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ondagawood

ondagawood

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Feb 22, 2010
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Syracuse, NY
Hello everyone,

I've got an outdoor kitchen for grilling, one Brinkman smoker/griller. My status would be "just learning" and have ambitions to do cook-off competitions with my homemade BBQ sauce. So I just started smokin' baby-back on Super Sunday (in 20 degree weather) it was a pain in the a** to get lit but it did get going. I had on rack on there it took 6 hrs. to cook and they came out great. Not so yesterday, 6 hrs. later and still raw inside, dumb question maybe, does outdoor temperature really affect smoking temps and time to cook ?
Looking forward to exploring this forum and your replies.
Thx,
Scott
my outdoor kitchen link

http://s430.photobucket.com/albums/q...oor%20Kitchen/
 
Hello Scott, and welcome aboard! Good to have ya here. Weather can definitely have an impact on the performance of many smokers. It depends on what kind of rig you have, but wind and cold temperatures can make maintaining smoker temps a real challenge. You want to try to keep cooking temps in the 225-250 range for ribs. If you accomplish that, you shouldn't have raw meat after 6 hours.
 
Welcome aboard!

Nice looking outdoor kitchen! Looks like the Dinosaur is gonna have some competition soon.
 
Hello Scott
Welcome to SMF. Glad to have you here with us - great looking outdoor kitchen
 
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Yeah, the temps barely reached 185 !
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More practice to come.
Thx for the warm reception. Looking forward to a cook-off in Rochester in May, first-time but very ambitious. I'll be ordering a Char-Broil offset smoker on Friday (bonus check money) to use and will start practicing
right away.
 
Howdy neighbor and welcome to SMF. Get yourself a wind break and a welding blanket to keep that brinkman up to temp, it will help a lot. the Char-broil wouldn't be as much of a pain in the butt, but will still be effected but the weather. Looking forward to some of your future Q-view.
 
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