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  1. beecee

    The "Bite" of the Spare Ribs

    Foamheart-I could have given you your first bad ribs if you were here for my first batch on my smoker. I would have rather licked a telephone pole than had those in my mouth. Awful.
  2. beecee

    The "Bite" of the Spare Ribs

    Yes, My friend and I have plans to attend an NC BBQ class.  That isn't going to happen until next year though but I am looking forward to it.
  3. beecee

    The "Bite" of the Spare Ribs

    Thanks for your responses.  I do like to cook what my family likes (wife likes fall off the bone so I'll do one that way for her), however, I'm more just exploring the different aspects of what is considered a good bite in ribs.  Not that I'm gunning for competition, but in my experience the...
  4. beecee

    The "Bite" of the Spare Ribs

    Being new to smoking meat and only really having had either restaurant "fall off the bone" or crock pot ribs (also fall of the bone) previously, I'm not entirely sure what the "bite" of a spare rib should be like.  I do the bend test on my ribs before I know they are ready so I think the "bite"...
  5. beecee

    Awful first ribs on new to me smoker

    Oh I'll be trying again.  Probably doing a pork butt this weekend.  
  6. beecee

    Awful first ribs on new to me smoker

    Also, JIrodriguez, I do have an extension on the chimney. It probably goes down a half an inch to 3/4 of inch above the grate.  I just bought a piece of steel to extend the baffle.  It has one now but is only a few inches.  I'll see how the extension works and then go back and buy a few more...
  7. beecee

    Awful first ribs on new to me smoker

    They actually looked great, I was pretty excited.  They just tasted like you licked the inside of the firebox.  So I'll just use lump and make sure I keep the chimney open and it sounds like I should be ok until I get the hang of the smoker.  
  8. beecee

    Awful first ribs on new to me smoker

    I recently made my first attempt at both baby back and spare ribs on my new to me Brinkmann Cimarron offset smoker which I restored.  I was going for the 3-2-1 and 2-2-1 methods which had worked out perfectly when I smoked just using my weber gas grill. The results were far too smoky or just a...
  9. beecee

    Doing as told

    Thanks for the responses.  I am ordering a new Maverick remote thermometer.  I did extend the chimney down, I built a charcoal basket, and will probably try to extend the baffle and get some tuning plates.  My issue with the ribs were multi layer (all found after using the search box). 1. I...
  10. Doing as told

    Doing as told

  11. beecee

    Doing as told

    Greetings from NC. My name is Bryan.  I have been smoking ribs and butts on a Weber grill for the past 5 months and finally decided to step up to an offset smoker.  I actually didn't just decide on the offset I was looking at craigslist for months for something of quality I could fix up and...
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