My new toy was delivered of Friday (as promised...thanks Big Poppa!). I read through the owners manual and noticed the Pellet Boss instructions are totally different from the one on my grill...outdated manual? Anyhoo...I seasoned it on high for 30 minutes as recommended. Saturday morning I rubbed up 3 butts with some Simply Marvelous Pecan Rub and let them sweat while I fired up (plugged in...lol) the MAK...
I pushed the "ON" button and set it to smoke for two hours...
The first thing I noticed was the amount of smoke being generated...wow!
Put the butts on and went in the house for breakfast...
After two hours in the smoke I was thinking I might be able to smoke them hot-n-fast...so I kicked up the temp to 300 for two hours...this is the color after four hours...
Thinking the color was not quite what it should be on a HNF smoke I kicked it up to 325 hoping the bark would set before foiling @ 160ish...nope. I foiled @ 150-160 to speed things up because my neighbor was coming over later that evening to pick up the butts and ribs (cooked on my bullets) for his son's grad party...after 9 hours @ 300-325 they hit 200-210 and I tossed them in the cambro to rest before pulling.
While pulling I noticed the bark sucked and there was not much smoke penetration...perhap 1/8 inch. The meat fell apart in my hands and was pretty mushy (great for backyard bbq...not even close to comp quality).
Lesson learned...do not try HNF on a pellet pooper! Lol! I will say this about my new MAK 1 Star General...it is simplicity defined! Next up...a low-n-slow 12lb packer brisket on Monday...
Thoughts and suggestions always welcome...
Cheers!
JD
I pushed the "ON" button and set it to smoke for two hours...
The first thing I noticed was the amount of smoke being generated...wow!
Put the butts on and went in the house for breakfast...
After two hours in the smoke I was thinking I might be able to smoke them hot-n-fast...so I kicked up the temp to 300 for two hours...this is the color after four hours...
Thinking the color was not quite what it should be on a HNF smoke I kicked it up to 325 hoping the bark would set before foiling @ 160ish...nope. I foiled @ 150-160 to speed things up because my neighbor was coming over later that evening to pick up the butts and ribs (cooked on my bullets) for his son's grad party...after 9 hours @ 300-325 they hit 200-210 and I tossed them in the cambro to rest before pulling.
While pulling I noticed the bark sucked and there was not much smoke penetration...perhap 1/8 inch. The meat fell apart in my hands and was pretty mushy (great for backyard bbq...not even close to comp quality).
Lesson learned...do not try HNF on a pellet pooper! Lol! I will say this about my new MAK 1 Star General...it is simplicity defined! Next up...a low-n-slow 12lb packer brisket on Monday...
Thoughts and suggestions always welcome...
Cheers!
JD