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Today we dive into one of the most important conversations which should create a divide amongst the BBQ community. That is the appeal of a stick burning cooker. Some want to cook the old ways and some want automation and ease of use. Which are you?
A discussion about the true inspiration of today's live fire cooking tools.
Cooking BBQ with a stick burner is all about using your senses and understanding tools are more of a detriment.
One thing we've seen around the Internet is the whole hog being cooked on an offset smoker. It sounds like a plausible idea, but is it?
Jordan and I got to swapping cooking notes in October 2024 and the topic got on to ash and how it helps the rate of fire. Probably the biggest trick in stick burner cooking.
We have heard a lot over the years about a "BBQ Season" and it just doesn't make sense with an offset smoker, so lets dive in.
My counterpart left me solo today and I just decided to dive into what is fresh in my brain. A little commentary about the slow down of Texas style BBQ joints opening outside of the state along with a framework that is getting dialed in to help that slow down.
We won't tread much in the waters of pellet smokers, but we did today to clear up some noise in the pipeline.
It was the ole Internet comment pool that inspired today's podcast. We are always being shown posts from the guys and gals in the shop, so we're running with a discussion of smoke needed to make great BBQ.
Are We Overthinking The Flavor Of Smoke For The Offset Smoker?
It can go on and on with fire management in an offset smoker and in this episode a conversation about some technique.
From the publisher's feed
Howdy,
I love cooking the primitive way, with just wood and a fire. I've been fascinated and inspired by it since I was a boy.
After 35 years of meddling with fires trying to conjure up…
The enjoyment of prepping wood, getting a fire going, establishing a coal bed... I love being entangled by the many challenges within a cook and that process became the gift I didn't know I needed. The theater of primitive style cooking is simply magical, carrying with it a therapeutic value that can only be measured by my genuine joy of cooking.
Along the way my inspiration led me to launch Primitive Pits (2015), Workhorse Pits (2019), El Bandido Grills (2022) and The Wood Fire Mercantile, all now on one campus in beautiful Cleveland, Georgia.
The Quetorials Podcast is a hodgepodge of my inspiration, fascination, tips of wood fire cookery. I hope you enjoy!