Fired up the smoker at the new place yesterday

[bcoop]

What does Stubbs marinade taste like? Is is a "barbecue" flavor, sweet, spicy ect?

Tastes like pepper. A little too peppery for my taste. At least, the BBQ sauce is.

[stangin4lyfe]

Does the Stubbs chicken marinade have the chopped garlic or something like that in it or was that the pork marinade?

Ingredients:
Water, Seasoning Blend [Brown Sugar, Salt, *Granulated Onion, Natural Flavors (Corn Syrup Solids, Lime Juice, Lime Oil), Spices, *Granulated Garlic, Whole Yellow Mustard Seeds], Distilled Vinegar, Organic Tamari Sauce (Water, Organic Whole Soybeans, Salt), Sugar, Apple Juice Concentrate, Spices, Contains Less than 0.5% of: Molasses, Ground Ginger (Ginger, Water, Phosphoric Acid, Xanthan Gum), *Orange Peel, Xanthan Gum, Guar Gum, Malic Acid.
*Dried

[stangin4lyfe]

That chicken looks pretty good, but 6 breasts would barely feed me!

I too like Stubbs chicken marinade, but I actually use the beef marinade on my chicken breasts because of the spicier(crushed red pepper) flavor.
As for a dry rub, the best I have found is North Main Street BBQ dry rub(pretty sweet flavor).

[hotrod66stang]

Looks great. Where in Austin did you move to? Cabela's in Buda has a good selection of wood and rubs. Most of the HEBs, especially newer ones and HEB Plus stores will have a pretty decent selection of woods also.

[ELVIS]

Why would you take the skin off the chicken?

I've gotten away from brines and gone to injections in my butt.

god bless.

[Silverback]

Looks great. Where in Austin did you move to? Cabela's in Buda has a good selection of wood and rubs. Most of the HEBs, especially newer ones and HEB Plus stores will have a pretty decent selection of woods also.

I'm in South Austin. I got the wood chunks from HEB, but didn't see any larger logs. I grew up in Corpus so I'm very familiar with HEBs

I'll have to run down to Cabelas this weekend and check it out. I was hoping to find some guy on the side of the road selling firewood

[mstng86]

I'm in South Austin. I got the wood chunks from HEB, but didn't see any larger logs. I grew up in Corpus so I'm very familiar with HEBs

I'll have to run down to Cabelas this weekend and check it out. I was hoping to find some guy on the side of the road selling firewood

Try Kroger for logs. They had a ton at the Kroger in Rockwall.

[bcoop]

I'll find out where Zach gets his wood down there, but I'm pretty sure he uses chunks, so it's likely HEB.

[bcoop]

Satch said Academy has bags of mini logs for like $10

[Silverback]

cool, i'll swing by there for sure

[stangin4lyfe]

Satch said Academy has bags of mini logs for like $10

Yup, that is where I always get my pecan and mesquite wood from.

[bcoop]

cool, i'll swing by there for sure

I can always bring you some too. The place I go to also has cherry, apple, peach, etc. Its a hell of a lot more expensive than mesquite, pecan, and hickory though. M/P/H is about $12/40lb bag. Apple, cherry, and peach is around $50/bag IIRC.

[hotrod66stang]

Yep, Academy will have logs out front sometimes, as well as Albertsons. I'm not sure if Cabela's has logs, either. I just know they have "smoking chips" and chunks, and a pretty good selection of rubs, injections, and bbq/mopping sauces. Get you a jalapeno rack for that smoker, stat! I make them in the oven, but you can't beat them coming off of the smoker. Jalapeno, cream cheese, wrapped in bacon, maybe some chicken or sausage inside. MMM

[bcoop]

Yep, Academy will have logs out front sometimes, as well as Albertsons. I'm not sure if Cabela's has logs, either. I just know they have "smoking chips" and chunks, and a pretty good selection of rubs, injections, and bbq/mopping sauces. Get you a jalapeno rack for that smoker, stat! I make them in the oven, but you can't beat them coming off of the smoker. Jalapeno, cream cheese, wrapped in bacon, maybe some chicken or sausage inside. MMM

I have one of those, and I think they suck, personally. The holes are so small, only a tiny bit of the pepper fits, and they have to be tiny peppers. Which means you can't stuff them full, as they tend to fall over. Also, if you bacon wrap, and cook on the smoker, the bacon all touches thus not cooking fully.

[jluv]

Looks awesome, Matt! I saw you post something the other day and you were using hickory. I don't really know shit about smoking, but I've found that with things like sauce, I like mesquite flavor a lot more than hickory. Does that flavor translate the same with wood?