Bullet Smoker Basics
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- Опубліковано 28 вер 2024
- Bullet smokers are a great smoker to get as a beginner or even as a pro! This video runs over some of the basics you need to know, to cook low and slow on your Bullet Smoker!
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I'm a complete newbie with charcoal smokers (I am usually an electric cold smoker guy). Much appreciated for this video, good explanation and the time duration you noted helps a lot! Everyone else says "when it gets nice and hot, you are good to go" which means I need to check on the smoker every 5 min. Great Video!
Thank you mate! Appreciate the kind words 😀
this was really gear for a beginner like me, I have never used my smoker and you explained really well
Great intro video. Got a Razzo 18 inch for my birthday 2 weeks ago and did pork ribs for my daughters 9th last week (she loves pork ribs). Had real issues with the heat. Looking forward to trying it out this weekend with a pork roast and following your tips. Also agree about bunnings. Great place. The Razzo was $160 reduced from $329. at that price, can't go wrong
Wow what a price! Sounds great mate! All the best with it 👍
Very nice instructional video for a beginner to learn from
New to the smoking game and just purchased one of these. Big help can't wait for my first cook 🤙
I own my third one, lol. My first one got stolen from my front yard second one I wore it out and third one that I have my neighbor gave it to me brand new when he moved and I love these things they work great!!
Sure do, brilliant little smokers
nice, I do like to put water in the bottom pan to add moister to the smoker, it does slow the smoker down a bit (you spend a bit of heat boiling the water) but I believe it does benefit the cook. I like how you have covered the water pan in foil, that makes a lot of difference in clean-up.
Fair enough, it's all about what works for you at the end of the day 😀👍
If you have access I boiled the jug & added the hot water… seemed to work well for me…
@@ozoutlaw716 mate I like that
Good video! I've got a Napoleon Apollo bullet smoker, which looks very similar to yours. Had it for about 3.5 years now and it's fantastic. I've gotten rid of the water pan completely though. Although, I might try your method on my next cook, and see how the results are. Cheers brother!
Great Video Thanks for being clear
Awesome vid bro. Thanks.
Great video, very clear. Ty
How do you clean the ashes?
Thank you 🙏
Really enjoyed the video. I'm curious - how do you go about implementing wood burning on these bullet smokers? Also, how do you add if you need more (coal/wood) to sustain the burn for a long period, if your initial batch isn't enough? (I ask because it seems like once the stack is on, it's tough to add more the the existing fire). Cheers!
Hey mate, you can put yoy wood chunks thru the doors on the front as needed.
Also if you need to add a lot of charcoal, there no harm in taking the whole top off, refilling the basket and putting the top on again, just be careful not to choke the fire out, make sure there's enough lit charcoal left to ignite the stuff you add.
@@BarkersBBQ Thanks for the quick response. New to the game, so really looking to pick up tips where able. Hope to learn more on your channel.
Thank you. Just got a smoker and had no clue what I was doing
Thanks mate
Great video mate 👍 Do you have a video on how to season a new smoker ? Cheers
Not as yet mate, but if you spray the interior walls with cooking spray and run a small charcoal fire for a few hours, that'll do the trick.
...'I'm just going to lift this lid oooohn...! ' Lol - it's a heavy beast. Absolutely solid smoker. Just got a 22" Razzo a few days ago & trying to figure out my heat control. Did an ok / edible, small 2kg briskett over 8 hours but this is my first charcoal smoker ( have been using a cheapie electric cabinet smoker for the last few years and have messed about with a smoker box on my old webber kettle). One thing I did not realise is how hungry the thing is for fuel, I need to get that dialled in with the vents. I notice you use heat beads & lumpwood. Which do you top up with during a long cook?
Great to hear Alan. If my cook is running long and im getting low on fuel, I throw a good amount of large lump charcoal chunks in, they eventually ignite and push the cook along another few hours 👍
Good overview.
My smoker is just like that one but there’s no vent at the bottom there is gaps though if I wanna use it as a regular grill with higher heat what do I need to do I’m brand new to grilling
Thanks for this
Using the foil, adding more charcoal around the chimney, and adding a piece of firewood under the smoker was useful information to me. Thank you for the video.
Good
I was all wrong, now I will try it out again
Thanks
Great video, someone gifted me a smoker and I can't wait to use it!
Thankyou for this video i have found it very helpful, just received a Matador smoker as a gift & looking forward to using it this weekend.
Any tips for brisket & ribs? 👍
Thank you
Question. I just bought a bullet smoker. With smoking wood do you put it directly onto the hot charcoal? When I did this it lit up and heaps of white smoke… Or does it need to be just above the lit charcoal or another grill or something??
Hey mate, there's a possibility the wood you're using might have a bit of moisture in it, leading to whiter smoke. If the smoke is white and thick do not use that wood as it's way to green.
