Well it's been a long time in coming, but finally getting around to posting our first smoke on our new smoker that Joel,
seenred
built! A big thank you to him! My wife was of the opinion that I had enough smokers... until she saw it... think she's gonna love it as much as me. And by the way, think I'm gonna call it Rodney... just look at Red's avatar and you'll understand. My wife had been wanting to smoke some beef ribs and I found chuck roasts on sale so why not.
Now our weather wasn't gonna be cooperative, had a fair amount of rain on Friday morning, the day after it was delivered and they were talking more possibly in the afternoon. Turning cold and snow, temps in the teens Saturday so we built a temporary shelter
Thankfully it didn't rain anymore but it did lead to a late start. Getting it started and warmed up.
Watch that board to the left... nailed it with the top of my head! Didn't help later on that evening while working under the corn head of the combine, hit my head again... Ouch! That's not quite what I said!
Had the chuck roast and ribs seasoned up, waiting for smoker temp to get to temp.
Nice feet!
Meat going on...
Added some chicken a bit later... turned into chicken salad
Getting some nice color about 3 hours in
Pulled them off the smoker after about 5 1/2 hours. It was 8 pm and wanted time for the smoker to cool down so we could put it inside for the night... meat went into the oven to finish and we went to the shop to work on corn head.
The first nights supper was the beef ribs, scalloped potatoes, and homemade crescent rolls my wife made
I've heard something about a close up pic... look at that smoke ring!
And those crescent rolls...
Pure deliciousness!
The second night's supper was the chuck roast. Someone has been snacking!
And yes, we used a fork... even if it does look like a big mouthful!
And another beautiful smoke ring
And a finish pic, chuck roast, mashed taters and gravy, and some of our sweet corn.
Now some of you complain about a messy pic... but around here there's only one way to eat this... make a mess and mix it together!
MMMMmmmmm!
So thanks for looking! Gonna take a little learning curve for fire management... but did pretty good for a couple newbies!
And again a huge thanks to Joel! He built a beautiful smoker and it was great to meet another member... even for a short bit. Apparently he didn't want to stick around for our weekend weather that was coming... the snow and temps in the teens with wind. But he is a traveling machine... he left about 6:15 am from near Tulsa Oklahoma, got to our house about 500 miles later and we unloaded it and visited for a short bit. Then he was off again. Found out he made it back to Saint Joe Missouri that night... about 10:30 that night and 285 miles later!
Ryan
seenred
built! A big thank you to him! My wife was of the opinion that I had enough smokers... until she saw it... think she's gonna love it as much as me. And by the way, think I'm gonna call it Rodney... just look at Red's avatar and you'll understand. My wife had been wanting to smoke some beef ribs and I found chuck roasts on sale so why not. Now our weather wasn't gonna be cooperative, had a fair amount of rain on Friday morning, the day after it was delivered and they were talking more possibly in the afternoon. Turning cold and snow, temps in the teens Saturday so we built a temporary shelter
Thankfully it didn't rain anymore but it did lead to a late start. Getting it started and warmed up.
Watch that board to the left... nailed it with the top of my head! Didn't help later on that evening while working under the corn head of the combine, hit my head again... Ouch! That's not quite what I said!
Had the chuck roast and ribs seasoned up, waiting for smoker temp to get to temp.
Nice feet!
Meat going on...
Added some chicken a bit later... turned into chicken salad
Getting some nice color about 3 hours in
Pulled them off the smoker after about 5 1/2 hours. It was 8 pm and wanted time for the smoker to cool down so we could put it inside for the night... meat went into the oven to finish and we went to the shop to work on corn head.
The first nights supper was the beef ribs, scalloped potatoes, and homemade crescent rolls my wife made
I've heard something about a close up pic... look at that smoke ring!
And those crescent rolls...
Pure deliciousness!
The second night's supper was the chuck roast. Someone has been snacking!
And yes, we used a fork... even if it does look like a big mouthful!
And another beautiful smoke ring
And a finish pic, chuck roast, mashed taters and gravy, and some of our sweet corn.
Now some of you complain about a messy pic... but around here there's only one way to eat this... make a mess and mix it together!
MMMMmmmmm!
So thanks for looking! Gonna take a little learning curve for fire management... but did pretty good for a couple newbies!
And again a huge thanks to Joel! He built a beautiful smoker and it was great to meet another member... even for a short bit. Apparently he didn't want to stick around for our weekend weather that was coming... the snow and temps in the teens with wind. But he is a traveling machine... he left about 6:15 am from near Tulsa Oklahoma, got to our house about 500 miles later and we unloaded it and visited for a short bit. Then he was off again. Found out he made it back to Saint Joe Missouri that night... about 10:30 that night and 285 miles later!
Ryan
Makes me want to take another Iowa road trip for a helping of those ribs!! 
