Well, I fired up the Masterbuilt Gasser (MGS) for its first food test. I know, I know, no pics. Sorry about that. I may have mentioned earlier that my digital camera shot craps and Im now waiting for Santa Kids to replace it. Adult middle age does have its advantages.
Anyway, Someone on one of the other topic categories posted a thread about smoking a meatloaf along with a link to
http://www.smokingpit.com/default.htm. I have to say this is a great site for the lesser experienced smokers like myself. they have some good videos on how to prepare their recipes and take the guess work out of doing something like a fatty. I had seen references to fattys before, but never payed much attention to them. I had assumed they would be greasy with that much sausage. Boy was I wrong! My first smoke was the Chicken Teriyaki fatty on their site. The only variation I did was I didnt have any Yoshidas sauce on hand and used some spicy teriyaki sauce I had in the fridge. So, my first smoke, first fatty came out incredible!! NOT greasy at all! and the spicy sauce gave them an extra little kick too!!
While I was at it, I did another recipe from there, the Hickory smoked teriyaki moink balls. My wife really loved these, but I was personally a little disappointed. They didnt have quite as much flavor as I had hoped, and I may have left them on the smoker a little too long, as the ground beef was a little dry. I thought they would be inherently juicy, since there is a pineapple chunk inside. But they weren't too dry and all in all, it was a good start for my first fatty and moink balls!! I have to get these dialed in before the new year when we do our annual post hangover party. I'll try some ABT's for that party too. Any great ABT & Moink Ball recipes out there for me to try?
I still have a few tweaks to do on the MGS, but the important parts like the temp control is easy to dial in, the insulation was a success, and the modified water pan worked out great. All I have left is to mod the chip pan and seal up the door and Im there!! Then, I'll be a
SMOKIN