I place a chunk directly on the lit and another in the unlit for when the coals make their way over. It's also good to preheat your chunks too if you can. Under the smoker is fine👍
What is that mat underneath it? Just want to make sure I get the bits before I gift it to my very thorough partner....who would think if everything if he was getting it for us.
Just a rubber mat from my local Bunnings/Hardware store
@@BarkersBBQ I'm mostly build a little shed for smoking and grilling, I had a thought about putting these half inch thick 1m² mats on the concrete floor but then I thought about that being a potential fire hazard if unattended while smoking meat and somehow they ignited, is that a likely possibility or not really
Not only did this video put the fire in my smoker, but also put the fire in my loins as well! Have my babies BBQ Daddy!
Bahahahaha! Time n place baby, I'll be there ❤️
Bro got a tough toe 😮 🔥
So are you not supposed to put water in the water pan if you're going smoke it?
It works for me to just foil the pan over with no water. I feel it's a better option, but there are people who do put water in it.
I leave it out to have the environment within the smoker drier to help with bark development. I feel I can get better temperature variance without water.
@@BarkersBBQ thanks for the response. It was my first time smoking today with my new bullet smoker and I couldn't reach 120-130 degrees with water!! I had to empty the water pan and the temperature was better...wasted so much charcoal but it all cooked in the end.
It's all a learning mate, I've been there too 👍
Any good recipe to share?
Plenty mate, check the other videos on the channel 👍
Traeger
Firelighters?
Nah.
좋아요
Which charcoal do you recommend?
Use your water pan, you won't need to wrap anything.
Appreciate the charcoal starting tips. Really helpful.
That’s what I’m here for
Nice video but Flip Flops and hot cinders not a good combo. Ouch!
I feel like I could guess that you live in Werribee and bought it at Bunnings.
Great use of aluminum so I don't have to use degreaser chemicals to clean.
This is wild you look like an Australian version of a kid I played with growing up, like direct exact copy almost
How do you have the top vent? Open or closed?
Fully open always, gets rid of any stagnant smoke.
We can put so many things on xi that we can confuse everyone from the real story
Where did you get that lighter?
Bunnings mate, love the thing!
That’s a mini blow torch?!??
Hi mate, you sound Australian. 👍
Awesome mate thank you
"BASICALLY"
I just got a smoker for Xmas. do I need to buy the charcoal chimney, is that really necessary?
I'd definitely recommend it and for the sake of $15-$50 AUD, it's not a lot.of money to make your life a WHOLE lot easier.
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Looking to purchase a Bullet Smoker of some description, i was wondering if anyone had any suggestions, ive been looking at reviews and they are all very mixed, cant get a definitive answer? I've been looking at the ProQ and Weber Smokey Mountain, any opinions would be great
WSM is great. I have a Napoleon Apollo, which is the same as the ProQ I believe. And I love it. It had a few enhancements over the WSM that I liked at the time I bought it.
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The one I use in the video is a Fornetto Razzo 22 inch. I cannot fault it, its an absolute beast. I've bought a second one, its that good.
So basically, basically basically
Yeah, basically.
Is the Razzo 18 o 22?
22 if you can, but 18 is good too. Always good to have a cooker that's too big, than too small.
@@BarkersBBQ thnx 👍
What model smoker is this? I love the double rack in it
Hey mate, it's called the Fornetto Razzo 22 Inch. Its also available in 18 inch
@@BarkersBBQ I've asked before but the Fornetto Razzo and Matador Catalyst are really similar to eachother, it wouldn't surprise me if they were made in the same factory in China but with slightly different parts and different branding.
I've ended up buying a Matador from Bunnings in NZ just yesterday, though I think I'm coming down with C19 so I'm self isolating in my bedroom and haven't had the chance to assemble it.
Dumb question but how would you remove ash? Just tip the base upside down?
@mike hoskin Yea so Matador and Fornetto have the same parent company, so your probably right, but Matador Catalyst does have a couple of extras like the Rotisserie capability.
And yea, for the ash, just take out the basket from the base and empty it out, simple as 👍
@@BarkersBBQ sweet dude, thanks for the confirmations. Can't wait to start learning how to use it, it's my 2nd upright smoker, 1st one which I still have is very similar to a Jumbuck 3 in 1. I've also been smoking steaks and chicken legs in my standard Weber GA.
Thank you very much for the video I’m new at this Very helpful thank you
Glad yoy found it helpful mate 😄
Good video mate i just got a bullet smoker. Thanks for the tips.
Got the same machine and that temp gauge is out by about 25f deg. I always use an external probe with the probe slots. Also think that is way too much charcoal. I use half that amount for an 8hr cook.
Should make your own video if you know so much