Rochester, NY Roc City (KCBS) May 23-24

[yankeerob]

Was nice to meet Chilepeppa last weekend and check out the new line of SS Smokers. I REALLY WANT ONE!

We had a heck of a time maintaining temps on Saturday due to the wind coming off lake Ontario. Saturday into Sunday went fine though as we relocated the smoker to protect it from the wind.

We came back with a little money [after expenses] and some hardware to boot:

I've got to modify my technique a bit. Saturday we used the Caldera to smoke the ribs and got 2nd out of 60+ teams. Sunday I used the WSM and a rib rack and they got a little too hot. Had I used the Caldera for the ribs on Sunday the overall outcome might have been different.

Not a bad season opener though.

-rob

 

[yankeerob]

here is the smoker temp which I had to restart on Sunday morning about 2:45 because of a grease fire. I toggled between 250/225/200 throughout the night. The only thing that I wasn't impressed with was the pork shoulder which was overdone. I placed it on the top shelf. Next time it goes mid shelf:

 

[elfstone]

My wife and I went to the ROC Ribfest this past weekend and had great time. Talked to a few people competing and also tried some of the vendors food . Sat back and had a beer and enjoyed ourselves.