Allentown wrote: ↑Thu Apr 02, 2020 6:46 am
omaniphil wrote: ↑Thu Mar 26, 2020 10:51 am
My first brisket. It was just a small brisket - about 5 lbs or so. Got a little dried out which was sad, and didn't get much bark. I also wrapped it once it hit 160, so that probably didn't help the bark situation.
Did you have any liquid/water in the smoker? Also, that looks pretty lean, but the fat night just be covered by the rub.
Question- wat do with ashes? I've been dumping them in the little "garden/yard waste" pile in my yard hoping it would help kill off the weeds that keep growing there, since it gets about 0 sun and so is useless for an actual garden.
Oh, and doing a pork shoulder today. WFH has some advantages, I guess.
You can make lye with the ashes, then make homemade soap (filtered drippings from bbq for the fat) with the lye.
You can mix straw, ashes and urine then keep peeing on it every day (leave partially covered). After a while a stop peeing on it, a crust will form, this crust can be harvested, dried and mixed with 25% powdered charcoal to make black powder.
Add small amount to plants that like alkaline soil, hardwoods and fir trees.
If they haven't killed off that spot I would recommend dumping them, but immediately adding water, enough that it has time to soak out the alkalinity which should kill that spot.
Ohh you meant useful tips? Apart from water to kill off the spot I don't have any