Recent content by bigsmokemd

Was out on the deck smoking some spare ribs last Tuesday when some tasty visitors showed up in the back yard! I thought they were just passing by, but more showed up, and a couple of young bucks started sparring. Nothing like dinner and a show by future dinner lol

Your bacon weaving skills don't look bad at all! Pairing it with tots was the right choice btw haha

Same to you! Had to work today, so looking forward to smoking my fathers day ribs on Tuesday!

new smoker from Columbia here

Sorry, they used to have two rods on the bottom left that it fit on (see link). For the gen 2 your best bet is probably using the bottom rack or making a mailbox mod for it. I would suggest doing some research on gen 2 placement using the search bar up top just to be sure...

Should fit nicely on the bottom left of the smoker.

Like the setup!

After another 2 hours at 250 the IT got to 195 and was pulled (mainly because wife was hungry) Definitely not disappointed with the taste results!

Thank you everyone for the advice!!! Found out the ribs were in a solution in the package (oops) so used a saltless rub and threw in smoker at 225. Noticed that I have issues getting smoke after initial heat up (using hickory chips in the stock chip drawer). Checked after four hours and cranked...

Planning on my first attempt at smoking ribs on my MES tomorrow, but not sure which route to go. My mother-in-law used the 3-2-1 method on her ribs, but they just never seem right to me. I have researched some on here about ribs, but only found people using no foil on spare ribs. Is a no foil...

New smoker in MD here. After years of wanting to get into smoking, I caved and bought a MES 30" to learn the ropes on. After seasoning, I went ahead and made some whiskey jerky and smoked some chicken breasts. Going to try my hand at some ribs tomorrow, and start curing a boston butt for some...