Show Us Your Meat, and We'll Show You Ours

[.RJ]

Evan, you need to bring in ginger as your pizza consultant. He'll get it right.

[Evan]

Evan, you need to bring in ginger as your pizza consultant. He'll get it right.

After lots of time and expensive ingredients, I'll end up with pizza that taste exactly like this


Gingerperfection

[.RJ]

maybe gourmet square pizza is the next big trend?

[Ginger]

I don't like the cheese. You have to get the pepperoni. The oil from the meat kind of covers the surface of the pizza and gives everything more flavor.

The New Yorkers in my office have told me that I don't know anything about good pizza.

[Evan]

Next Im going to try cooking one on the grill (maybe even my wood fired grill) on top of a pizza stone to see how that turns out.

This works awesome. Emily's dad does this every once in a while (although he uses a BGE) and it's so good.

ooooh yeah I can see how the BGE would be perfect for that. Since its ceramic insulated, it essentially IS a small brick oven.

damn. now I want a BGE

[ScottyB]

we've done pizzas on the ceramic placesetter in our BGE. its everything people say it is. you really need a proper pizza peel to lift them out though.

[Kaan]

simple... and awesome. Grass fed, wide and thick cut bacon from a local farm. its fucking magical

[WRXtranceformed]

I've also been high on thick cut bacon lately

[Sully]

Didnt want to start a new thread but ive started to look at smokers and wanted mm advice. This will probably be like the help me buy a car threads but lets see.

I would prefer a decent sized smoker so i could do big meals if i want to (several slabs of ribs and a chicken) or small meals most of the time.

I do not want charcol. Im looking for more set it and forget it without lots of prep to get the flame lit. I would prefer a thermostat controlled model but that seems like itd limit it to electric and everything ive read says even gas tastes better than electric. A window could be nice i suppose too. Who has a smoker? What are your thoughts? What would you do or not do again if you bought another one? Gas or electric? Etc...

[SlimKlim]

simple... and awesome. Grass fed, wide and thick cut bacon from a local farm. its fucking magical

Uncured too I assume? I've been getting that lately (not local or grass fed though) and I really prefer it over the cured stuff now.

[Evan]

Didnt want to start a new thread but ive started to look at smokers and wanted mm advice. This will probably be like the help me buy a car threads but lets see.

I would prefer a decent sized smoker so i could do big meals if i want to (several slabs of ribs and a chicken) or small meals most of the time.

I do not want charcol. Im looking for more set it and forget it without lots of prep to get the flame lit. I would prefer a thermostat controlled model but that seems like itd limit it to electric and everything ive read says even gas tastes better than electric. A window could be nice i suppose too. Who has a smoker? What are your thoughts? What would you do or not do again if you bought another one? Gas or electric? Etc...

step into my office son, this here is my specialty. If you want a set it and forget it smoker that also makes the best damn smoked meat on the planet, you want a pellet smoker.
Ill let you google the details on what they are and how they work (and how many competitions they have won) but think of it a real stick burning offset smoker, but set and forget tempurature controlled. Most of my long cooks I do overnight while im sleeping. its that good.
after that read some here
pelletheads.com

I have 3 smokers, an electric and 2 pellet smokers (actually pellet grills). Electric smoker is ok i guess, no pink smoke ring and you have to keep feeding it wood chips. I only used it a couple times, it didnt blow me away. Now I keep it around for roasting chickens and turkeys (very good for that)

Pellet smokers arent cheap but there are a few under $500 now. I have this one
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and its been fantastic.

i bought this recently on impulse because it gets a little hotter and has some extra bells and whistles but im happy enough with my chargriller that i havent even loaded it up with pellets yet
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btw, pellet grills make teh best burgers, steak dogs and chicken ive ever had. most things (except chicken) i do a reverse sear where i smoke it in the smoker at 225 for 30 min, then finish with a sear on the stove or gas grill.. just enough smoke to taste wood fired without tasting smoked.

once you buy a pellet grill, ill tell you where to get the best smoking pellets for cheap

[Apoc]

Do pigs eat grass?

[*insertusernamehere*]

Do pigs eat grass?

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[Sully]

Pellet grill does seem to meet my wants but they might be a little pricey. I was hoping to stay under $400 probably but really as cheap as possible. I might be able to tolerate the gas smoker because I'm currently doing it on a propane grill and thats not sealed at all (as well as a smoker cabinet would be) so i don't see it being that difficult to maintain a temp although I guess it'd be harder with longer cooks and probably users more gas than a pellet

[navin]

If you want cheap, get a Weber Kettle and use it as a smoker. Or try to find a Weber Smokey Mountain used on Craigslist if you want a dedicated smoker.

[Kaan]

yeah our bacon is uncured ... but never skipped a beat. taste is amazing! and yes the pig is pastured not specifically grass fed. "my bad yo"

I need to look into the pellet smoker set up. I've decided I'm not rich enough yet you build the outdoor kitchen so I need to look into other avenues.

[Sully]

If you want cheap, get a Weber Kettle and use it as a smoker. Or try to find a Weber Smokey Mountain used on Craigslist if you want a dedicated smoker.

Both of those are charcoal which I don't want and the smokey mountain costs more than most electric and gas smokers I've come across.

[davej]

Before



After


that'll do pig, that'll do.

back from ny with hams, bacon, chops, hot sausage, brefiss sausage, ribs and on and on.
Father in law also threw in a bunch of venison from his 8 pointer for good measure.
Can't wait to dig into this winter.

[*insertusernamehere*]

Man...I can't wait to eat my own killing one day. That must be the most rewarding meat you can ever eat.

[ScottyB]

that's a damn treasure chest.