Ok here we go, this is the big one, this is hopefully the one my time here has been leading up to. I have worked on my smoking art, perfected my rub, refined my sauce, and attained consistant TBS!
This is most likely the last chance I am going to have the time or the money for this before I head back to college for the winter. I have about 10 or so people coming over for a big BBQ and hang out all day so this will be fun. Ive got about 7.5 lbs of pork butt slathered in mustard and rubbed in my own rub, as well as 2 racks of ribs prepped the same. Also I will be baking some scratch beans to use to make my special BBQ baked beans. I plan on getting up around 5AM to get the smoker fired up and ready get the meat on about 6AM to be ready around 6PM. I will provide as much Q-view as I can remember to post as the day progresses.
The only thing I could use a little advice on is timing and space. As you can see from my pics I do not have a ton of space on my smoker. I plan on starting just the butts in the morning and then get the ribs on around noon. Does this timing sound good? And since I am limited on space Im not sure how Im going to do it, Im thinking Im going to try taking the pork and fitting it on the swinging rack up top and the ribs on the bottom at noon. But if this does not fit like this Im going to have to pull the pork at noon, foil it, and put it in the oven and throw the ribs on. Is this going to be long enough to get sufficient smoke on the pork and finish in the oven? Or should I just MAKE it all fit? lol The only reason it wont fit is I dont want anything too close to the fire and getting burned or cooked too fast.
So let me know what you all think and get ready for some Q-view I know I am PUMPED!
This is most likely the last chance I am going to have the time or the money for this before I head back to college for the winter. I have about 10 or so people coming over for a big BBQ and hang out all day so this will be fun. Ive got about 7.5 lbs of pork butt slathered in mustard and rubbed in my own rub, as well as 2 racks of ribs prepped the same. Also I will be baking some scratch beans to use to make my special BBQ baked beans. I plan on getting up around 5AM to get the smoker fired up and ready get the meat on about 6AM to be ready around 6PM. I will provide as much Q-view as I can remember to post as the day progresses.
The only thing I could use a little advice on is timing and space. As you can see from my pics I do not have a ton of space on my smoker. I plan on starting just the butts in the morning and then get the ribs on around noon. Does this timing sound good? And since I am limited on space Im not sure how Im going to do it, Im thinking Im going to try taking the pork and fitting it on the swinging rack up top and the ribs on the bottom at noon. But if this does not fit like this Im going to have to pull the pork at noon, foil it, and put it in the oven and throw the ribs on. Is this going to be long enough to get sufficient smoke on the pork and finish in the oven? Or should I just MAKE it all fit? lol The only reason it wont fit is I dont want anything too close to the fire and getting burned or cooked too fast.
So let me know what you all think and get ready for some Q-view I know I am PUMPED!
