Big cook planned for this weekend - Wish me luck

NC_Egghead · May 2016

Thanks John! Relaxing with my Golden on the sofa now while I can. It's going to be a busy day.

YukonRon · May 2016

Potato Mac looks killer. Everything looks killer. Take it easy on the Ganji Brownies. Have fun!

NC_Egghead · May 2016

Took a couple hours to put the pack on and hike some local trails. Got back and the temp dipped to 225. No worries, cracked the bottom vent and the s/w cap a little more. If I need to bump above 300 for the last hour or so it won't hurt anything. It sure does smell good outside! Now, to tackle the slaw and beans.

NC_Egghead · May 2016

Mt Slawmore

Beans just oust before they're going into the oven:

Image: https://us.v-cdn.net/5017260/uploads/editor/wh/wrtba9rtdhdm.jpeg

Bumped the the temp up in the egg to 350 and she's holding steady. Smallest butt is at 170. I need to leave in 3 hours so hopefully we're on track.

Robo2015 · May 2016

Looks awesome....what is potato Mac?!?!? That sounds like something I can get behind. Anyone have a receipe for that?

BigGreenGator · May 2016

You've got my office party beat.

looks like a lot of fun ... They'll enjoy it

Canugghead · May 2016

NC_Egghead said:

So I woke up this morning to this:

Bummer, smoke went out last night. Not exactly sure why since I had S/W cap and bottom vent wide open. Maybe someone with more experience with one of these can explain better. I'm re-lighting at both ends and will be back to smoking soon.

Wow, impressive cook!

Zooming in at the before and after photos, it appears there is a void in the vicinity where the fire died.

NC_Egghead · May 2016

Robo2015 said:

Looks awesome....what is potato Mac?!?!? That sounds like something I can get behind. Anyone have a receipe for that?

Potato-Mac is something they serve in Hawall as a side with just about everything. We spent a couple weeks there over the holidays and I had a chance to sample many variations. I decided it was something I wanted to try so I searched the inter webs and then kinda came up with my own version. It's basically a pound of whatever kind of elbow Mac you prefer ( I use cavatint), potatoes, red pepper diced small, a sweet onion grated, grated carrot, mayo (lots of it), and s&p. It's got to be loaded with mayo so if you make it the day before and let it marinate, so to speak, the next day it needs to be re-mayoed so it's nice and creamy.

NC_Egghead · May 2016

A good time was had by all. A few goodie bags were taken home but the 5 butts were about right, beans too. Had extra Potato-Mac but if I made 1 batch less there might have been too little. Lots of extra slaw-next time I'll scale it back to 2 smaller heads of cabbage. There were extra brownies but they'll get eaten. The flow of people was good too. Not everyone was there all at once since a bunch were at the Wells Fargo golf tournament and came in later. It gave us plenty of time to keep everything stocked. I think the pork puller was the hit of the party. Everyone was fascinated with it! Thanks for following along!

bgebrent · May 2016

Looks like a feast that you killed!! Spectacular work brother! Those kids went home for the first time ever, not needing a Snack! Great job!

NC_Egghead · May 2016

bgebrent said:

Looks like a feast that you killed!! Spectacular work brother! Those kids went home for the first time ever, not needing a Snack! Great job!

Thanks @bgebrent, it was my pleasure for a great group of young men.

bgebrent · May 2016

NC_Egghead said:

bgebrent said:

Looks like a feast that you killed!! Spectacular work brother! Those kids went home for the first time ever, not needing a Snack! Great job!

Thanks @bgebrent, it was my pleasure for a great group of young men.

Yessir, that's what makes it so fun. Great spread brother

YukonRon · May 2016

What an awesome event and cook! The effort mirrored the results, in an off the grid cook. Everything looks delicious, the presentation was perfect.
This raises the bar for everyone. I nominate this as best fraternity meal ever.

NC_Egghead · May 2016

YukonRon said:

What an awesome event and cook! The effort mirrored the results, in an off the grid cook. Everything looks delicious, the presentation was perfect.
This raises the bar for everyone. I nominate this as best fraternity meal ever.

And there wasn't a food fight!

TN2TX · May 2016

Very nice. I can say with confidence our fraternity advisor did nothing this awesome.

Wolfpack · May 2016

NC_Egghead said:

So I woke up this morning to this:

Bummer, smoke went out last night. Not exactly sure why since I had S/W cap and bottom vent wide open. Maybe someone with more experience with one of these can explain better. I'm re-lighting at both ends and will be back to smoking soon.

I always put the chips in the oven to make sure they are good and dry- used to have issues with them going out but the oven trick solved that problem.