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Smoked BBQ Chicken Thighs & Legs

Ingredients

  • 12-14 Chicken Thighs and Legs
  • 1 cup of your favourite BBQ sauce
  • ½ Pound butter

For Brine

  • 4 cups Water
  • ¼ cup Kosher Salt
  • 3 Tbsp Brown Sugar
  • 1 Tbsp Black Pepper

For Rub 

  • ¼ cup Kosher Salt
  • ⅓ cup Brown Sugar
  • 2 Tbsp Paprika
  • 2 Tbsp Garlic Powder
  • 2 Tbsp dried Parsley
  • 1 Tbsp Black Pepper
  • Bradley Flavour Bisquettes – Hickory

Directions

  1. Dissolve together ingredients for the brine.
  2. Submerge chicken thighs and legs in brine and leave covered in the fridge overnight or a minimum of 4 hours.
  3. Remove from brine, rinse and pat dry.
  4. Mix together ingredients for rub.
  5. Coat chicken evenly in rub.
  6. Preheat your Bradley Smoker to 106°C (225°F) with Bradley Hickory Flavour Bisquettes.
  7. Melt ½lb of butter and add remaining rub to an aluminium baking dish.
  8. Place chicken in the butter bath and smoke for 1½ hours.
  9. Remove the chicken from the butter bath.
  10. Baste with BBQ sauce and smoke directly on the smoker rack (Bradley Magic Mats recommended to prevent sticking) for another 30-45 minutes or until an internal temperature of 165°F is reached.
  11. Serve warm with extra BBQ sauce.

Recipe by: Lena Clayton

Smoked St Louis Cut Pork Ribs

The St Louis Smoked Pork Ribs are perfect with our Bacon Wrapped Smoked Corn Recipe

Ingredients:

  • 2 racks Pork, St Louis cut side ribs
  • 1 cup packed Brown Sugar
  • 2 Tbsp Paprika
  • 1 Tbsp Salt
  • 2 tsp Garlic Powder
  • 1 tsp Onion Powder
  • 1 tsp Ground Black Pepper
  • 1 tsp Dry Mustard
  • 1 tsp Cayenne Pepper
  • 1 tsp Thyme
  • 1 tsp Dry Oregano
  • 2 cups BBQ Sauce

Directions

  1. Set your Bradley Smoker to 275°F (135°C) using Bisquettes of choice (Hickory, Pecan or Whiskey Oak work great for Ribs).
  2. Peel the membrane off the back of each rack of ribs.
  3. Mix together the brown sugar with all the spices.  Generously rub the racks of ribs on both sides with the brown sugar spice mixture.
  4. Place the ribs in the smoker and smoke for 3-4 hours.
  5. Generously coat the ribs with BBQ Sauce.
  6. Let them rest for 10 minutes before cutting and serving.
  7. Enjoy.

Recipe Compliments of Steve Cylka and Bradley Smoker Australia

Smoked Turkey Pastrami

Serves 4

Ingredients

  • 3-4 lbs of Boneless Skinless Half Turkey Breast
  • 4 tsp cracked Black Peppercorns
  • 2 Tbsp Coriander
  • 4 tsp Brown Sugar
  • 6 Garlic cloves, minced
  • 8 tsp Sea Salt
  • 4 tsp Sweet Paprika
  • 3 tsp Mustard Seeds
  • 2 tsp ground Ginger

Directions

  1. Mix and pound all the spices together in a large mortar and pestle.
  2. Rub the spice mixture over both sides of the turkey breast.
  3. Place the turkey in a glass casserole dish or large plate and cover with plastic wrap.
  4. Refrigerate overnight then remove from the refrigerator and let it stand for 2 hours.
  5. Rub the smoker rack with oil.
  6. Preheat the Smoker to 98°C (210°F) using Apple Bisquettes.
  7. Place the turkey on the oiled rack and smoke, 2 hours for a 3lb turkey breast, until an internal thermometer reads 60°C (140°F).
  8. Let the turkey rest for about 20 minutes.
  9. For an authentic pastrami appearance, slice thinly, in long pieces.

Recipe Compliments of Bradley Smokers

Chilli Con Carne on Cobb Cooker

Serves 8

Ingredients:

  • 500 g Beef Mince
  • 2 cans of Kidney Beans, drained
  • 2 cans of chopped Tomatoes
  • A 50 g sachet of Tomato Paste
  • Olive Oil, for frying
  • 2 Onions, finely chopped
  • 4 cloves of Garlic, finely chopped
  • 2 Red Peppers, diced, with seeds and stalks removed
  • 1 Carrot, grated
  • A pinch of Paprika
  • A pinch of Ground Cumin
  • A big pinch of Chilli powder, or chopped fresh chillies
  • A pinch of ground Coriander
  • 30ml Vinegar
  • Juice of 1 Lemon
  • A pinch of Sugar, to taste
  • Salt and Black Pepper, to taste
  • Sour Cream or Full Fat Plain Yogurt, to serve
  • Fresh Coriander, to serve
  • Corn Chips, to serve

