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Smok'n Spice 1st Cook

My first use of the product was on an apple smoked bacon pork tenderloin from Sam's.  For some reason, I love this cut of their's.

RSI - Resuable Smoke Infuser

RSI lid and body

Mediterranean Blend pellets

Filled RSI about 1/2 way

Put lid back on RSI

Found a use for my Weber Spirit

Front view of RSI on grill grate

Lit RSI with torch for about 30-45 seconds as instructed

Placed meat on unlit grill as instructed and let smoke for about 90 minutes

Final sliced product after smoked on the Memphis Elite

The food had a sweeter taste than on previous cooks I had made.  I am speculating that was due to the Smok'n Spice pellets, but I will leave that up to Chris to confirm.  I enjoyed the enhancement it made to the pork loin.  I plan to do a pizza with the oregano pellets today.

Meatrakes

I plan to try the Meatrakes this weekend to pull some pork shoulder.

Smok'n Spice

Here is the next trend in the BBQ industry - Smok'n Spice.  Pellets made out of 100% herbs.  There are 3 flavors right now - Oregano, Sage, and Mediterranean Blend.  I can't wait to give these a try this weekend.  I purchased the RSI (Reusable Smoke Infuser) to smoke them.  There are 2 other disposable products that can be purchased too.

The unit is to be used as a cold smoker which means you lite it on a grill that is turned off.  You let your food get the smoke flavor infused into it, remove the RSI, and then lite your grill to cook/smoke the food.  I believe I am going to try a pizza with the oregano pellets first.

The RSI Kit with 1/2 lb of each of the 3 current flavors.

One pound refill kits.

RSI

Cutlery and More Shipment #4

I managed to find a few more interesting things that I thought I needed.

This baby will sharpen Asian (Santoku) and standard European knives with a different sharpener and honer for each style of knife - 4 stage sharpener.

I wanted to buy another gravity pepper mill like a did few months ago, but they are no longer carrying them on clearance.  I ended up buying this electronic stainless steel salt mill.  I intend to use it to grind the flavored, Hawaiian sea salts I got in Hawaii seven years ago.

Cutlery and More Shipment #3

Here is the 3rd (and I think final) shipment from http://www.cutleryandmore.com/ .  There is another knife guard, a 2nd digital dual probe thermometer since I liked the first one so much, 2 spare grill brush heads for the Raichlen grill brush I bought earlier, a $10 gravity pepper mill, a $4 set of tongs with silicon tips, and 2 more pair of the $2 grill tongs.

Cutlery and More Shipment #2

Here is the 2nd shipment from http://www.cutleryandmore.com/ .  There are knife guards (the original reason I am aware of this website from several years ago), a $1.97 set of tongs, and a self locking set of tongs.

Amazin Smoker

A few weeks ago, I drove up to Racine, WI to pick up some wood pellets from http://www.cookinpellets.com/.  While I was there, I bought the Amazin Smoker that he developed.  I burned off the oils on it last night.  I plan to try it this weekend or next.  It is supposed to smoke for up to 11 hours if you only light one end to start the smoldering.

Cutlery and More Shipment #1

A few days ago, I received an e-mail notification about a BBQ tools clearance sale at http://www.cutleryandmore.com/.  Of course, I had to check it out.  Here is the first shipment.

Steve Raichlen Marinade Spray Bottle

Steve Raichlen Stainless Steel Flat Skewers

Stainless Steel Grilling Plank Saver

Dual Sensing Probe Thermometer/Timer

Steve Raichlen Stainless Steel Big Head Grill Brush

Stainless Steel Smoker Box (V-shape to fit in between Weber flavorizer bars)

Extra rack for the Traeger