Barbecue (alt.food.barbecue) Discuss barbecue and grilling--southern style "low and slow" smoking of ribs, shoulders and briskets, as well as direct heat grilling of everything from burgers to salmon to vegetables.

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All,
Any good advice on how to smoke in frigid weather?
The cold has been in the low teens near chicago and I'd like some
advice on how to handle this to get smoking go "normal". I know that
the
ambient temperature plays a lot in getting good smoke and appropriate
heat,
and the last thing I want to do is re-freeze a piece of meat I want
smoked.

Thanks in advance! It's funny because this time 2 years ago when I
got my
R2-D2 I was cranking out loins and butts - but now nothing mainly
because
of the cold.
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skeeter wrote:
> All,
> Any good advice on how to smoke in frigid weather?
> The cold has been in the low teens near chicago and I'd like some
> advice on how to handle this to get smoking go "normal". I know that
> the
> ambient temperature plays a lot in getting good smoke and appropriate
> heat,
> and the last thing I want to do is re-freeze a piece of meat I want
> smoked.
>
> Thanks in advance! It's funny because this time 2 years ago when I
> got my
> R2-D2 I was cranking out loins and butts - but now nothing mainly
> because
> of the cold.


By R2-D2 I'm "assuming" you're talking about a WSM? I
don't know what you consider "frigid" but I just did ribs in
my WSM over the weekend and the high was around 17dF. The
biggest problem is any wind. We had 10-20mph winds Sunday. I
have a plywood wind break rigged up in a v-shape to block my
WSM from the wind.

Had no problem maintaining 250dF for the cook. Ribs came out
great. If you're doing butts/loins etc that are a longer
cook you may end up needing to add some lump depending on
your fire method and initial "load" of lump.

Cold cooks shouldn't be a problem if you can block the wind.

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"Steve Calvin" > wrote in message
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> skeeter wrote:
>> All,
>> Any good advice on how to smoke in frigid weather?
>> The cold has been in the low teens near chicago and I'd like some
>> advice on how to handle this to get smoking go "normal". I know that
>> the
>> ambient temperature plays a lot in getting good smoke and appropriate
>> heat,
>> and the last thing I want to do is re-freeze a piece of meat I want
>> smoked.
>>
>> Thanks in advance! It's funny because this time 2 years ago when I
>> got my
>> R2-D2 I was cranking out loins and butts - but now nothing mainly
>> because
>> of the cold.

>
> By R2-D2 I'm "assuming" you're talking about a WSM? I don't know what
> you consider "frigid" but I just did ribs in my WSM over the weekend and
> the high was around 17dF. The biggest problem is any wind. We had 10-20mph
> winds Sunday. I have a plywood wind break rigged up in a v-shape to block
> my WSM from the wind.
>
> Had no problem maintaining 250dF for the cook. Ribs came out great. If
> you're doing butts/loins etc that are a longer cook you may end up needing
> to add some lump depending on your fire method and initial "load" of lump.
>
> Cold cooks shouldn't be a problem if you can block the wind.
>
> --
> Steve


Don't let the cold temps keep you from using your smoker. Wind will be your
biggest problem, so once that is taken care of you should be all set. I
have noticed that on colder days that I tend to get more moisture buildup
inside my smoker cabinet. Opening any vents further than normal seems to
elimate this problem.


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Cold OK. Wind bad. Plywood screen good.

-Zz

On Mon, 21 Jan 2008 12:59:27 -0800 (PST), skeeter >
wrote:

>All,
>Any good advice on how to smoke in frigid weather?
>The cold has been in the low teens near chicago and I'd like some
>advice on how to handle this to get smoking go "normal". I know that
>the
>ambient temperature plays a lot in getting good smoke and appropriate
>heat,
>and the last thing I want to do is re-freeze a piece of meat I want
>smoked.
>
>Thanks in advance! It's funny because this time 2 years ago when I
>got my
>R2-D2 I was cranking out loins and butts - but now nothing mainly
>because
>of the cold.

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Zz Yzx wrote:
> Cold OK. Wind bad. Plywood screen good.


Posting good, top-posting bad :-)




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Scrolling bad.

-Zz

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>Zz Yzx wrote:
>> Cold OK. Wind bad. Plywood screen good.

>
>Posting good, top-posting bad :-)
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Not when proper and judicious trimming is done. Besides, scrolling is done
with top-posting, too. The normal way of reading is out of context with
top-posting ..... Oh, to heck with it. (plonk)
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Sorry I've angered you.

