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Can a low and slow cook be done on so gas bbq or does it have to use smoke?

Fancy doing a pork shoulder anybody have a good method?

Mark

I've done a smoke/low & slow on my 2-burner gas BBQ. Method as follows:

1. Prepare soaked wood chips and put in a foil tray. Wrap tin foil over the top and punch holes to let the smoke out.
2. Light the right hand burner and place the foil tray with wood chips on the grill over it.
3. Place a foil tray of water over the unlit left-hand burner (optional, but it helps catch any fat that drips).
4. Place the pork joint on the upper shelf over the water tray.

The problem with most gas grills is that they're quite draughty so keeping the temperature stable is difficult. When I tried my experiment I didn't have the backup of reading this forum so I just played it by ear. As it was the pork wasn't fully cooked through after a few hours so I finished it off in the oven. Depending on what kind of gas BBQ you have will vary your results hugely.

Thanks for the reply sounds like its worth a try. I will give it a go hopefully this weekend

What kind of gasser have you got, out of interest?

Broil King 3 burner Soverign model

Ooh, fancy. You'll probably be able to maintain temps with that as the lids seem to be a really good fit.

Yes it's a really good fit I just need plenty of practice fingers crossed it works. I may also try my Webber Kettle and see if I can maintain the heat levels using the vents

Low and slow can be done on gas, and with a bit of preparation can even get some smoky flavour using home made foil wrapped soaked chips as smoker packs. There are lots of vids on youtube & websites explaining the various ways to do this.

I did some great ribs on a gas bbq. Took about 4 or 5 hours I think. Keep basting and do a foil. No different to a normal smoker really. I soaked some hickory chips.

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