What is your podcast of choice?
They both love listening to podcasts during their early solo shifts.
Colin: Anything on business and leadership. I also love spy thrillers.
Scott: True Crime Podcast and Joe Rogan.
What takes the longest time to cook?
Most of the meats are a two to three day process. We’ve learned to manage the
fires and get their temperatures consistent. Brisket typically takes the longest
as it has a 10 to 12 hour cook time, but pork butts are right in there too.
Every single cook is different. We’ve started to learn that different cows cook
differently. You never know how it is going to turn out. We pull them off at the
same temp and we can tell before it’s even sliced how good it is going to be
based on the bend. We want it to feel like memory foam but firmer.
We don’t cook to order, so when we sell out, we sell out.
What is your preferred smoker?
We use two 500 gallon offset smokers named Scooter and Kettle. We also
have an Old Hickory Smoker (which is a rotisserie smoker with flame con-
stantly burning) but we’re loading in logs so you get a different flavor.
We burn all wood at TT’s. We use a specific kind of oak that gets shipped in
from places like Oregon and Texas.
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