My Project Q came on Saturday so thought i would give it a little run out. I didnt have time to actually prepare anything or even attend it so just put some butt rub on a pork shoulder, put it in the smoker at 12, left it and took it off about 7pm.
I was little disappointed that the handle on the top door of the smoker is rusty. You don't expect that from a new product but its not that big of a deal that made me want to send it back, also, i find the hinges do not align exactly so makes it a bit tricky to clamp together.
With a bit more time to actually prepare before and after i can see some great results can be had.
The top of the butt was a bit dry but the bottom half was fantastic, just melted away when i was shredding it.
A few thoughts on the Project Q
The bottom door is really hard to put extra coals into, the water tray kind of hangs down at least 1/2 the way over the door so getting your hand into the pit under the water tray without touching the sides of the smoker, or the bottom of the water tray without burning yourself is tricky!
Temps held really well, i done a test on the sunday where i but 1 basket of coal on, using the minion method sp? at 12, cooked a few burgers, then just left it for the rest of the day, at 9pm that night it was on 50c. You could smoke all day with 2 baskets of coal no doubt.
My old smoker was one of those 6ft, 3 chamber horizontal units, that thing was great! but this is a lot more practical
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It's right there in the recipe.
