On 8/8/2018 09:11, Sqwertz wrote:
> On Sun, 05 Aug 2018 13:09:16 -0400, Ed Pawlowski wrote:
>
>> On Tue, 24 Jul 2018 07:33:12 -0700 (PDT), "Rob \"The Rib Guy\""
>> > wrote:
>>
>>> I just launched the Pitmaster's Log Book on Kickstarter yesterday. The Pitmaster's Log Book is a 100 page log book to document all the aspects of each cook.
>>>
>>> The idea originated from a frustration I had. I didnt have an easily accessible place to document every time I cooked barbeque. For years, I wrote things down on different types of paper making it difficult to retrace my steps with any cook I did. At this point, there are about 16 years of cooks documented on different types of paper.
>>>
>>
>> Seems silly to me to put that time and money into a log book when so
>> much free information is readily available.
>>
>> Just go here
>> http://www.eaglequest.com/~bbq/
>
> The log book is to record your own successes and failures so you can
> improve on them. Books (or FAQs) just have recipes and probably
> don't describe your preferred temperatures and times.
>
> It's still pretty easy to buy one of those black and white speckled
> composition books for $1 and record everything there. Or there are
> several others out there probably not selling well already,
> including one by Raichlen.
>
> Speaking of BBQ (which we haven't done lately), I've been reduced to
> some cheapo Walmart upright smoker I got from a friend. It leaks
> like a sieve even after gasket tape and uses a lot of lump, but it
> works. Have a full rack of spares (which are getting hard to find
> anymore - they're all St Louis) I'll be cooking probably tomorrow.
> Have done a few pastrimis lately in conjunction with my sous vide,
> but I nobody ever seems to be happy with their pastrami, myself
> included. My best one came out of a chuck roast, smoked low and
> then sous vide @ 134 for 22 hours to med-rare. Plus an extra quick
> sear.
>
> https://www.flickr.com/photos/sqwert...ream/lightbox/
>
> And a brisket flat cooked almost the same way:
>
> https://www.flickr.com/photos/sqwert...ream/lightbox/
>
> -sw
>
Damn near looks like corned beef! I'd sit down for some of that though..
Your pictures don't disappoint.