-Zz

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>Zz Yzx wrote:
>> Scrolling bad.

>
>Not when proper and judicious trimming is done. Besides, scrolling is done
>with top-posting, too. The normal way of reading is out of context with
>top-posting ..... Oh, to heck with it. (plonk)

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Zz Yzx wrote:
> Sorry I've angered you.
>
> -Zz
>
> On Tue, 22 Jan 2008 00:40:29 GMT, "Dave Bugg" >
> wrote:
>
>> Zz Yzx wrote:
>>> Scrolling bad.

>> Not when proper and judicious trimming is done. Besides, scrolling is done
>> with top-posting, too. The normal way of reading is out of context with
>> top-posting ..... Oh, to heck with it. (plonk)


Keep top-posting and you'll probably be plonked by the
majority of the group.

It's good to spend some time learning the etiquette for
areas which you would like to participate in.

'nough said. Please abide by the long standing wishes of
usenet and more specifically, this group. This ain't the web.
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On Mon, 21 Jan 2008 20:40:57 -0500, Steve Calvin
> wrote:

>Zz Yzx wrote:
>> Sorry I've angered you.
>>
>> -Zz
>>
>> On Tue, 22 Jan 2008 00:40:29 GMT, "Dave Bugg" >
>> wrote:
>>
>>> Zz Yzx wrote:
>>>> Scrolling bad.
>>> Not when proper and judicious trimming is done. Besides, scrolling is done
>>> with top-posting, too. The normal way of reading is out of context with
>>> top-posting ..... Oh, to heck with it. (plonk)

>
>Keep top-posting and you'll probably be plonked by the
>majority of the group.
>
>It's good to spend some time learning the etiquette for
>areas which you would like to participate in.
>
>'nough said. Please abide by the long standing wishes of
>usenet and more specifically, this group. This ain't the web.


Again, my aplogies.

-Zz


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"skeeter" > wrote in message
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> All,
> Any good advice on how to smoke in frigid weather?
> The cold has been in the low teens near chicago and I'd like some
> advice on how to handle this to get smoking go "normal". I know that
> the
> ambient temperature plays a lot in getting good smoke and appropriate
> heat,
> and the last thing I want to do is re-freeze a piece of meat I want
> smoked.
>
> Thanks in advance! It's funny because this time 2 years ago when I
> got my
> R2-D2 I was cranking out loins and butts - but now nothing mainly
> because
> of the cold.


don't much worry about the cold anymore but when I cooked on the bullets
just set a 55gal drum right over the cookers--somewhere on the web there are
pics of buzz's cold weather smoking

buzz--in the middle of Wisc


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"Steve Calvin" > wrote in message
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> skeeter wrote:
>> All,
>> Any good advice on how to smoke in frigid weather?
>> The cold has been in the low teens near chicago and I'd like some
>> advice on how to handle this to get smoking go "normal". I know that
>> the
>> ambient temperature plays a lot in getting good smoke and appropriate
>> heat,
>> and the last thing I want to do is re-freeze a piece of meat I want
>> smoked.
>>
>> Thanks in advance! It's funny because this time 2 years ago when I
>> got my
>> R2-D2 I was cranking out loins and butts - but now nothing mainly
>> because
>> of the cold.

>
> By R2-D2 I'm "assuming" you're talking about a WSM? I don't know what
> you consider "frigid" but I just did ribs in my WSM over the weekend and
> the high was around 17dF. The biggest problem is any wind. We had 10-20mph
> winds Sunday. I have a plywood wind break rigged up in a v-shape to block
> my WSM from the wind.
>
> Had no problem maintaining 250dF for the cook. Ribs came out great. If
> you're doing butts/loins etc that are a longer cook you may end up needing
> to add some lump depending on your fire method and initial "load" of lump.
>
> Cold cooks shouldn't be a problem if you can block the wind.
>

This is where a good ceramic cooker earns its spurs. Once you fire it up,
it's good to go regardless of wind and such. I did the Christmas turkey at
Minus 19F. [back in my last Calgary winter]. It came out well.
Harry


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A: Because it messes up the order in which people normally read text.
Q: Why is top-posting such a bad thing?
A: Top-posting.
Q: What is the most annoying thing in e-mail?
Zz Yzx wrote:
> Sorry I've angered you.


May the Gods of 'Q quench your fire in the middle of the night.

:-)


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P.S. If you use Outlook Express, the tool Quote-Fix does wonders for ya.



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