Cliff's 2009 Christmas Vacation Cooking Thread

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I hope everyone is having a great Christmas.

Here are some pics of what is happening here. !st up, 9 racks of ribs smoked, vac sealed and ready for re-heating in a big pot of water come Saturday.

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All the food turned out great. There was some left over but that is better than not having enough.

We had turkey on Christmas day.

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We smoked brisket and chicken yesterday and into this morning. The chickens came off after about 4 hours. I left them panned and placed in a large cooler with ice in it. The great thing about cooking in cold weather is that you can leave a covered pan of chicken out on the outdoor table to rest and it will cool faster outside than inside, plus no bugs.

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Briskets smoked for about 9 hours. The temps ran between 330 and 380 for the entire cook. Wrapped at 170 and put the heat to it to get them done. They were ready at 1:00am this morning. I coolered them and that is were they sat till I sliced them at 11:30 am today. They were still pretty dang hot after being in the cooler for 10-1/2 hours. I really thought they would just be cooked to pieces but they still had good texture.


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Ribs were way over done but that is how people are used to eating them anyway. I re-heated them in a big pot of water for about an hour.

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Time to clean up.

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