Let's Talk BBQ
Outdoor Cooking Equipment => Grills & Smokers => Charcoal Smokers => Topic started by: LostArrow on May 18, 2012, 10:56:46 AM
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At my hunting camp we still cook " old school" the same as has been done since the 1950's
We have a 36 in X 24 in homemade barrel cooker made from 1/4 in steel pipe.
Fire is in a basket on one end & meat on the other.
Grill has 3 adjustments, fuel door cracked ( warm weather ) open 1/2 in, ( winter cooks) open for high heat.
The cooker will go at max 3 hours without adding fuel.
We put a thermometer on the meat side about 3 years ago! Drilling a 7/8 in mounting hole in 1/4 in steel without the right tools was a pain!
We've had a couple meat thermometers but they get lost.
Butts are done when the bone is loose.
Chicken done when leg twists
Brisket is done when Jerry say's ( he's the only one who will buy a brisket for this group)
We're older , it's rare for everyone, heck even half, to actually go hunting.
For safety's sake you can drink, but if you do you can't go hunting so most afternoons most of us sit around the cooker & every hour someone will add a mini log or some charcoal .
The food we turn out is good!
You don't have to be sophisticated in your cooking methods!
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I think (IMHO) that is the best way to do it LA. Meat on one side and charcoal and wood on the other. No switches,digital read-outs,hoppers,gizmos,augers,thermostats,buttons.....just a man and some meat and some charcoal. I always go to work with my fingers stained from scooping out charcoal all weekend long feeding the pit.
What is niceis that there are many other ways to do it and others get the same satisfaction out of there style of cooking.....many good choices out there but I am with you LA.............
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old school is always the best.
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As much as I love my pellet cookers, I still just plain enjoy cooking on a stick burner. It satisfies that inner primal instinct.