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▲ 275 r/smoking

New Hampshire - Smoked apples

I've been doing a challenge to smoke/bbq a dish or food from all 50 states in the US. Today I smoked some apples, baked apple style for New Hampshire, mainly because I couldn't find any other meat dish that would work for this.

It turned out so good, honestly a 10/10 and it was dead simple. I used some cherry splits instead of oak that I usually work with.

Cored and peeled some granny smith apples. Filled them with a mixture of melted butter, brown sugar, cinnamon and cloves. Smoked at 250-275 for about 2 hours. Served with ice cream.

Will definitely be making these again!

u/FtG_AiR — 8 days ago

Nevada - Smoked prime rib roast

I've been doing a challenge to smoke/bbq a dish from all 50 states in the US. Today I did smoked prime rib roast for Nevada. It worked out being a holiday weekend so I could justify doing a l pricier cook.

It turned out great! Slightly overcooked it so it ended up closer to medium when I was going for medium rare, but the taste was really good and it still ended up juicy. Was a fairly straightforward cook on the weber kettle and id do it again if I can afford it haha

u/FtG_AiR — 15 days ago
▲ 60 r/smoking

Nebraska - Smoked brisket runza

I've been doing this challenge to smoke/bbq a dish from all 50 states in the US . Nebraska had to be runzas.

I used smoked chopped brisket that I had leftover from a different cook, then mixed it with cabbage and onions (and some with cheese) before stuffing everything into homemade dough. I'm not much of a baker so my wife helped me with the dough.

Honestly, these were awesome! Soft bread, smoky beef, cabbage/onion filling. I get why Nebraska claims these. Good thing I made plenty because I read they freeze well.

u/FtG_AiR — 19 days ago
▲ 351 r/smoking

Montana - Smoked bison chuck roast with huckleberry bbq sauce

I've been on a journey to smoke/bbq a dish or famous food from all 50 states in the US. Today I decided to do a bison for Montana.

It was hard to source a bison roast, couldn't find any at a grocery store and wild fork stopped carrying them recently. I got this at a bison farm close to me, but it wasn't butchered too cleanly sadly. It was almost thin enough to look like skirt steak.

Other than that, the cook went well enough and it came out really good. I might have messed up while slicing in a couple cuts because the grains were running in different directions that I missed.

The bbq sauce tasted a lot like melted and thinned out jelly and that was amazing. I made a similar one for idaho too.

u/FtG_AiR — 26 days ago
▲ 102 r/smoking

For the past few months, I've been doing this challenge to smoke or bbq a dish from all 50 states in the US. Today it was Missouri.

I had a much harder time choosing the dish for missouri than I anticipated, with it being a traditional bbq state. I wanted to avoid duplicates wherever I could, and had done burnt ends for Kansas and pork steaks for Kentucky.

So I went with St Louis cut spare ribs. Not my first time making them, but the first time making them with a sweetish rub and finish with bbq sauce. It turned out to be a good cook, but I had done some baby backs alongside it that somehow were underdone. (Family prefers the leaner baby backs).

While I did really enjoy these, I still prefer the more Texas style spg only ribs

u/FtG_AiR — 1 month ago
▲ 127 r/smoking

For the last few months, I’ve been working through a 50 state smoking/BBQ challenge: making one dish from each U.S. state.

Today’s state was Mississippi, so I made a smoked Mississippi pot roast.

I followed this recipe pretty faithfully:

https://heygrillhey.com/smoked-mississippi-pot-roast/#wprm-recipe-container-11486

And honestly, it turned out so good. I went in pretty skeptical because of all the pickle juice, but it actually works really well in the dish. It adds a nice tang without taking over. This one is definitely going into the regular rotation.

Next up is Missouri!

u/FtG_AiR — 1 month ago