Whole shoulder update

[Blacklab]

This shoulder reminded why I don’t like whole shoulder. Peeling the skin sucks.  11.75 lbs. Probably start smoking Friday evening. Set it an forget it at 250 with mesquite


It’s on@3:50 pm

[pianoman9701]

I bought a small one about 4 lbs. I'm thinking about sous vide for 6 hours and smoking for 4 in my Weber tallboy. Smoking in the Weber takes constant monitoring and feeding. Rubbing the shoulder and using the sous vide helps with imparting the seasoning.

[Blacklab]

Nice and yes it does. Started smokin about 25yrs ago. I'm gettin old. Started with a brickman charcoal. Hated babysitting. Once you figure it out it's not to bad. It's a skill for sure. good eats

[NRA4LIFE]

Looks great.  I hear ya on the peeling.  I'll go bacon-less before I peel another belly.  OK, maybe not.

[Blacklab]

Here it is for tomorrow

[NRA4LIFE]

Gotta love the A-maze-N smoker gadgets.  They are now my only source of smoke in both my smokers and all my grills.

[Blacklab]

I agree specially for smoked cheese I don’t know how long I’ve had that thing but it works well

[Blacklab]

16hrs in

[pianoman9701]

Got the 4.49 lb shoulder in the sous vide bath at 6 AM. I'll plan on taking it out around noon and may smoke for 6 hours. Scraped out the Weber and got it all cleaned up. Got the hickory chunks soaking in a pail of water for an hour.

[Blacklab]

Awesome pman😉🥃🇺🇸

[pianoman9701]

I'll be using a long-burning Thai rambutan Thaan charcoal as the base under the chunks. It's hard to light because of its density. But once you let it get fully lit in the chimney, it'll burn for 5 or 6 hours. This is similar to Binchotan Japanese charcoal used for hibachi, but rambutan is sustainable with similar characteristics. https://www.thaancharcoal.com/about

[NRA4LIFE]

That might work really well in my BGE I would think.  Where did you get that?

[pianoman9701]

That might work really well in my BGE I would think.  Where did you get that?

I used to sell it in my previous life. You can buy it here: https://www.thaancharcoal.com/shopthaan

[Blacklab]

Never heard of that before. Sure does look interesting It's like a lump coal?

[pianoman9701]

Never heard of that before. Sure does look interesting It's like a lump coal?

No, it's like charcoal but a little more dense. It takes some tending to get it fully involved. But one it's going, you're good for several hours. If at the end of 5 hours I want to smoke more, I just throw on some regular charcoal.