Beautiful looking meats with the pork having a nice bark and a very juicy brisket.
How often did you need to tend the unit during the 8 hours?
Well, that's the part of cooking on the KBQ that will detract most from buying one. I tend it about every 45 minutes. I can go longer, maybe a little over an hour but I'd rather not let the coal bed get too low so I tend to "over tend" and add wood every 45 minutes, sometimes sooner if I am around it anyway or going to take a pee
That looks fantastic Jason. How would you say the flavor, texture and moisture is compared to what you did on the keg?
On a scale of one to ten where would you rate butt on the keg & kbq, same question for brisket
Bob, I'll start by saying that I love my kegs. All of them! I've made MANY great meals on them and more still to come. With that said. There IS no comparison. Being as honest as I can here. You can see how juicy that meat is just from the picture and it IS that juicy. I probed those little butts at 160° and juice SHOT out at me! This thing keeps food very moist. Texture wise I'd say it's better as well but the flavor is the big winner here. It tastes, for lack of a better word, more "woodsy" than food cooked on the Keg, Traeger, SI or any other thing I've ever cooked on. It's not just different that it's a stick burner because it tastes different than things I've had off of a stick burner too. It's the type of smoke that it produces. Unlike any cooker I've ever had and whenever I have the time, it will be what I use for low and slow. If I need to do an overnighter, I'll use the Kegs or the SI, otherwise the KBQ will be the ONLY thing I'll use from now on.
Scale wise, 1-10 I would give the Kegged butts a strong 6.5 to 7.0 and Kegged briskets a 6.0 even
KBQ brisket (although still not Franklin BBQ brisket) I would give an 8.5 (I think a prime would give me 9 or better) and this was the first butt done on the KBQ and I feel it was one of the best if not THE best one I've made. I give it at least an 8.5 to 9, I don't feel I could've made a better one.
Bottom line, get you one, save the Keg for everything else, use the KBQ for BBQ. You'll not be disappointed!