Recently acquired a new toy! Or rather given to me by my brother Ian.. In an attempt to convert me to the joys of smoking he sent me one of the smokers he designed. It looks a bit like a weber, but with the stackers in place it really comes into its own. Other than producing great tasting food, I thought it was kind of cool that it looks a bit like a small rocket.
The smoker is made up of a few separate sections: Coals in the base, a largish basin, usually filled with water when cooking, is suspended directly above the coals in the first stacking section. A grill rests above the water pan in the first stacker section. Another grill rests in the second stacker section, providing a huge amount of cooking space. Its possible I'm told to do pretty much anything and for my first gambit decided to do two chickens and a pork belly!
The beauty of the smoker is that once the coals are ready, pretty similar to usual grilling with a weber or bbq, filling the water pan, putting the chickens on the bottom grill, the pork belly on the top, closing the lid and adding smoking chips of your choice , just close the lid and leave it alone for three to four hours. No turning , basting or watching.
Actually I'm told that there's a lot more to it, but for first time around just though I'd keep it simple. 3.5 hours later it was all done. 4 hours later half a pork belly and one chicken had disappeared. And I'm going to have to do this again, the kids are begging for more chicken.. Beginners luck I think.
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