I have used both gas grills and two different smokers. I tried the i-Phone timer but prefer my treagor or traegor Junior smoker. The surface is large enough to smoke and grill 30 large chicken wings. The thing has a knob which you turn to determine how you want to cook. You fill the box on the side with wood pelletts which are designed to work with this machine. They come in several kinds of woods so you can determine what flavor the smoke will produce.
The first click of the knob is smoke which for chicken generally takes two hours. Then, I take the chicken out, turn the machine up to high, let x heat up, put the chicken back and let her rip. The only disadvantage of any smoker is the clean up. We keep it in the garage and right next to it is a shop vacuum which you need after you have cleaned the grill shelf, the lower shelf which we cover with foil, but you still need to clean the ashes outof the fire hole. It is gross, but we do x together, so it takes less time. The results of the cooking make all the clean up worth while. A friend said after a smoked chicken meal, this food would give vegetarianism a bad name. For her, it was a high complement. I agreed. Sent from my iPhone > On Jan 30, 2015, at 7:13 AM, John Diakogeorgiou via Cookinginthedark > <[email protected]> wrote: > > I've used charcoal, gas, and my favorite is a smoker. > With the charcoal, you can very easily build a fire using what is > called a chimney. It is a round metal thing with a platform near the > bottom. You place newspaper under the platform and coals on top. You > light the newspaper which then lights the bricks. Their are wholes > around the edge of the cylendar where the newspaper goes so it can > breathe. The only problem with this method is that you can't tell > when theey bricks are white. > Thhee gas grill is easy to use. > I like the smoker because it is not as hot so I can place my hands > inside more easily. > As far as temperature, their is a product which works with the IPhone > called an IGrill. It is a thermometer which can be left in the meat. > It has a transmitter which works with the IPhone and can tell you the > temperature of the food. It works well. > > On 1/30/15, Parham Doustdar via Cookinginthedark > <[email protected]> wrote: >> Hi, >> >> I was wondering how you guys grill stuff. Do you use gas grills, >> charcoal grills, or electric grills? I would imagine charcoal grills to >> be tricky, mainly because i have no idea how to build a fire, and I'm >> not even sure if you can check how much the meat is cooked and such over >> an open flame. >> >> So, any thoughts? >> >> Thanks! >> _______________________________________________ >> Cookinginthedark mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://acbradio.org/mailman/listinfo/cookinginthedark > _______________________________________________ > Cookinginthedark mailing list > [email protected] > http://acbradio.org/mailman/listinfo/cookinginthedark > _______________________________________________ Cookinginthedark mailing list [email protected] http://acbradio.org/mailman/listinfo/cookinginthedark
