Well yesterday I was trying out a new rub on some yard bird. I decided that I hadn't used the ECB for yard bird in quite a while. So I got the bird rubbed. I got the lump in the ECB. I got the water into the pan. I let it all get settled on a temp of 275 which is about the highest my ECB had ever been and I was happy. I wasn't concerned about the skin. All I wanted was some good smoked yard bird that could be pulled apart and tossed into a skillet to be turned into fajita meat. It wa a practice run on the May contest. But about an hour into the smoke I was out messing around the smokers getting my offset ready for this weekend because I have to smoke 10 slabs for a family gathering for Patriot's Day. Anyhow, at some point I kind of remember bumping the ECB a little but didn't notice anything. I don't have a remote temp probe, so no alarms went off. But about 30 minutes later my wife looked outside and yelled at me. It seems there was a big puddle under the ECB. Well, the pan fell, put out the lump, yardbird was ruined and so was the test run. The cause? One of the screws that holds the rack for the pan came loose and fell out. The pan fell and the rest is history. In my rush to use the ECB for this I didn't check it over as thoroughly as I should have. I had some great pictures to go with the finished product, but all deleted now.
So there is a lesson. Those pesky ECB's can smoke some good meat. But you better pay attention to the fragile thing or it will bite you good. I might try again today, but we have a chance of rain, so maybe not.
Well, I hope that is the end of my disasters for this year. Anybody else have a recent disaster to share?
So there is a lesson. Those pesky ECB's can smoke some good meat. But you better pay attention to the fragile thing or it will bite you good. I might try again today, but we have a chance of rain, so maybe not.
Well, I hope that is the end of my disasters for this year. Anybody else have a recent disaster to share?
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