I just got a tiny offset smoker. Almost impossible to manage temperatures. Stayed up most of the night, made a million mistakes. Cooked too hot, a bit too smoky sometimes. Took it off too early thinking it was going to keep cooking during the hot hold until lunch. Had to reheat it to get it going again. Turned out AMAZING. The only real mistake was trying to sear the fat cap to get it to tighten back up a bit. The fat dripped onto the fire and made it smoky in a bad way. I took it off right away, no major damage except some of the fat stuck to the grill lol! Plus I almost dropped it trying to pull off this maneuver!
Everyone was raving about it and I’ve learned a lot for next time!
I’m so jealous! I have a pellet smoker and bought a 17# pork shoulder for this weekend. I even had my ex-in-laws excited about the coming abundance of pulled pork.
Then yesterday morning I got up to start it, and the outlet is dead. And the gfci won’t reset. And I have no other outside outlet. And I’m not leaving a door open all day to use an inside outlet, in 97°F heat with ac on. So I had to cancel, and it’ll be a project. We’ll see how big.
The only good news is my backup plan worked well. I nailed the Mac and cheese on propane grill, deer burgers cooked perfectly, and made bacon jam. I overheard my older kid tell his girlfriend “my dads a fucking professional chef”, so I’ll be smiling about that compliment for years