Friday, March 14, 2014

Spring Break 2014



I rubbed the 13 pound brisket with salt, pepper and cayenne and placed it on the grill at 7:45. 4 hours later, 3 split breast chickens (6 lbs) and 3 racks of baby back rubs for added. The chicken had basic chicken rub and the ribs got some Jamaican spices. I wrapped the the brisket and ribs at 2:00 and put the mac and cheese on at 4:30. The brisket and ribs came off to rest at 5:00 and everything else come off at 5:30.

Thursday, November 28, 2013

Thanksgiving 2013

I got the fire going at 5AM and put the 12 lb turkey on at 5:45. It soaked in a brine overnight in a gallon of water, cup of sugar and cup of salt, some peppercorns and bay leaves. I covered the turkey with butter and sprinkled it with sage and thyme. It was also stuffed with an onion, rosemary branches and sage sprigs. This was the first time that I was using wood and did not realize that the  flames would enter the grilling area nor that it would effect the cooking process. At about 10:00, I wanted to check the bird to start spaying it with apple juice, I found that it was burning because of the flames. I quickly moved the turkey to the other end of the cooking chamber and covered it would foil. The internal temperature was where it needed to be around 170 and 180. At 12:30, I put the mac and cheese on for an hour and took both the turkey and mac off an hour later.

Sunday, July 28, 2013

End of Summer



I rubbed the 9 pound brisket with a 1, 2, 3 rub (1 part of cayenne pepper, 2 parts pepper and 3 parts salt) and put the meat on the grill at 7AM. At noon, I placed 3 split breast chicken on with one rubbed with fajita seasoning the the other two with a chicken rub. After 7 hours at 2PM, I wrapped the brisket in foil and moved it directly over the firebox. At 3PM, I put the mac and cheese on with some potatoes. I took the brisket off at 4PM to rest while everything else came off at 5PM.

 

Sunday, June 16, 2013

Another Father's Day

The 8 lb brined turkey and 10 lbs of ribs got on the grill at 10:00 AM. I rubbed the turkey with a butter, sage and thyme mixture and rubbed with ribs with a basic rib rub and brown sugar. The grill quickly got up to 250 because of the wind. I had to put the turkey in the belly of the grill because the tin took up so much room on the grill. At noon, I put 6 split chicken breasts on seasoned with fajita seasoning, and at 2:00 I wrapped the ribs with foil after rubbing them with squeeze butter, brown sugar and the rib rub. I also put 8 sausage links on. The last thing I put on was two tins of mac and cheese at 3:00. Everything was ready to eat @ 4:00. Most of the day the temp ranged 250-300.

Friday, November 23, 2012

Thanksgiving


I brined the turkey for 24 hours in a water, salt and sugar mixture. Before placing it on the grill at 8AM, I rubbed it with sage, thyme and butter over and under the skin. I kept the temperature around 200-250 all day. I also made a bunch of mac and cheese and put them on @ 2:00. They stayed on for an hour and before taking everything off.

Saturday, August 11, 2012

End of the Summer


Three racks of ribs (8.5 lbs.) were put on the smoker at 10:30. they had a basic rib rub with salt and pepper. Five split chickens halves with a fajita, salt and pepper rub were put on the grill at noon and the rack closet to the firebox was swapped with the one farthest from the box. At 2:00, the chicken got sprayed with some apple juice, sausage were placed on the grill and the ribs were wrapped in foil with some squeeze butter, brown sugar and more rib rub. The smoked mac and cheese got on the smoker at 4:00 while the wings were grilled. everything came off at 5PM.





Thursday, June 28, 2012

Father's Day


The night before I soaked a 12 lb turkey in a brine consisting of a gallon of water, cup of salt, cup of sugar, some sage and thyme, a sliced onion, and some peppercorns and bay leaves in a turkey roaster bag. I put a 12 lb brisket with a rub of fajita seasoning, garlic salt and salt from the night before on the smoker at 7AM. Two racks (3.5 lbs each) of ribs with a basic rib rub and garlic salt from the night before were placed on the grill at 9AM. The turkey was placed on an hours later under the grate because it was too tall. At noon, I place the chicken (6 halves)rubbed with the brisket seasoning and garlic salt. At 2 PM, I placed a bunch of sausage on the grill and wrapped the ribs in foil after coating them with butter, brown sugar and rib rub. I also wrapped the brisket at that time. Every once in a while, I would spray the turkey and chicken with apple juice. I took the brisket off at 4 PM and everything else came off @ 5 PM.