Well, he did say he was gonna 'smoke it'.Abraham wrote:" kept overnight in reefer"
You use reefer as a dry marinade?
I knew it had medical uses, but never heard of it being used in cookery - wait, I forgot about the infamous Alice B. Toklas brownies...
As for soaking in hard cider, why would you want to waste good hard cider?
Seriously, I use a spicy brown mustard rub with someone pecan seasoning and just let it sit in the REFRIGERATOR over night, then slow smoke over a combination of hickory and apple.