Smoked Rack Of Lamb/Loin

Thank you for tuning again another episode of backyard warrior. I'm gonna smoke these lamb racks on offset smoker. The game plan is to smoke these like a lamb shoulder. Usually it's my rack of lamb till it gets to medium rare medium but this time we're gonna let them cook all the way. I'm gonna unwrap these racks no trimming needed nothing just season. I have some mustard for a binder and then I have a homemade spice rub. This is a salt, pepper, garlic, onions, paprika, some maize, cardamom and a little bit of cumin. Season. Smoke them like a lamb shoulder which is around 200 something like that. So this is a lamb rack right here and this is a line for the chops lamb chops you can see there right here so two different cuts here oh that was a fail I should have shaved the bottle before I find out that mustard is really good to get rid of the gaminess in the lamb I forgot to score this fat a little bit you don't have to unnecessary but you just give it a nice look I guess it helps the fat renders but you can use whatever you want for this lamb racks I know rosemary, garlic and olive oil go well with this but so my smoker is coming up to temp we're gonna place these like I said in the spot left we're gonna let it cook it gets pro tender ready for cooking like I said we're cooking around 250 there's some more action here and now we're looking at a fire I'm gonna add a couple logs in there a nice cold bed I have here I'll just need a couple logs maybe one something like this and that should be enough maybe for first 30-45 minutes this will catch fairly quick all right so this is how I place these lamb racks and lamb chops the bone is facing the firebox so much protection for the meat here and the racks are in and in the back like we're gonna let it cook until it's pro tender then so 90 minutes into this cook we're still at 250 this one is the lamb rack right here put in a nice cover the fat is the fat is rendering very well lamb chops same thing 160 same thing for the lamb racks the one that's closest to the to the wall I was worried about it to get charred but from the radiant heat but no it's still doing good no need to spritz or anything bark set nice on this fat right here and it's dripping with fat man this one is at a 160 same thing you see a little bit of pull back not a lot so uh we're gonna let this cook for maybe another 90 minutes until it reaches 2205 and then cook is over all right so three hours in and these lambs look beautiful let's dump these 190 this one is at 200 this is so tender no resistance at all this is nice nice pull back right here beautiful color the fat rendered pretty well even have a little bit of caramelization on this side I think this cook is finished even though we didn't hit 200 but this thing is pro tender so I don't want to keep cooking it and you put in a beautiful color as well all over the chops and the rack nice beautiful right there nice this is the lamb rack we're gonna cut into this first just follow the bone this thing is cooked all the way you won't even cut clean it's all falling apart all right let's give it a try nice crust oh wow beautiful it's cooked perfect has a lot of moisture in it the seasoning is right everything is perfect the fat renders nicely now we're gonna try it with this sauce right here it's cut into the chops beautiful color we can just go like this with the finger and separate that loin from the bone it's coming off like that this is the lamb belly you can make some burnt ends on this I should try the nice crust on it the color is not all that it looks a little gray let's try this lamb chops a little dry to recap this cook we have some lamb chops and a rack of lamb put in a smoker try to cook it like a lamb shoulder all the way to it took three hours to get to 190 the rack of lamb was very nice tender juicy flavorful but the lamb was a little bit dry I probably stick to that medium medium rare all right even with the sauce it's still dry thank you for tuning in thank you for the support if you like this content please subscribe share like all that good stuff we have the great deal thank you stay safe and I'll see you in the next one bye