Fwismoker
somebody shut me the fark up.
With being so many ways to do the minion method and so many ways to re burn partial I thought i'd show how i do mine. It seems like this last cook used basically nothing and i cooked 300* for probably an hour.
I started by shaking out the charcoal basket from the prior cook. Then I piled it up along the edge of the basket as high as it would stack. FWIW this cooker is my Jimmy "Jamie" very similar in size to the WSM 18"
Next fill the remainder area with fresh briquettes. Normally i use lump for small cooks but i had an open bag of Kingsford Blue.
Light just edge of the basket with a torch, you can use a Weber cube but the torch works well for me.
Ok on to dinner. I saw pretzel buns at the store and mushroom swiss burgers sounded way good.
Four 95% patties with the mushroom sauce in a cast iron pan below.
TBS going... It doesn't take long to get good smoke lighting the pre burnt.
Here's the burgers before searing. Notice the smoke ring. :smile:
Got the sauce nice thick and ready for the burgers! A little corn starch and water works great.
On to the sear and swiss cheese!
The money shot with homemade fries Thanks for looking!
Ok here is the before and after to show how little fuel was used for this cook.
Before and after the cook and sear.
I started by shaking out the charcoal basket from the prior cook. Then I piled it up along the edge of the basket as high as it would stack. FWIW this cooker is my Jimmy "Jamie" very similar in size to the WSM 18"
Next fill the remainder area with fresh briquettes. Normally i use lump for small cooks but i had an open bag of Kingsford Blue.
Light just edge of the basket with a torch, you can use a Weber cube but the torch works well for me.
Ok on to dinner. I saw pretzel buns at the store and mushroom swiss burgers sounded way good.
Four 95% patties with the mushroom sauce in a cast iron pan below.
TBS going... It doesn't take long to get good smoke lighting the pre burnt.
Here's the burgers before searing. Notice the smoke ring. :smile:
Got the sauce nice thick and ready for the burgers! A little corn starch and water works great.
On to the sear and swiss cheese!
The money shot with homemade fries Thanks for looking!
Ok here is the before and after to show how little fuel was used for this cook.
Before and after the cook and sear.
