As you may be able to guess from my headline I have create a Faux Pas in the circle of wood smokers everywhere. I have used an electric smoker!!!! I know, I know, please let me explain. I, I, was tired, I was desperate, I was coming out of a 2 week drunk and didn’t realize what I had done. What dear? I can’t say that? It’s not true, but if I don’t say that, what can I use to explain the reason I used the “Smokin Tex”. What?! The truth, they will kill me, you will lose you honey pie, your baby lamb…why are you laughing? Ok, OK, let go of my ear, I will tell the truth.
Smokin Tex Electric Smokers, in my humble opinion, is the best electric smoker on the market today, bar none. Their stainless steel construction and thick insulation make it the premier smoker in its field. Their Home office is in Plano Texas, quite honestly just down the road from my home. I went over there just before Thanksgiving to see what they were all about. I had planned on doing a sizzling exposé on their blasphemes ways. No not really, but I did not think that they could produce smoked meat up to the standards of the Great and all Powerful Big Al! The round BBQ King of the world, the only BBQ man of, What! I mean, yes maam? Ok, I digress. Well you couldn’t ask for nicer people. Scott, their sales manager, took me on a tour and we talk about their product for awhile. As I was leaving, Scott asked me if I wanted to try one of their units. Well I said sure I would love to try it. He pulled out a unit gave me some brief instructions and help me load it on my truck. As I was driving home I thought what nice people, I really hate that this unit will not cook as good as my old smoker pit.
I got it home, set it up, well that was easy and went to the store to get some meat to cook. I decided to cook chicken, and ribs. I prepared the chicken with Big Al’s Mesquite Rub and put it on the ribs too. Now Scott told me just to put 3-4 chunks of whatever wood I wanted to smoke with, in the box at the bottom of the unit. I of course did not believe that just 3-4 chunks of wood would last anytime at all but I did what he said to do. I used pecan wood since I had put Mesquite Flavor on the meat. Why didn’t I use Mesquite wood? The answer to that question will be in another blog. So I closed the door set the temperature on 225 degrees Fahrenheit (why don’t they put degree symbols on the keyboard?) Anyway, 3 hours later, I went out to the unit open the door and pulled the chickens off. They look like smoked Chicken, there are cooked nice, they even tasted, dare I say it Great! 2 hours later pulled off the ribs and by gosh, by golly they were cooked perfectly! Once again my expertise has risen to the top, my years of cooking and sacrifice has paid off. What Now? Ok it was the Smokin Tex. I mean that was easy, I have cooked two briskets for catering jobs and ribs for my New Son-and Law for Christmas and they were delicious, perfectly cooked and yes had a bark on them! I am taking the unit back tomorrow, I wonder if they would believe that Terrorists high jacked me and took the unit. Oh one more thing plug the unit in to an outlet it works a whole lot better, It’s electric DUH. As soon as mama shay gives me my allowance I am buying one! Here is their information:
Smokin Tex
Plano, Texas
1-888-922-1511
www.smokintex.com
Here Endth the lesson
Big Al
Dec. 2010
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