New to Smoking in Frisco, TX

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cockrill

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Aug 25, 2017
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Hello, everyone.

My name is Jeremy and I live in Frisco, TX.  I'm brand new to smokers and smoking foods.  Tomorrow I plan on my first smoke attempt ever -- most likely spare ribs or baby back ribs.  I've been reading up on techniques and recipes here on SMF, as well as watching a lot of YouTube videos.  I've done ribs in my indoor oven and finished them on my grill, so I think I know what I'm doing, but we'll see...

Here's my equipment so far:

*  Masterbuilt 30" Electric Smoker (https://www.lowes.com/pd/Masterbuil...er-Common-32-126-in-Actual-32-126-in/50408344) -- I just bought it on sale for less than $160.

*  Masterbuilt Cold Smoker (https://www.target.com/p/masterbuilt-cold-smoker/-/A-14418554#lnk=sametab)

*  ThermoPro TP20 Thermometer ()

*  Various bags of wood chips (pecan, peach, maple, etc.), gloves, aluminum wrap, etc.

I need to go to Lowes today and buy some playground sand for the smoker's water bowl, as I don't plan on using water when I smoke.

Additionally, my outdoor kitchen equipment includes:

Weber Genesis gas grill with Island Cabinetry (same as this set up http://www.sobies.com/built-ins/weber-built-in-barbecues/weber-built-in-barbecues-genesis-cabinetry/)

Weber charcoal grill with Kettlepizza attachment (https://www.kettlepizza.com/kettle-ovens/charcoal-grill-inserts/)

Right now everything is free-standing, but I'm getting ready to put a pool in and plan on building cabinets to house everything.

Anyway, I appreciate all of the great information posted to SMF.  I'll be sure to post the results of my first (ever) smoking attempt!
 
Thanks for the welcome!

Unfortunately, I'm not 100% satisfied with my first smoke attempt.  

I smoked two fairly large racks of baby back ribs using the "2-2-1" method.  I prefer my baby back ribs to be "fall off the bone" tender, but mine ended up having a lot of bite to them.  The flavor, however, was excellent.  I could really taste the pecan.  (By the way, I LOVE the cold smoker -- it generated lots of smoke and I never had to worry about refilling the chip hopper.)

I think that the problem was that the ribs were extremely meaty (the meatiest baby back ribs I've ever seen), and that I should have used the "3-2-1" method on them.

I did notice one oddity with my new Masterbuilt smoker.  During the seasoning process I verified that the Masterbuilt's temperature was spot on when compared to the temperature reported by my ThermoPro.  During the smoke, however, the ThermoPro probes both reported a fairly consistent 20 degress lower than the Masterbuilt's temperature.  So, if the Masterbuilt said that the oven temperature was 221, for example, both ThermoPro probes reported around 200 degrees.    I never saw the ThermoPro read over 209 degrees, even though I had the smoker set at 225.  I'll watch this again during my next smoking attempt.

Speaking of which, I plan on making a "fattie" next.  I never even heard of one until I started reading this forum.  Now I can't wait to make one of my own!
 
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