Low and Slow BBQ and Music Fest update

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11 days out and finally got the first list of Q joints. 

Low and Slow BBQ & Music Fest

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Here's another new BBQ event in Dallas.  Not much real information yet.  20 joints sounds good, but which 20??

Smoked Fort Worth Tickets on sale

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Rib Time

We finally finished off the brisket and chicken from our last smoke, just in time to find spare ribs on sale.  Perfect timing!

After trimming them down they got a good coating of North Main All N 1 seasoning.  As usual we had to trim a bit off the ends so the racks would fit in our little bullet smoker.

Then into our little bullet smoker for 4 hours over charcoal stoked with oak and pecan from our yard.

After 4 hours they looked marvelous, but still needed a little more love.

The ribs got a good slathering of Dr Pepper BBQ sauce, then were wrapped up tight in foil.

 

The ribs spent 1 hour in a 250 degree oven then 30 minutes on the stove, still wrapped, to rest.  The results were very much to our liking and we will be enjoying the leftovers for the next few days.

Bargain Charcoal

Lowe's is having their annual 4th of July sale on Kingsford.  We always stock up. Good through July 4th.

https://www.lowes.com/pd/Kingsford-2-Pack-18-6-lb-Charcoal-Briquettes/50330065

Super Brisket Poppers part 2

We enjoyed our brisket poppers on Sunday so much we decided to go for it again tonight.  However we changed up the recipe a bit.  First, I fried up the bacon in a pan and took the bacon out to drain.  Next I added a little butter to the bacon grease and stirred in half an onion to caramelize.  When the onions were good and greasy, I turned off the burner and added the chopped brisket to warm it up.

While the onions were cooking we sliced and seeded a few of those great big 3-4 inch jalapenos.
We added the mixture to the jalapeno shells as seen at the top photo.  Then added a thin layer of refried beans to keep the mixture in place, and added shredded cheese across the top.

Finally, we added the fried bacon on the top and had a mighty feast.  The crispy fresh jalapenos added a nice bite that was missing when we baked them on Sunday.  I think we like both methods, almost equally.  The big advantage is by not melting the cheese on a pan in the oven, you only have the bacon pan to clean up.  Slightly less messy, but just as yummy.

A great way to enjoy some overcooked brisket.

Super Brisket Poppers

Since our recent smoke produced some overcooked brisket we decided to turn part of it into jalapeno poppers.  My Mrs rounded up some huge jalapenos, up to 4 inches long.  We sliced and seeded each pepper, then added some finely chopped onions.  On top of the onions we put a thin layer of refried beans.  The beans provide a slightly sticky substrate so the chopped onions and crumbled brisket don't fall out when you eat them.  The brisket came next, shredded sharp cheddar cheese, and thick sliced bacon over all.  We cut the bacon to size using kitchen shears rather than wrapping it.  We've found that to be the easiest method.

We covered them with an upturned cake pan (to keep bacon from spattering in the oven) and baked for 30 minutes at 350 degrees.

We enjoyed them so much we plan to have them again this week!