The BBQ and Smoking Thread

[Buster]

Has anyone tried a Fireboard yet? My old CyberQ is not working great, and I was thinking of an upgrade.

https://www.fireboard.com/

[TurboMedic]

Added to my smoker/Q collection the other day with an awesome Kijiji find. Smoking some of my Elk roast on it today to see how she does! Now have a trusty Napoleon gas grill, a cabinet electric smoker, a big Kamado and a Pellet grill at my disposal. The Kamado is an awesome smoker but does take some tending to, and super long smokes are a bit tougher to add chunks to without alot of organization, but it gets to 7-800 degrees and is an amazing grill. The pellet is great for the long minimal effort smokes, and I got it for literally next to nothing barely used! Its a (cabelas) rebranded Camp Chef DLX, so has the hopper chute and the firebox trapdoor which are indispensable, probe function which I wouldn't use anyhow, and the low/high smoke plus the whole range to 500.

[BigDL]

Nice find, I keep looking at kijiji once in a while to try to find a cheap upgrade for my Akorn. How much was it?

[phreezee]

Nice find! I love my Camp Chef DLX. The wife likes that it's as easy to use as an oven.

[TurboMedic]

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Nice find, I keep looking at kijiji once in a while to try to find a cheap upgrade for my Akorn. How much was it?

$175, never seen one that cheap. People are even pushing the Traeger juniors for over 350, and they're tiny.

[nzwasp]

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Has anyone tried a Fireboard yet? My old CyberQ is not working great, and I was thinking of an upgrade.

https://www.fireboard.com/

I had a cyberQ as well until the fan died and then i found out that not only do they not sell the CyberQ in Canada anymore to get a new fan was going to cost me $100 USD plus shipping.

The other thing about the CyberQ is the wifi was only 2.4 ghz b/g networks and also a pain to setup. It stopped working with my wifi and even when i set my router to G it wouldnt even find it.

I will look at this link.

[ExtraSlow]

Wow, and I was feeling pretty good about my Lavatools Javelin.

[nzwasp]

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Wow, and I was feeling pretty good about my Lavatools Javelin.

I didnt buy the cyberQ for its ability to read the temperature remotely - I bought it to regulate the air flow (according to the temp) in the smoker.

[Buster]

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I didnt buy the cyberQ for its ability to read the temperature remotely - I bought it to regulate the air flow (according to the temp) in the smoker.

I haven't had time to pull out the fireboard yet.

[ExtraSlow]

Well, wandered around the superstore meat dept until inspiration struck. Doing chicken quarters today. Tossed in siracha then some dry rub on the outside.

Didn't brine or anything, but for a "basic" family dinner it'll work.

One messy leg left on the plate :

[ExtraSlow]

Basha foods in NE has beef ribs for $1.99/lb today. I bought a bunch at lunchtime. That's a very good price and probably my favourite cut of meat to smoke.

Assume they'll sell out at some point.

[schurchill39]

I'm going to a BBQ/Smoking class put on by one of my vendors with this guy this weekend. I'm really looking forward to it. Going to bring a buddy of mine who is equally as new (~2 years doing it) but just as into it as I am so it should produce some pretty awesome Saturday night meals coming up!

[ercchry]

Kris is awesome, wish I made it to more events this year. Was super surprising when we beat the Rocky Mountain guys at the May comp. would have been an interesting season!

[ExtraSlow]

Beef ribs today.


Was just a hair over 9 pounds. Assume it's like half that much meat weight.

[cyra1ax]

Got one of these puppies. Kind of tempted to try and sous-vide some salmon and finish it with this thing.

[ExtraSlow]

Just started some 3-2-1 pork ribs. Safeway had em on for $1.99/lb.
Will be more like 3-2-2 really.

Anyone have a favourite sweet sauce for pork? I have a tangy one I like, but want to try something else that kids might like. Considering just doing 50/50 cheap bbq sauce and honey.

[ercchry]

When you wrap, lay down some apple or pineapple juice in the wrap, honey, and brown sugar... when you go to unwrap, mix 50/50 with some sweet baby rays

Also, if you need more time (I take it they’re backs with a lot of loin?) i’d add it to the wrapped time, the last hour is just 50min for the bark to set back up and 10min for your sauce to tack

[ExtraSlow]

They are side ribs with a lot of random chunks. Safeway butchers like to hide odds and ends under the full racks. Can't complain for the price.

I also start them from dead cold, so the smoker takes at least 30 and maybe 45 minutes to get up to temp. My theory is that in a well insulated electric smoker, you don't get much new smoke once everything is up to temp.

Good tip on the juice sauce. Will try it.

[jwslam]

[ExtraSlow]

Any tips for beef ribs if I want them further on the tender end? More time in foil maybe? Like a 3-3-1?