Directions:

  1. Prepare and light your COBB with 1 Cobble Stone.
  2. Place the Frying Dish and the dome lid on your COBB and let it heat up for at least 5 minutes. Heat the oil in the frying dish.
  3. Add the onions and garlic and fry for 10 minutes with the lid on until the onions are soft and translucent.
  4. Mix the cumin, coriander, paprika and chilli into the mince and add to the onions in the pan, stir, making sure to break up any lumps.
  5. Fry for about 10 minutes, stirring occasionally.
  6. Keep the lid on to maintain a high temperature.
  7. Add the carrot and red pepper and fry for another 5 minutes (lid off).
  8. Pop in the tomatoes, tomato paste, beans, vinegar, lemon, sugar, salt and pepper. Stir to combine and add more seasoning to taste. Bring the mixture to the boil, then cook for about 20-30 minutes (lid off), stirring every now and then to make sure it doesn’t burn on the bottom.
  9. Remove from the COBB and serve straight from the pan with sour cream or full fat plain yoghurt and fresh coriander.

PS – The dish does not need them, but serving it with nachos chips adds great texture and a slightly more hands on approach to eating this fabulous dish!

Recipe Compliments of Cobb Global

Snapper Fillets with Lime on Cobb Cooker

Serves 2

Ingredients

  • 2 Snapper Fillets
  • 3 Large Limes, very thinly sliced
  • 2 tsp melted Butter per fillet
  • Smoked Paprika
  • Canola Oil Spray

Directions

  1. Prepare the Cobb with Cobblestones and heat for 5 minutes with the lid on.
  2. Rinse the fillets with cool water and pat dry with paper towels.
  3. Spray one side of the lime slices with canola oil and arrange them in on the Roasting Rack to form a bed for fillets.
  4. Lay the fillets on top of the lime slices and baste with the melted Butter and generous pinch of smoked paprika.
  5. Cover with the Cobb lid and cook for approx 10 minutes, checking to ensure they don’t overcook.  Fish is ready when it is opaque in colour and firm to the touch. 
  6. Using a spatula/slice, slide under limes and lift fish and limes onto a serving plate.
  7. Garnish with Parsley or Coriander and enjoy.

Photo and recipe, adapted to suit Cobb Cooker, compliments of Char-Broil

Smoked Bolognese

Ingredients

  • 1 Kg Ground Beef
  • 1 Tbsp Olive Oil
  • ½ Onion, chopped
  • 3 Garlic cloves, minced
  • 3-4 medium sized Tomatoes, chopped
  • 500mL Tomato Sauce
  • 2 tsp Paprika
  • 1 tsp dried Basil
  • 2 tsp dried Oregano
  • 1 Tbsp Butter
  • Package of your favourite Pasta
  • Bradley Flavour Bisquettes – Apple

Directions

  1. Preheat Smoker to 93-107°C (200-225°F) with Apple Flavour Bisquettes.
  2. Heat the olive oil in a cast iron pot, or deep cast iron pan.
  3. Add ground beef, garlic, and onions to the pan.
  4. Once the beef is browning and the onions have become translucent add the tomatoes, tomato sauce, paprika, basil, oregano, salt and pepper, and stir together.
  5. Leave to simmer for 5 minutes, stirring occasionally.
  6. Remove cast iron pot from stove, and place in preheated smoker.
  7. Smoke for 1 – 1½ hours, stirring occasionally.
  8. While sauce is smoking, prepare the pasta of your choosing (as per the instructions). You can never go wrong with the classic spaghetti.
  9. When sauce is finished smoking, remove from smoker and stir in butter.
  10. Drain pasta, once cooked, and serve with your freshly smoked Bolognese sauce.

Recipe by Lena Clayton

Smoked BBQ Chicken Wings

Ingredients

  • 1kg Chicken Wings
  • 1 Tbsp ground Chipotle Powder
  • 1 Tbsp Paprika
  • 1 tsp Garlic Powder
  • 1 tsp Onion Powder
  • 1 tsp Black Pepper
  • 1 tsp Salt
  • 2 Tbsp Brown Sugar
  • 1 cup BBQ Sauce
  • Bradley Flavour Bisquettes

Directions

  1. If desired, cut each chicken wing into three portions: drumette, middle portion, and tip. Discard the tip of the wings and place the other portions in a large bowl.
  2. Mix together the chipotle powder, paprika, garlic powder, onion powder, black pepper, salt, and brown sugar together. Toss the wings in the seasonings so they are evenly coated.
  3. Set up the Smoker for 275°F (135°C) using Bradley Flavour Bisquettes of choice.
  4. Lay the seasoned wings on smoker racks and smoke for about 2 hours.
  5. Toss the wings in the BBQ sauce and place back on the smoker racks. Smoke for another hour, or until cooked through and the skin is crisped up.
  6. Remove wings from the smoker and serve.

Recipe by Steve Cylka