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Re: GOT MY TOY ~ A man and his Pit Barrel Cooker!
« Reply #344 on: March 14, 2015, 11:05:47 PM »
Oh Bigg just put a cork in it :P

Looks outstanding!

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« Reply #345 on: March 15, 2015, 10:24:42 AM »
Wine bottle corks! Let see, PBC has 4 rebar hole... and i am usually thirsty....Now. If only the wife liked wood cooked food! I know she was not partial to smoked food so figured the PBC would be the good middle ground. She likes the spatchcocked chicken and the stacked ribs I make on the gasser better than PBC cooked. I am depressed...
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Re: GOT MY TOY ~ A man and his Pit Barrel Cooker!
« Reply #346 on: March 15, 2015, 12:01:51 PM »
Hey Bigg, nice hack! And gorgeous looking brisket... I've been low-and-slowing ribs in my PBC using bits of foil around the rebar with good success. I am psyching myself up for my first brisket cook (I fear this cut of meat because it's so darned expensive around here), and I was thinking of pulling one rebar out and covering the holes with those flexible fridge magnets. Did you cork both open holes?
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Re: GOT MY TOY ~ A man and his Pit Barrel Cooker!
« Reply #347 on: March 16, 2015, 01:26:16 AM »
Hey Bigg, nice hack! And gorgeous looking brisket... I've been low-and-slowing ribs in my PBC using bits of foil around the rebar with good success. I am psyching myself up for my first brisket cook (I fear this cut of meat because it's so darned expensive around here), and I was thinking of pulling one rebar out and covering the holes with those flexible fridge magnets. Did you cork both open holes?

I've used foil and magnetic thingies with great success. Problem with the magnet is that they tend to fall off when heated.
I corked both holes.
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Re: GOT MY TOY ~ A man and his Pit Barrel Cooker!
« Reply #348 on: March 23, 2015, 03:35:18 PM »
For those that are into wrapping ribs

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Re: GOT MY TOY ~ A man and his Pit Barrel Cooker!
« Reply #349 on: March 23, 2015, 05:08:47 PM »
I hit that bad boy with high heat Rust-oleum.
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Re: GOT MY TOY ~ A man and his Pit Barrel Cooker!
« Reply #350 on: March 23, 2015, 11:44:04 PM »
bigg great looking brisket!!!! just curious on the placing of the corks.  how long into the cook did you cork all 4 holes?  systematically one at a time?  impart your wisdom!!!

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« Reply #351 on: March 24, 2015, 12:27:05 AM »
bigg great looking brisket!!!! just curious on the placing of the corks.  how long into the cook did you cork all 4 holes?  systematically one at a time?  impart your wisdom!!!

Corked 2 holes right after placing the lid, before getting the meat in. Got the temp stabilized at 250. Reason for 250 is the cold meat would drop the temp further. After hanging the meat, temp dropped to 221 and stayed between 220 - 235 for the entire cook. Did not cork all 4 holes since I was using one rebar. The two holes with the rebar provided the low and slow temp.
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Re: GOT MY TOY ~ A man and his Pit Barrel Cooker!
« Reply #352 on: March 24, 2015, 01:47:25 PM »
bigg, seems easy enough to do.  im gonna try that next time i do brisket.  thanks!!!!

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« Reply #353 on: March 24, 2015, 05:09:31 PM »
bigg, seems easy enough to do.  im gonna try that next time i do brisket.  thanks!!!!

Way too easy and I was using lump charcoal
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Re: GOT MY TOY ~ A man and his Pit Barrel Cooker!
« Reply #354 on: March 24, 2015, 10:26:05 PM »
It looks like you barely have any charcoal in there. Did you cook the ribs with that little amount? Do you know what the temp was?
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« Reply #355 on: March 25, 2015, 07:35:59 AM »
It looks like you barely have any charcoal in there. Did you cook the ribs with that little amount? Do you know what the temp was?

Those were low and slow ribs 220-235. The PBC and I are one so I know how much fuel I need for my cooks.
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Re: GOT MY TOY ~ A man and his Pit Barrel Cooker!
« Reply #356 on: May 01, 2015, 08:14:28 PM »
Salt and pepper ribs......that's it,  no rub



Fantastic results. Less is more.



For fight night, doing 11 pounds of beef short ribs.

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Re: GOT MY TOY ~ A man and his Pit Barrel Cooker!
« Reply #357 on: May 03, 2015, 01:51:49 AM »
I did something crazy on the PBC. Cooked with Oak logs and chunks.

Preburnt oak logs, once they got charcoaled, put them in the basket using long tongs and a heatproof glove.



Temp kept steady at 234. Kept preburning wood and refueling the PBC.



It's a pain but I did this just for the experience. Flavor was out of this world









Adding fuel about every two hours. That's cooking with wood.
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Re: GOT MY TOY ~ A man and his Pit Barrel Cooker!
« Reply #358 on: May 03, 2015, 09:47:48 AM »
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