Just Bought a Smoker

[ItsLunchBOX]

Well, my birthday is in a couple days and I bought myself a smoker. I think I got a decent deal, Cabela's seems to be having a sale on smokers right now. Anyone have any good recipes?

This isn't my picture below but this is what I got. Bradley Digital 4 Rack Smoker.


Send recipes my way. I'm smoking some pork tenderloin and some sweet potatoes tonight for dinner.

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[RLS]

Nice, If the loin is not already on i would fire it up and run as much smoke that i could through it prior to putting it in.

For pork tenderloin just use your favorite rub, set temp to 225 and pull tenderloin when it hits 145 internal temperature and let rest for 15 min. Some will brine overnight prior to smoking
. I do not brine anything but will sometimes cut slots into a loin and insert bacon.

 

[ItsLunchBOX]

Nice, If the loin is not already on i would fire it up and run as much smoke that i could through it prior to putting it in.

For pork tenderloin just use your favorite rub, set temp to 225 and pull tenderloin when it hits 145 internal temperature and let rest for 15 min. Some will brine overnight prior to smoking
. I do not brine anything but will sometimes cut slots into a loin and insert bacon.

Yeah I ran smoke through it for a couple hours before I put the loin on. It's been on for about an hour and twenty minutes now. I put a maple jalapeno rub on it, hoping it turns out good.

 

[RLS]

That sounds good. let us know how it turns out, pictures would be nice.

 

[DirectDrive]

Nice !
I see where some Bradley owners switch to Peterson Pucks....Longview, WA company.
Peterson Pucks - The best wood for smoking and grilling

 

[ItsLunchBOX]

Nice !
I see where some Bradley owners switch to Peterson Pucks....Longview, WA company.
Peterson Pucks - The best wood for smoking and grilling

Good info, thanks!

 

[uscsoldier]

Nice, search my posts. I have several about my smoker. I recently did on about smoking cheese

 

[ItsLunchBOX]

That sounds good. let us know how it turns out, pictures would be nice.

Well the pork tenderloin turned out pretty good. It was a bit thin and cooked faster than I expected. The sweet potatoes turned out phenomenal.

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• ItsLunchBOX
• Dec 28, 2017

First meal with smoker

 

[ItsLunchBOX]

Nice, search my posts. I have several about my smoker. I recently did on about smoking cheese

I do want to try cheese. I need to get the cold smoke attachment for my smoker first though. Maybe a Father's day gift.

 

[uscsoldier]

are you using a meat thermometer?

 

[ItsLunchBOX]

are you using a meat thermometer?

That doesn't show up until Saturday, just in time for me to smoke a pork butt on Sunday.

 

[uscsoldier]

That doesn't show up until Saturday, just in time for me to smoke a pork butt on Sunday.

Pork loin can be touchy, which thermometer did you get?

 

[uscsoldier]

I made my own cold smoke attachment

 

[ItsLunchBOX]

Pork loin can be touchy, which thermometer did you get?

This is the one I got:

https://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B077NGYZRW

 

[ItsLunchBOX]

I made my own cold smoke attachment

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Haha, the mailbox is a nice touch!

 

[uscsoldier]

This is the one I got:

https://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B077NGYZRW

Those a good, I had the same one but I left it outside to long and replaced it with a ThermoPro TP 20 when Walmart had them on sale for $38

Haha, the mailbox is a nice touch!

The entire setup including the smoker only set me back $150

 

[ItsLunchBOX]

I thought about the tp20 but already spent more than I wanted on the smoker. We'll see how the one on got holds up and when it craps out I'll probably get the tp20.

 

[uscsoldier]

I thought about the tp20 but already spent more than I wanted on the smoker. We'll see how the one on got holds up and when it craps out I'll probably get the tp20.

Yours is fine, just don't leave it outside when you aren't using it

 

[DirectDrive]

The Maverick is probably the most popular in the amateur BBQ world.
https://www.amazon.com/Maverick-732-Remote-Smoker-Thermometer/dp/B009ITJT92?th=1
There is an ET-732, 733 and 735 (more bells/whistles as you go up)
I got my 732 on Amazon (sale) for $34
The cool thing with this is that you have a remote receiver where you can be inside watching the game and at a glance you can see cooker temp and meat temp.

Do not submerge the probes to wash them....it will destroy them.
I use rubbing alcohol and a paper towel to clean the tip of the meat probe.

 

[No_Regerts]

Well the pork tenderloin turned out pretty good. It was a bit thin and cooked faster than I expected. The sweet potatoes turned out phenomenal.

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• ItsLunchBOX
• Dec 28, 2017

First meal with smoker

Had to look at that twice.