Just thought I would chime in here for a report on my new 009 and what it has accomplished.
Pork Butt - excellent best I have ever had
Stuffed Jalapenso - Excellent Again
Smoke Boneless Chicken Breasts Excellent again
Pork Baby Loin Ribs - Cooked Perfectly, good flavor. However, bad meat or ?? way too much fat did not care to have to pick through my ribs as each rib had dark meat, white meat, lots of fat, and some pink meat.
Smoked Bone in Turkey Breast. Good but not great due to my planning. Made a plan based on the day and I had to leave noticed temp was way to close to being done. Had no choice but to lower temp to 180 and hope for best when I returned. Returned and temp 165 but this was after 2 hours at 225 and 3 hours at 180. Turkey was good but dry. My fault on this one.
Stuffed Poblanos - Went to do the jalapenos again but store did not have any so I did Poblanos. Excellent although I need to experiment with stuffing as you can put a lot into Poblanos. I used a Cream Cheese, cheddar cheese, onion, red pepper, garlic mixture and this was perhaps a much of the same mixture for the big inside of the pepper. Looking for suggestins to add in next time. Maybe some leftover smoked chicken and spinach to help reduce the amount of pure cheesy goodness? any ideas?
Anyhow, I am loving this thing after having it for only 11 days (7 of which I was out of town). I got started on a water smoker, then a traditional offset wood smoker, and have now gone electric. This is so much easier that the other ones that I have had.
A brisket is in the works for the weekend. Thanks all for all the input on this forum and I didn't go into detail on everything figuring if someone has questions they will ask.
Thanks All!
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