Royal Q Blog

It’s Been a while

Wed, 29 Jul 2009 22:06:12 +0100

I’ve been well crap on the whole website front recently. I’ve been snowed under at work and I’ve also had a wedding to plan along with two comps to do.

The good news is the work project is done, the wedding is sorted and we placed third in ribs and brisket at the BBBQS Southern Champs followed by a win in brisket at the national championships last week.

So I’m trying to catch up on the recipe section soon as well as keeping this blog up to date.

The Joy of Brisket

Mon, 13 Apr 2009 10:21:41 +0100

It was good! It was worth the overnight toil that’s for sure.

I had a few temperature holding issues after about 8 hours but a refuel sorted this out and we got back on track. The briskets took a whopping 17 hours and I thought they were going to end up drier than a pair of old boots but they didn’t.

Got to do some things better next time but I’ve got a yard stick to measure improvement against now and it was a pretty tasty yard stick

God I’m knackered

Fri, 10 Apr 2009 00:31:36 +0100

It’s currently 12.30am, I’ve had a killer week at work and I want to be in bed.

However, I’ve just kicked off an overnight brisket smoke so I’m stopping up until the first couple of hours have passed to see that my smoker holds temperature and to spray baste the meat a couple of times.

Got a 5lb and a 6lb brisket on the Q, god I can’t wait until lunch time tomorrow!

Introducing the Zen fatty

Tue, 7 Apr 2009 19:03:45 +0100

In my last entry I said I fancied doing some weird fatties!

Well I have two in mind, this first one is a bit of a novelty but based on some good flavours!

What we’ve got here is black and white puddings, lovingly carved into a yin-yang shape - and trust me that was a pain in the arse - coated with Habanero chili jam and cheese then coated in spicy sausage before being wrapped in bacon.

I rubbed it with an all-purpose rub and glazed with a shop-bought BBQ sauce. Good is not the word! I love black pudding and I love white pudding mixed with the sweetness of the chili jam. coat it all in sausage and bacon and it’s a dream come true! The whole fatty lasted about 10 minutes between three of us.

Idea number two is going to be a little more lard-tastic so stay tuned.

Cornetto Anyone?

Sun, 5 Apr 2009 19:17:00 +0100

I’m lucky enough to have a freezer for storing BBQ meat in my shed. However it’s a hand-me-down from my in-laws that they were getting rid of because it was “too cold”.

I was skeptical about this until I got a couple of cornetto ice creams out on sunday while smoking some pork. When I bit into one it was like it had been in a 180 freezer, the ice cream was actually brittle. So Nes and I thought let’s smoke them!

Hickory chocolate ice cream isn’t quite as bad as you might think!