Any Time is Grillin Time

[olbriar]

I'm doing my normal chuckie cook today. I ran to local butcher shop to buy the roast. There is never anything cheap about their meat but it's always quality. My local grocer had some very sorry looking chucks yesterday and I wasn't about to run to Walmart that time of day or this morning. I was still wanting to smoke one so to the butcher shop I went. I should patronize the local shop more to insure they stay in business. There is something special about having a place that will gladly make custom cuts for you... at a price 😢 😆

 

[olbriar]

I was disappointed in my chuck. I cooked it low and slow but it needed to cook in a crock pot for a WEEK Seriously, it had a gristle that ran through it that was uneatable. I bought it more for size than looks not wanting multiple meals out of it. I will opt for pretty next time.
I observed a potential problem with my GM smoker today. When it was feeding and burning pellets to get back to the set temp, it was smoking around the bottom of the smoker and out of the grease drip spout. First off.. it normally doesn't chug to catch up like a Traeger, and once temp is reached it maintains it. It doesn't throw as much smoke and burns less pellets. Two different ideas on smoking. Today my GM was chugging and smoking out every port. Secondly, I never checked the smoker temp but it took at least an hour longer to cook my 2.5lb chuck than normal. I gave the smoker a good cleaning. It wasn't that desperate for a clean but that was google's suggestion. I gave particular care to vac the burn pot out. I think the problem has to be there. I put the cooker back together but was out of daylight for a test run. I hope I have it fixed. The only other area that could be a problem is the agar chute. It might have a lot of dust and it hasn't been cleaned.