When it comes to choosing the perfect griddle for your home, you’ll likely encounter two popular brands: Blackstone and Member’s Mark, the latter being Sam’s Club’s own brand. Both griddles boast impressive features, but how do they compare in terms of price, performance, and quality? In this comprehensive blog post, we’ll delve deep into the …
Grills and Smokers
The Underside Of A Blackstone Griddle Blackstone griddles are made from cold-rolled steel which needs to be properly maintained to both prevent rust and keep food from sticking. This typically calls for lightly coating the griddle with oil and heating it in a special “Seasoning” process to create a protective non-stick layer of hydrocarbons. While …
The beauty of a Traeger pellet grill is in its consistency and its versatility. You can go low and slow for barbecue one day and sear some ribeye steaks the next. You need control over those temperatures, and sometimes your grill doesn’t give you that extra heat. No one wants steak off the grill that …
Weber Smokey Mountain when to add wood One of the best parts of great barbecue is that wood smoke flavor. The good news is you can get that same flavor at home on your Weber Smokey Mountain. You just need to know how to properly use wood. Adding charcoal first On the Weber Smokey Mountain, …
Lump Charcoal for the Weber Smokey Mountain Arguably, the most important decision you can make when setting out to smoke some meat is what meat you are going to smoke. Almost as important is what you are going to use as fuel for your cook. When it comes to the Weber Smokey Mountain, you start …
Why Does My Smoker Temp Keep Dropping? Using a smoker is a great way to get slow cooked and incredibly flavorful meats. However, setting up your smoker, getting it to temp and keeping it there is an important part of the process and can be tricky to pull off. If you’ve used a smoker and …
The Weber Smokey Mountain cooker is designed to perform best for long cook times at low temperatures, which is why the temperature gauge at the top of the unit has a gray area from 200-275 degrees labeled “Smoke”. Since outdoor cooking has so many variables such as type of food, amount of food, air temperature, …
When smoking meat, it’s important to keep a steady temperature. Make sure to not let it fluctuate too much, as it can mess with the amount of time it takes to cook your meat. The actual temperature doesn’t really matter, just as long as it is kept stable. This keeps the timing of everything in …
Traeger is a wood pellet grill. It is mostly used for grilling, smoking, and barbecue. One reason why Traeger is the best appliance for smoking is that it eliminates the likelihood of going beyond the target or set temperature. However, it can be stressful to use if you are new to grilling. Besides, switching to …
In 1981 Weber introduced the first Smokey Mountain. It was the brainchild of a man called Erich Schlosser who cobbled together the prototype WSM from two kettle lids and various other parts lying about in the R&D department at Weber HQ. The result was Frankenstien’s monster meets R2D2. While the very first Smokey Mountain may …