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I was surprised, the tank still had a lot of weight to it, I do not have a Gage so usually I go by how heavy the tank is. I smoked some ribs today and still have gas....
Something went wrong, they are at the end of the last hour and they are not falling off the bone, they seem a little tough, taste good but not real tender, should I let them go longer?? are they overdone??
Well another birthday party today for a friend, she asked me to make some ribs for her. Using the 321, here it is around hour 2...
Left the top rack open for the tin pan when foiled....
No the bottom did not have the bark as the top, I put the fat to the bottom and it turned out just fine. The meat still got enough smoke.. That is the nice thing about this website, you can learn many different ways to smoke.... The next time I will try without the pan just to try something...
I owe it all to this website, I read post after post for a week straight before I even unboxed my unit. I modded it before using it (learn that here). I just hope years from now I can be as helpful to others learning this. Thanks to all!!
Well after church today we went through the leftovers, ribs were gone, but there was pulled pork left.. It was still very good, a little Jeff's Q sauce and it was on!!!
I can't wait to do it all over again!!
Thanks to you guys the food was loved by everyone, no one left without complementing me on the food.
One thing I did notice was on the juice that was collected in the pan;
the one butt that finished about 16 hours, when I collected the pan juice and let it settle over 2/3 was fat.
the...
Sorry for no update, party started, sneaked away to give you all an update!!! They all went crazy for the BBQ....
I had one butt that was being difficult it took 18hrs to get to 198... I just pulled it since we were getting everything ready, it did not fall apart like the other one, but still...
Question?? When I added the ribs the temp fell to about 150 and it's taking a while to come back up. I turned up the gas just now to get smoker temp back up, I should be fine, Right? Once it gets back to about 240 I will adjust it so it stays....
11 hours into it, meat temp 165 and holding...
Got the ribs rubbed down, covered the butts so they won't get over smoked by the ribs coming in....
So Far so good!!
Who needs sleep.......
I have read a few threads and like Jeff's method, I can take the juice from the pan and use it as a finishing sauce. First time so we will see, so far I like the results.
Getting ready for wife's birthday party tomorrow. Just started the Butts in the smoker, will add ribs in the morning. First time using this smoker, and first butts...
The Butts in the pan, with Jeff's Rub on them...
My spray bottle additives, sorry no Capt Morgan....
Butts in the smoker...
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