Thread: Alrite Yall, What Do I Do With This??

My Grandpa always poured a Coke over ham before he baked one. He was one of the best cooks I ever knew

Think so Maj. Think it's the sugars that really help. Saw a guy on YouTube that injected his chicken breast's with Dr Pepper then marinated overnight in a ziplock with DP. Looked really good and moist when he finished.

Brine overnight with a gallon of water, 1 cup each of salt n brown sugar. Rinse and dry. Coat with Yellow mustard and your fav rub mixed with brown sugar. Smoke at 225 for 5 hours. Wrap in foil with a cup of apple juice added. Cook , checking the internal temp is 195. Wrap a couple more layer of foil around it, then a beach towel. Put in dry Cooley for a couple hours to rest. After pulling, add some of your spice rub and a 1/2 cup of cidar vinegar. Eat lol

Originally Posted by majflyboy

Will any soft drink do?

Sure....just what ever suits you

I marinate my steaks in coke over night in the refrigerator .....carbonated drink tenderizes....caramel flavoring in the coke adds flavor, and the sugar sweetens it.......throw it on the grill and cook

I would use your favorite rub and coat everything with it. I don't use a base I just make sure the meat is damp. Set the temp on your smoker to 225, use a remote temp and cook to 195-200 internal degrees. Keep the wood chips to it and it will smoke quite nicely. I usually only use water in the pan but I have used apple cider or juice. I have never had a complaint on how it comes out. The last one I cooked the meat stalled out at about 180 and I had to kick up the temp to 275 to get it finished and I still cooked it for 12 hours and it weighed about 5 lbs. As long as you cook it slow and low and keep moisture to it you can hardly go wrong.

If you want to, you can inject with creole butter injector. That and if you have a spot for a steam pan, you can add 1/2 beer and 1/2 apple juice to it for steaming while not in the foil. Use Apple or Cherry wood for smoking. NO Hickory but Pecan will do

The one I cooked Monday weighed 5 and a half pounds....I ran it 7 hrs. at 250 to get the internal temp to 190....it was perfect has nice and moist. I took it out and triple wrapped it in foil and let it continue cooking and resting as it cooled off which was another couple hrs.