Sliced Smoked Brisket

One of our goals here at Yoder’s Smoky Mountain Barbecue is to help barbecue enthusiasts and caterers enjoy easy and profitable barbecues for years to come.

We want to help you experience the delicious adventure of slow cooking and grilling, whether it’s for your family, friends, or customers.

As promised, I just wrote a new article on how to smoke brisket in an offset barbecue smoker. It will help you smoke a tender and delicious brisket even if you’ve never smoked a brisket before. I have also included an expert brisket rub recipe you can use to make your own homemade rub!

If you have questions about smoking a brisket, make sure you read my article. It’s not as hard to smoke beef brisket as you might think!

Brisket Recipe: How to Smoke a Beef Brisket

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I hope you enjoy your brisket smoke and don’t forget to tell me how it went.

Lavern

Are you looking for an easy step-by-step guide for smoking a whole turkey?  I just published a video and an article on how to smoke a turkey in a BBQ smoker with charcoal.

You’ll find smoking a turkey is not that difficult. Once you discover how easy it is and you take your first bite, I hope you’ll want to make it a tradition every holiday season!

The video and the article both walk you through all the steps of smoking a turkey. In a few minutes you can be equipped with the knowledge you need to go buy your turkey and fire up the smoker.

Video: How to Smoke a Turkey
Article: How to Smoke a Turkey

Here’s a charcoal smoker tip that shows you how to avoid long temperature slumps in a charcoal barbeque smoker and get your meat smoked in record time.

Most times when you smoke, you will need to add more charcoal partly through the smoke. If you let too much of your charcoal burn up before adding more fuel, the temperature will drop dramatically and it will take longer than necessary for the new charcoal to make heat. This can be disappointing, especially if you have a deadline to meet and you don’t have time to lose.

This is especially bad if it’s cold outside or it’s raining and you open the smoking chamber door to check your meat. Under these conditions, we have found it can easily take up to 30 minutes to totally regain optimum smoking temperature.

Smoker Firebox Ready for More Charcoal

On the other hand, remember you don’t want a lot of extra charcoal in the firebox after you’re done. Be careful not to add too much toward the end of your smoke.

So keep some extra charcoal nearby and watch that firebox!

Have you ever miscalculated and got your barbecue done too early? Or needed to finish early for some reason?

The danger zone where harmful bacteria can multiply is between 40 and 140 degrees F. So leaving your meat in the danger zone too long could be bad news. Handle your meat with care and try to keep it hot until it’s time to eat it.

What is the best way to keep your meat hot and juicy?

Our favorite way is to wrap it in aluminum foil and place it inside an ice chest. If you’d like, you can wrap it in heavy duty plastic wrap first to keep more of the heat and moisture inside.

When grilling chicken, you can take the chicken off the grill about an hour before it’s time to eat and place it in an ice chest lined with aluminum foil, letting the chicken cook with it’s own heat. This works for different kinds of meat, but it generally works best with meat off the grill than off the smoker since meat off the grill is usually hotter.

We prefer to use foil and an ice chest to retain the heat in the meat rather than letting the meat cool off and reheating it. If you’re one of those still learning your timing or just want to get done early for some reason, aluminum foil is the way to go!

Do you have any other ideas for keeping barbeque hot and juicy? If you have a bbq tip to share, please leave a comment.

Lavern Gingerich

PS. Don’t miss our bbq tips in the articles and videos section. There’s some juicy stuff over there!