My taco thread

Legume

Guess what I’m making? 

5 1/2 lbs of chuck roast that’s about 3” thick + coffee rub + homemade-ish adobo.



Now I wait some more.  This is for a party tomorrow.  More pics to come.

Mickey

I’ll be home from Florida on Thursday. What time?

The Cen-Tex Smoker

Nice. I have a parking lot chuckie looking  for a home. I like tacos. 

Legume

I swear there is nothing that smells beefier when cooking than a chuck roast.

lkapigian

I'm liking it Mucho Much 

johnkitchens

I want to go to the party! 

YukonRon

One of my favorite cooks....did a 6#, gone in 24 hours.
This cook from your post is perfect, expected nothing less....

SciAggie

A lot of goodness happening there. 

Legume

Update - temp went up pretty quick and it gave up a ton of “water.”  Yup, that’s what we’re calling it until it congeals and it betrays me.

Temped at 205, but not really pully.  Pulled off the water and reserved in case I need to add some back when I pull it.  Flipped and recovered with the rest of the adobo.  Resting, covered in the kitchen while the peppers and onions cook down more.  Will put the meat on again later after it’s cooled a little so I can cook it more without running the IT up too much.  Egg is sitting at 350 and not much chance of lowering with the crack in the base.



Dirty as hell from doing the yard.  Time for the big bathtub and a beer.  Cheers.

lkapigian

Last pic appears to be a hairy butt

Awesome cook

The Cen-Tex Smoker

Power to the beaver, indeed. 

saluki2007

Those are going to be some damn good tacos. 

Legume

Dozen roasted ears destined for street corn salad.

JohnInCarolina

Legume said:

Update 

GrateEggspectations

For a guy named @Legume, you sure cook a lot of meat. 

caliking

Nice! I think I’d be tired of life before I’d be tired of tacos. 

bgebrent

Yup!

NDG

Nice - how did it finish?  Also curious about the CRACK in your base . Pics?  I got a crack in my base ttoo and debating it I cook on it and risk all of Humpty Dumpty crashing down.

edit:  I can’t stop looking at that beaver leg butt pool picture 

northGAcock

Gawjus. 

Legume

NDG said:

Nice - how did it finish?  Also curious about the CRACK in your base . Pics?  I got a crack in my base ttoo and debating it I cook on it and risk all of Humpty Dumpty crashing down.

edit:  I can’t stop looking at that beaver leg butt pool picture 

Got lazy and on to other things last night, so I put it away until this morning.  Party isn’t until late afternoon.

The crack runs down from the vent across the bottom of the base.  It’s been there for a couple of years maybe.  Egg is in a nest, so it’s not going anywhere.  I can hold low temps for a few hours and then they start to drift up and usually settle near 350.  I think it’s just expansion doing this.  I have a new base, just haven’t done the switch yet.

The Cen-Tex Smoker

Just show us the damn tacos already. 

Legume

The Cen-Tex Smoker said:

Just show us the damn tacos already. 

You sound like you need a pool drink.

The Cen-Tex Smoker

Legume said:

The Cen-Tex Smoker said:

Just show us the damn tacos already. 

You sound like you need a pool drink.

So bad. And tacos. 

Legume

What a shjtshow.  Super tough and couldn’t get it to pull.  25 minutes in the instant pot and it finally loosened up.  Cow drives the cook comes to mind.

Just about late to the party.  Pulled pic later, had to run out of the house.

The Cen-Tex Smoker

Well it looks badass. Im sure it will be. 

The Cen-Tex Smoker

Is this where you got your koozie? 

Legume

No, Buccees, but I need to know where that liquor store is

The Cen-Tex Smoker

Legume said:

No, Buccees, but I need to know where that liquor store is

You are moving the right direction soon (Beaver Creek, CO). Best liquor store name ever. 

JohnInCarolina

The Cen-Tex Smoker said:

Legume said:

No, Buccees, but I need to know where that liquor store is

You are moving the right direction soon (Beaver Creek, CO). Best liquor store name ever. 

Wouldn’t “Liquor Beaver” be even better?

The Cen-Tex Smoker

JohnInCarolina said:

The Cen-Tex Smoker said:

Legume said:

No, Buccees, but I need to know where that liquor store is

You are moving the right direction soon (Beaver Creek, CO). Best liquor store name ever. 

Wouldn’t “Liquor Beaver” be even better?

Depends. “Beaver Liquors” implies there are multiple liquors of the beaver (if you are in to that kind of thing). “liquor beaver” is more like a command (a different deal altogether but still...) 

YukonRon

Colorado just got another 2 ft of snow above 7K (Estes Park and higher).