- Mar 11, 2008
- 12
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Well guys...it was a success! Thanks a ton for all the help!
As many of you knew, I was seriously over-smoking my ribs. I also was using all wood, no charcoal, and it was very hit or miss. But, with yall's help, I had quite a few happy eaters.
We had a cookout with about 15-20 people over.
Fried up some Wings and a few giant onions for an appetizer
Smoked 6 racks of Baby Back Ribs
Grilled 12 BBQ Chicken Breasts
Fried up some Squash, Okra, and Potato Wedges
Back to the smoking...
I ended up using about 3-4 Charcoal Towers full of Lump Charcoal for my fire. Used Hickory wood chunks wrapped in tin-foil for the smoke.
It took a pretty long while to get to the desired temperature. I ended up closing the fire box door to get the heat up - I smoked them with the chimney flute half opened and the flute on the side of the firebox completely open.
Occasionally the tin-foil covered wood chunks would catch fire - but didn't seem to cause any taste damage.
The flavor was great, although I think I can be a bit more aggressive with the smoke the next time - I was somewhat timid this go around but had a nice steady smoke sliding out of the stack.
My only problem I see right now with this particular smoker is the hotspot - the area of grill closest to the firebox - Any way I can somewhat redirect the heat toward the center?
Anyways, here are some pic's.
As many of you knew, I was seriously over-smoking my ribs. I also was using all wood, no charcoal, and it was very hit or miss. But, with yall's help, I had quite a few happy eaters.
We had a cookout with about 15-20 people over.
Fried up some Wings and a few giant onions for an appetizer
Smoked 6 racks of Baby Back Ribs
Grilled 12 BBQ Chicken Breasts
Fried up some Squash, Okra, and Potato Wedges
Back to the smoking...
I ended up using about 3-4 Charcoal Towers full of Lump Charcoal for my fire. Used Hickory wood chunks wrapped in tin-foil for the smoke.
It took a pretty long while to get to the desired temperature. I ended up closing the fire box door to get the heat up - I smoked them with the chimney flute half opened and the flute on the side of the firebox completely open.
Occasionally the tin-foil covered wood chunks would catch fire - but didn't seem to cause any taste damage.
The flavor was great, although I think I can be a bit more aggressive with the smoke the next time - I was somewhat timid this go around but had a nice steady smoke sliding out of the stack.
My only problem I see right now with this particular smoker is the hotspot - the area of grill closest to the firebox - Any way I can somewhat redirect the heat toward the center?
Anyways, here are some pic's.