First cook today on the USD I built. Baby backs for 5 hours at around 240, some mesquite wood, with no foil, bbq sauce last 15 minutes. Nice tbs the whole time...What do you guys think? They felt a little tough, I think they should have cooked longer even though they came off the bone pretty easy....for some reason I budgeted for a 5 hour cook then realized it probably needed a 6 according to all the recipes around for smoking baby backs, but I had hungry guests that didn't want to wait another hour.
As for the cook itself, this thing was awesome. Built a proper fire for it and it was rocking for hours even after I finished as I wanted to see how long it could go for. Should do a longer cook like a brisket or butt with no problems, I shut it down after 9 hours since I had no need to waste fuel seeing it would go as long as I needed it to.
Let me know what you guys think!
As for the cook itself, this thing was awesome. Built a proper fire for it and it was rocking for hours even after I finished as I wanted to see how long it could go for. Should do a longer cook like a brisket or butt with no problems, I shut it down after 9 hours since I had no need to waste fuel seeing it would go as long as I needed it to.
Let me know what you guys think!
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