Let's Talk BBQ
Outdoor Cooking Equipment => Grills & Smokers => Charcoal Smokers => Topic started by: smokeasaurus on September 30, 2012, 07:52:54 PM
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Started at 2:50 p.m. and lit the coals
Here they are hooked and rubbed down with Pork Barrel Cooker (PBC) meat and game pit rub
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3:10 p.m. hung em in the PBC
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About 10 minutes in you cant believe the wonderful aroma that this smoke has!!
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40 minutes later it is 3:50 p.m. and off the PBC..checked the internal and they are 135 degrees!!
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Wrapped in foil for 10 minutes and then time to slice em up!!
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My Impressions:
As you all know I have had a bunch of cookers. Some better than others. This PBC worked exactly as promised. You light the coals and wait 20 minutes. Hang the meat, put on the lid, and walk away.
No looking at temps, no adjusting anything...just sit back and relax.
My neighbor Pam from across the street who is a big time smoker was over and she was given some slices of the meat to snack on and she has probably ordered her PBC by now after having a taste of the meat......ah the meat.........
ABSOLUTELY HANDS DOWN THE BEST DARN JUICY AND MOIST AND TASTY TRI=TIP I HAVE EVER COOKED IN MY LIFE!!
The PBC meat and galic pit rub is outstanding. The meat was evenly cooked and there was not one scorched or burn mark anywhere. I left extra fat on to test the pit out and there was no flame ups at all. The flavor was that wonderful old time pit flavor from the ghost fog created by the drippings splattering on the hot coals below. I haven't had tasted this flavor in the last 3 years since I sold my BDS.
Here is the kicker....no wood!!!!! Just the flavor from the Kingsford and the Pit rub and the ghost fog was more than enough. After I put this pit thru its paces with all the different types of meat I might add a little wood but believe it or not it is not necessary.
I am absolutely blown away by the results of this cooker. If this was strictly a tri=tip cooker I would say to buy one immediately!! You can if you want to but you can wait cause I got more cooks coming up!!
Now you might think this might be new pit euphoria from a new cooker but lets put it this way:
All the meat is gone and I am on my way back to the market to grab another tri=tip....everyone wants more and I still got about 6 hours of life left out of the coals!!!! I am gonna grab some chickens and with the efficiency of this cooker I am gonna do em tomorrow right after work!! Gonna use the PB all-purpose pit rub!!
All in All I am absolutely blown away by this cooker. It worked today just like Noah promised me. I was freaking out a bit without any thermometer but the end results are just incredible!!!!
If you will excuse me now I gotta run to the store and put another tri=tip on!!!!! The flavor is just that good and I gotta have more.............riight now....I am even gonna miss the start of Hee Haw on TV!!!!!!!
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Looks good smoke and the results sound promising ;)
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Keep the updates coming. I am very interested in your thread. Great job. I want to start using charcoal. This may be the ticket.
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That is way cool. My concern with this cooker was that the hook system was a bit awkward. How did you find it to be?
Bill
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Keep the updates coming. I am very interested in your thread. Great job.
Yeah, what Pappy said!
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WOW does that look excellent!!
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Looks great!
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The little tool that removes the hooks works quite well. I will practice a bit before I try to hang a turkey. Gonna talk to Noah later this morn and order more rub and ask about briskets butts and loins so I can show you guys and gals with this little magical barrel can do...........
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smoke - thanks for the update. It sounds great! Lookingforward to hearing and seeing more.
David
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i wonder if he would sell the rebar and the hooks? i like the hanging idea alot. might want to try it w/ my ss drum.
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One great looking cook and this picture says it all.
Would one this a Set and Forget It Pit. :)
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The hanging set up will not work the same in your UDS Sparky.....oh it will work but your UDS would not cook the same as the PIt Barrel Cooker.
Give Noah and Amber a call or an e-mail and they can explain it for ya. This Barrel cooks differently than anything I have ever seen.....
Pit Barrel Cooker Co.
Email: sales@pitbarrelcooker.com
Phone: 303-249-9069
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Just watched the videos, very impressive. Set it and forget it. Is there some sort of grease catching device at the bottom for the drippings that dont hit the charcoal? Im looking hard at this ;)
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I just cleaned the barrel. The way the rebar is set up most of the drippings is in the charcoal. I did have a little grease and ash off to the side after I dumped the barrel and I just used an old paint scraper to knock it free. Dumped it again...used a paper towel on the side to get the ash real quick..didn't even take 5 minutes!!!!
I am doing a chicken cook today and that should be a good gauge of the clean up.....I will let you know about the clean up tomorrow....I have not found one thing to dis-like about this cooker so far!!!
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I just cleaned the barrel. The way the rebar is set up most of the drippings is in the charcoal. I did have a little grease and ash off to the side after I dumped the barrel and I just used an old paint scraper to knock it free. Dumped it again...used a paper towel on the side to get the ash real quick..didn't even take 5 minutes!!!!
I am doing a chicken cook today and that should be a good gauge of the clean up.....I will let you know about the clean up tomorrow....I have not found one thing to dis-like about this cooker so far!!!
Thats what I was the most curious about, chicken fat drippin down excessively possibly putting the charcoal out and or making a big azz mess at the bottom of the drum. Will be whatching for your update on the chicken. This thing looks great!
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i wonder if he would sell the rebar and the hooks? i like the hanging idea alot. might want to try it w/ my ss drum.
I wonder if if there's a modification for the WSM that would work the same way. Or is the charcoal pan too close to hanging food?
Bill
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Don't think so Bill...when it comes to the WSM.....if it aint broke, don't fix it!! ;D