Smoking Meat...

[Danwood]

Pain is weakness leaving the body !

 

[Airgead]

Dinner tonight.

 

[Samuel Adams]

Ahhh FFS

I am preparing to make a better brew rig, and I have discovered smokers.

A mate brought some smoked products to a bbq recently, and from that I realized that the Aldi smokers were on sale a week later.

Went to check them out on the Monday morning, thinking its all ok, i'll just have a little look.

There were three left.

That afternoon, I was committed.

4pm, all sold out. Calls to the national center revealed no chance.

I was keen on getting an Aldi smoker but I had to work Sat so only got to Aldi on the Sun to find all the smokers sold out at all the stores I checked.
What the hell, I blame this thread for the demand !!

Also I'm really surprised at the lack of any for sale second hand.
You can get a new Hark one for $330 on ebay instead of the Coolabah branded Aldi ones for $200, I just can't swallow that, I'm a cheap bastard !

 

[Mr B]

I was keen on getting an Aldi smoker but I had to work Sat so only got to Aldi on the Sun to find all the smokers sold out at all the stores I checked.
What the hell, I blame this thread for the demand !!

Also I'm really surprised at the lack of any for sale second hand.
You can get a new Hark one for $330 on ebay instead of the Coolabah branded Aldi ones for $200, I just can't swallow that, I'm a cheap bastard !

Yeah, I must confess to being the same.

However, I also don't mind a bit of DIY, so the research continues into the smoker build..cause you make a cheap copy of the expensive ones.....

Mmmmm Pid controlled gas smoker........ maybe recirculated,,,Mmmmmmmm.......

So many options

 

[Tex N Oz]

I was keen on getting an Aldi smoker but I had to work Sat so only got to Aldi on the Sun to find all the smokers sold out at all the stores I checked.
What the hell, I blame this thread for the demand !!

Also I'm really surprised at the lack of any for sale second hand.
You can get a new Hark one for $330 on ebay instead of the Coolabah branded Aldi ones for $200, I just can't swallow that, I'm a cheap bastard !

Got em here in Baulkham Hills nsw today.

 

[shaunous]

I remember years ago I paid $150 for mine. ALDI have found plenty want them obviously.

 

[Danwood]

Lots of stores did clearances of these for $100 last year. Might happen again this year....


Might not.

 

[Tex N Oz]

Yeah, I have to admit I've got 2 of them sitting in the backyard I've had for 3 years. They are cheap and fairly well made. Definitely good enough that I've smoked hundreds of kilos of meat in them and still going strong. Actually they show very little wear at all. Blast em out with a pressure washer once in a while to keep them decent.
Drilled a hole in the side for my cold smoke generator. Tops..

 

[Brew Forky]

Mmmmm Pid controlled gas smoker........ maybe recirculated,,,Mmmmmmmm.......

I was reading about these guys with Ugly drum Smokers hooking up something similar to a stc-1000. They had fans on the inlets and when the temp dropped, the fans blew air to the coals to heat it up and then turned them off at the correct temp. Ingenious.

 

[mje1980]

Drooling guys.

 

[Tex N Oz]

Just make sure you don't over-smoke the meat. I add once. HIckory, pecan and mesquite can be over-powering and bitter if you go to hard.

 

[mje1980]

Hopefully done in around 20hrs . Just one small chunk of aprium. Just a little bit.

 

[Danwood]

I had to do a google on 'aprium'. Sounds good.

 

[Blind Dog]

always wondered how they coem up with the hybrid name. I kind of prepfer Plupricot...

does sound nice though

what's the smoker? Looks like a kettle but difficult to tell

 

[Fents]

glad im finding so many old AHB crew now on aussiebbqforum and aussiepitmasters etc.

 

[mje1980]

Brewerbbqer on aussiebbq. Noob haha

 

[mje1980]

My current dilemma is this. I promised I wouldn't use smoking chunks for this. Mrs is a bit over me smoking everything. I slipped a little chunk in thinking it'd be gone before she got home. Genius I know but I left the back door open and the house smells awesome. I lit a candle and sprayed Glenn 20 but I'm probably busted haha.

Might put some cider in the fridge

 

[mje1980]

None the wiser

 

[WarmerBeer]

Hopefully done in around 20hrs . Just one small chunk of aprium. Just a little bit.

Haha, I know that particular photo.

Did you end up taking my advice?

 

[mje1980]

I ended up leaving it mate, it was too big. If I turned it, the back end would be right over the coals, unless I moved the meat itself, which I wasn't game to do.

Doesn't really matter, the snake burnt out overnight! Checked it half hour ago and it was cold!. Got the oven on at 100c. Hopefully it's not leather haha. I added a water pan so it hopefully isn't dry as a bone.

I think I should've left the vents right open, though it looks like it actually burn out completely.

 

[joshuahardie]

Brewerbbqer on aussiebbq. Noob haha

I am JazzyJ on both those forums.. Not a huge contributor, but do plenty of reading

 

[joshuahardie]

I am not sure if i have contributed my rig on this forum, but anyway. this time last year i bought a pro q frontier

best money i have ever spent. does just about everything and i have not used the bbq since



BBQ chicken is now a staple, so is smoked cheese.
I have had great results , and have tried pastrami, pulled pork, tri tip, brisket and the christmas turkey.

 

[joshuahardie]

beef shorties


roast


tri-tip

 

[shaunous]

Looks awesome mate. My BBQ only get used for weekend breakfasts. Everything else is cooked in the smoker (mainly because we don't have an oven.

 

[Fents]

That tri tip looks ace!

 

[mje1980]

Awesome mate, I'm drooling!.

Mine was a fail, pretty sure. I finished it in the oven and its sitting in foil in the esky. I reckon it got too hot too quick and will be dry as, but I may as well find out. Have chicken drummies sitting in brine, they're the plan b, least I know they'll be done in an hour!.

I love the weber, awesome. I now know why lots of guys have a weber kettle, and a smoky mountain. Such a great bit of gear

 

[joshuahardie]

The advice i got for tri-tip was to cook it to med-rare due to the low fat content. I had it a tad under that, and could of done with a tiny bit more, but better under than over.
it was sliced for burritos.
ill be doing it again, when i see it come up at my local.

 

[Seaquebrew]

Weber Q, Weber kettle and Weber Smokey Mountain

All used regularly

I have a BBQ problem

Cheers

 

[Samuel Adams]

Yeah, I must confess to being the same.

However, I also don't mind a bit of DIY, so the research continues into the smoker build..cause you make a cheap copy of the expensive ones.....

Mmmmm Pid controlled gas smoker........ maybe recirculated,,,Mmmmmmmm.......

So many options

Got em here in Baulkham Hills nsw today.

So after setting up my NSW based sister & visiting parents to head out to Baulkham Hills to get one next week, my parents found one in the Fortitude Valley store.
This despite the fact the call center confirmed that QLD was completely sold out !

Mr B not sure if it was the last one but might be worth a look if you're in town.

 

[mje1980]

I tried to kill that chuck roast. Snake burned too hot and died overnight. Finished in the oven. Was sure it was stuffed but I foil wrapped it and esky'd it. Added some smoky BBQ sauce after I pulled it

Some dry bits but it fed 9 kids and 5 adults with some left over. So good!