchcock chicken. I do this at least once a week. Thinking about a pork butt and some armadillo eggs for Saturday's Bruins game

[Grange]

Yes there are after market products that are pretty slick. I've also seen home built setups using a couple of racks and bolts, washers, and nuts to space the racks outs as well.

BGE also sells a second rack that is elevated above the main rack. I use it when I'm making two racks of ribs as I don't like rib racks very much.

[Game Over]

Anyone smoke lamb? Like a shoulder, leg or??

[Tippster]

Nope. I'll smoke-grill it tho. Great book for that: http://www.amazon.com/Seven-Fires-Gr.../dp/1579653545

[Cruiser]

Anyone smoke lamb? Like a shoulder, leg or??

I did a boneless leg of lamb a while ago. It turned out great because I set the smoker up with a whole goose on the grate above it so that the rendered goose fat basted the lamb while it was smoking. It was a while ago so the details about time and temp are kind of fuzzy, but I seem to remember going indirect for about 4 hours at something in the 275* neighborhood. The goose was terrible (which I believe had more to do with goose always tasting like shit than it did with the method of cooking) but the lamb was exceptional. Ever since then I have been thinking that I need to do more cooks that include a fatty cut above the main meat.

[Game Over]

Nope. I'll smoke-grill it tho. Great book for that: http://www.amazon.com/Seven-Fires-Gr.../dp/1579653545

Thanks tipp. It's in my cart.

Cruiser- wouldn't laying some bacon on top work?

[Pegleg]

Cruiser- wouldn't laying some bacon on top work?

Bacon fat makes everything taste like bacon. Not that that's bad, mind you, but sometimes you want something subtler. Duck fat, for example, doesn't really taste like duck - it just makes everything cooked in it taste rich and meaty and insanely good. I'm guessing that's what Cruiser is after here.

[Benny Profane]

Do you guys save bacon or duck fat? Freeze it? How long?

[Cruiser]

Yeah, and the other trick is that unless you have slab bacon it only takes a little while for it to render completely at which point it no longer bastes the meat.

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[Danno]

Do you guys save bacon or duck fat? Freeze it? How long?

I have a little container in my fridge of bacon fat. I think it will last pretty much forever, I just keep using/adding to it, but probably once a year or so, I usually run out and wash the container and start again.

[~mikey b]

warm up the bacon fat and add maple syrup - baste as needed

[Grange]

I BBQ'd a Chicken tonight on the BGE. I brined it overnight in water, Kosher salt, sugar, soy sauce, and olive oil. I then smoked it at 355 with black cherry and oak until it reached 165. I used Plowboy's Yardbird rub. Turned out well.


Add in a glass of Charles Smith Chardonnay and it was tasty meal.

[digitaldeath]

I seen a bunch of fat yuppies all at a buy a green egg class. Looked like they were trying too hard.

[Cruiser]

That's a handsome bird!

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[Dantheman]

Little brown egg (a.k.a. flower pot smoker) stoke from memorial day. Pulled shoulder, BBQ beans, blue corn cast iron skillet cornbread. It was my first time doing beans in the smoker and all in attendance said they were the best beans they had ever eaten.



*apologies for the huge pic

[The Tortoise]

Recipe for the beans?

[H0G]

I have bacon fat in a coffee can above my microwave. After heating my grill & brushing it clean, I use the bacon fat to grease the grates. That is all I use it for now unless I am maintaining my cast iron pans.

[Dantheman]

1 pound dried Great Northern beans
6 slices bacon, chopped
1 onion, chopped
6 cloves garlic, chopped
2 jalapenos, chopped
1 poblano chile, chopped
1/4 cup tomato paste
1/4 cup dark brown sugar
1/4 cup molasses
1/4 teaspoon cayenne pepper
1 teaspoon black pepper
3 tablespoons shoulder rub
1.5 cups chicken stock
1.5 teaspoons kosher salt
water as needed

-Soak the beans for 12-24 hours in salted water (1 tbs kosher salt per quart water). This is a critical step, the brine helps ensure soft bean skins that don't burst.
-Fry the bacon until starting to crisp, then add the onions, garlic and chiles and cook until soft
-Add the remaining ingredients, plus the drained and rinsed beans and enough water to cover by at least 1 inch
-Bring to a simmer then place in the smoker uncovered underneath the meat. Check on them starting around the 4-hour mark. Since they're uncovered you'll probably need to add some water after 5-6 hours (I did).

They should be done in ~8 hrs, but the brining makes them much more forgiving to overcooking. I let these go closer to 10 hrs and they were fine with no bursting or overly mushy beans. If they're done well before the meat just pull them off and stash them in a warm oven until it's time to serve. Between picking up some smoke directly and the smoky/porky meat drippings they had amazing depth of flavor. The chicken stock also helped there since I used my homemade 36-hr stock that is craaazy good, but I'm sure they would still be great without.

[irul&ublo]

36 hr stock? Details please.

[irul&ublo]

Rib finishing sauce:

3/4 cup bourbon reduced to a couple of tablespoons or so
3/4 cup bourbon
1/3 - 1/2 cup cider vinegar
1/3-1/2 cup maple syrup
chopped chipotle
adobo sauce to taste
cayenne to taste

combine and simmer to desired thickness, strain (or not), put over ribs last 1/2 hour to 45 of cooking time