New 100 owner/new member

Best advice would be to go through and read all the FEC treads.

They really amount to "the manual".

After that ,we'll be happy to help with specifics.

Welcome to the club.

Tom-Fl

Welcome to the club, BB. Give yourself some time to learn the smoker. It is not difficult. Especially if you take Tom's advice and spend some time on the FEC Forums.

On a side note, nice to have you back on the forum, Tom. I know I missed your posts.

Welcome aboard. Good luck with your new smoker.

Hey BBB,

I think you will quickly realize the Good Food and Good sleep go well together.

RandyE

Thanks.
What is the average cooking time for butts in the FEC? I have read a lot of threads of smoking first then cranking up the heat to finish off, or running them at 180 for a while then up to 225.

BB,

When I cook butts, I use the method Dr BBQ taught me. I run the FEC100 at 140 for two hours, 180 for another two hours, and 235 for the remainder. When I use this method, I start them at 6 PM the night before and let them cook all night long. They usually come off the next morning anywhere from 7 to 11 AM. Depends on the size and where they are in the smoker. Of course, my usual cook is twelve butts of 7-8 lbs. each.

I think Eddy cooks his at 180 for 4-6(?) hours and then pushes it up to 225 to finish them.

Thanks Ribdog, that's what I was looking for. I need to get up to speed pretty quick as I will hopefully be using the 100 every week.

Ohhh, I just got my tracking number, FEC should be here on Monday!

Oh the anticipation!

I just had to say 'ditto' - a new member and a soon-to-be FEC 100 owner. I just ordered last week and can't wait for it to arrive. I just wanted to add that the main reason I was inspired to make the jump was because of the time I've spent lurking on this forum. I'm certain with your postings and the new FEC 100 I'll be smoking like a pro in no time...

Me too! My FEC 100 will be delivered just in time for Christmas. Merry Christmas to me! First thing, I will cook some hamburgers to season it and then I gotta smoke a prime rib for Christmas dinner. I have that much faith in the ability of the new pellet cooker.

Dub

Dub,

Here is a link to Prime Rib 101 for the FE, includes photos:

Prime Rib 101

The link appears to be broken for Prime Rib 101??

quote:

Originally posted by 2nd Hand Smoke:
The link appears to be broken for Prime Rib 101??

With 100,000 plus posts with links, that happens. Just IM me anytime you see them.

Since that time, I've created a PR forum of it's own and all the info is there, including PR 101

Prime Rib Forum

Thanks Russ I found it and it was very helpful!! I cooked my 12 lb'er today at 180 for 2 hrs and held at 200 for the next 3 hrs and removed at 125 degrees internal and wrapped and resrted in a cooler for 1 hour, It was awesome medium rare with great homemade aujus. Leftover will be sliced thick and grilled on high heat tpmorrow for 1 min on each side. I sure do appreciate all the help you give everyone including me on this forum!!! You probably don't remember me but I met you at the class last Dec?

Nope, I do remember you.

Glad it worked.

I don't know that I'd call it holding at 200, so I'm glad to see it worked. You'll still be cooking at that temp, just a little slow (which is good).

What was the final temp you pulled it at?

I pulled it at 125 temp in the very center so outer 2 sides were probably 132-134. As I stated above I rested it wrapped and in a cooler for 30 45 min and was a perfect medium rare to rare. I sliced the lsftovers and grilled them to a medium the next day and they were outstanding. I feel low and slow is the way to go with PR. The FEC 100 performed flawlessly as expected!! I absolutly love it!! Now the next purchase will be a PG 500. Do yoiu have the link to Stuart's demo of the PG 500? Can't seem to find it again??