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on388

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Jun 9, 2014
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Hey guys, I just bought my first smoker a few days ago, its a cheap brinkman smoke & grill. I wanted to start of with a cheaper one to make sure my wife and I would enjoy smoked meat before we go with something more expensive. I smoke my first tri tip saturday and was fairly happy with the way it turned out. It was smoked for about 4 hours at 225 degrees and cooked to 135 internal temp. It came out well cooked and juicy but lacked flavoring a bit. I am assuming once I cook some more and research some rubs I will get more flavoring out of the meat so I am not to worried about that. Today I am going to try some spare ribs and see how that goes.
 
Hello and Welcome to our addiction.  A word of warning: There is no 12 step program for this one!  Many good folk here with a load of experience that they are more than willing to share.  If you have specific questions just start a thread and someone with experience will be along soon to offer advice.  All info you can provide us with such as smoker type, location and so on will help us answer any questions you may have, and pictures help a bunch.  Spend some time doing some research on the forums, tons of advice and recipes already available there.  Check out Jeff’s 5 day smoking E-Course ( link below ) that will help you get started.  We look forward to your contributions.  Have fun.  Good luck.  Keep Smokin!

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Welcome to the forum. The more you smoke the more you will figure out what flavors you like, let us know how the ribs turn out.

Gary S
 
Ribs came out better than I was expecting them to. Lots of flavor this time so I was pleased. Need to do the mods that I found so that I can have a more consistent and higher temps. Did come up with a few questions so I will have to post them up soon in the right forum. Cant wait to figure out what I want to smoke next.
 
One thing that will help your flavor, and it seems obvious, is salt. A lot of rubs are really sweet, but don't have enough salt. A little extra can really bring out the flavors.
 
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