2024 Smoking/Grilling/Cooking Baking thread

[mikek]

Bacon on the blackstone for BLT’s

 

[d.kaufman]

Bacon on the blackstone for BLT’s
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Did bits last night. Finally got our first slicing tomato ripe from the garden a couple days ago. Was either burgers or blts. Wife choose blts this time. Will be burgers for sure next time.

Bbq chicken breasts tonight with leftover corn off the cob, cherry tomatoes, cucumber slices and butter noodles

 

[jwamplerusa]

Bacon on the blackstone for BLT’s
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That looks pretty good, if you take that nasty lettuce and tomato off the sammich.

 

[den57]

Porkchops and fried potatoes on the Blackstone...

 

[Cameramonkey]

Exact same boat here. Wife can't eat jalepenos. I grow some but i usually eat them raw diced into stuff. I am starting to get too old to eat them too late in the day though

Switch to poblanos. I’m happier since I did.

Or Anaheims are in between them.

 

[foszoe]

Switch to poblanos. I’m happier since I did.

Or Anaheims are in between them.

Poblanos are easier to stuff.

Never heard of Anaheims. I will have to look for them.

 

[Cameramonkey]

Poblanos are easier to stuff.

Never heard of Anaheims. I will have to look for them.

Anaheims are pinky size as I recall. Not easily stuffable.

 

[littletommy]

I just got done putting our new griddle together, it’s not a blackstone, Sams club brand. I’ll season it and do some burgers on it tomorrow.

 

[Mgderf]

I just got done putting our new griddle together, it’s not a blackstone, Sams club brand. I’ll season it and do some burgers on it tomorrow.

I've got a"Charbroiler" 36" brand griddle, and an 18" Blackstone griddle.
Other than size, they are basically identical.
You will not be disappointed with the Sam's club version.
It looks to be the same as well.
One tip,
If you have a griddle bigger than 18", don't try to run it on anything smaller than a 20lb propane tank.

 

[littletommy]

If you have a griddle bigger than 18", don't try to run it on anything smaller than a 20lb propane tank.

I was kinda thinking I might get a larger tank. Haven’t really looked around for one yet, but I’ll most likely end up getting something bigger

 

[mikek]

Chicken quarters on the OG Holland

 

[d.kaufman]

Kabobs tonight.

 

[freekforge]

I did vortex ribs today. I picked up a shaker of killer hogs "the bbq rub" to try and really like it. Temp at the top of the lid got to at least 550 and I dropped my turkey fryer thermometer in the vent and let it rest on the meat and it showed 400ish. They were done in about 55 minutes. Perfect tenderness even the kids were able to eat it off the bone.

 

[BehindBlueI's]

Also kebabs...

 

[littletommy]

Finally got my griddle seasoned and made some burgers. I was going for something like a steak and shake burger from back when they were actually good, what I got was very close to a local dive bars burger, which is a VERY good thing! Since I’m new to griddle cooking, I was worried that I would end up with an inedible mess, but I found a smash burger video on YouTube and did what the guy said, and I couldn’t be happier!

 

[ghuns]

WIfe's outta town. I will be smoking and eating everything she hates, or hates for me to eat. St Louis style ribs, smoked eggs, a dozen of them turned into egg salad...

 

[d.kaufman]

Didn't cook tonight, but who can resist a good tenderloin for dinner. Added fresh mater out of the garden

 

[Creedmoor]

Just put half of a Pork Belly on, this is my second time doing one. We will see.

 

[HoughMade]

My last smoke was on July 20th when I finished off some bacon I cured for a week with a 3 or 4 hour smoke....then there was the incident.

Normally after a smoke I drop the pellets out and let the remainder of the pellets in the auger burn off. This time, I didn't drop the pellets. Also I was using Royal Oak charcoal pellets, though I don't know if that had anything to do with it.

Anyhoo, apparently, the fire burned backwards up the auger and lit the pellet hopper on fire...and the hopper was about 1/3 full. I was not near the grill and it was night, so I didn't catch it. This back burn charred the pellet hopper, burned the insulation off of the power cord, shorting it and blowing the breaker, melted the control panel, melted the bushing that supports the the auger on the motor end and charred the auger motor, causing it to sieze.

Great. All of the parts were available. The most difficult thing was taking the hopper off, removing all of the char...and paint. Repainting was easy. I finished that this week.

This morning I replaced the control panel, auger motor, bushing and power cord. This was about a $120 and several hour lesson in remembering to drop the pellets out. I've let it run the hopper dry before several times, so I don't know why this back burn happened after 4 years of running this smoker, but no pellets in the hopper means no fire in the hopper.

It's running right now just to make sure everything is working. Tonight- super simple burgers just to get back into the game.

 

[d.kaufman]

My last smoke was on July 20th when I finished off some bacon I cured for a week with a 3 or 4 hour smoke....then there was the incident.

Normally after a smoke I drop the pellets out and let the remainder of the pellets in the auger burn off. This time, I didn't drop the pellets. Also I was using Royal Oak charcoal pellets, though I don't know if that had anything to do with it.

Anyhoo, apparently, the fire burned backwards up the auger and lit the pellet hopper on fire...and the hopper was about 1/3 full. I was not near the grill and it was night, so I didn't catch it. This back burn charred the pellet hopper, burned the insulation off of the power cord, shorting it and blowing the breaker, melted the control panel, melted the bushing that supports the the auger on the motor end and charred the auger motor, causing it to sieze.

Great. All of the parts were available. The most difficult thing was taking the hopper off, removing all of the char...and paint. Repainting was easy. I finished that this week.

This morning I replaced the control panel, auger motor, bushing and power cord. This was about a $120 and several hour lesson in remembering to drop the pellets out. I've let it run the hopper dry before several times, so I don't know why this back burn happened after 4 years of running this smoker, but no pellets in the hopper means no fire in the hopper.

It's running right now just to make sure everything is working. Tonight- super simple burgers just to get back into the game.

Yikes! What brand pellet smoker if you don't mind me asking?