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We bought some beef ribs a few days ago and had the same issue.
Nothing (and I mean nothing) but fat and gristle.
They looked great prior to cooking.
20 bucks down the drain...
Didn't cook the chicken yesterday.
For some reason, I bought a 3# beef rib (looks just like a St. Louis pork rib 'cept bigger)
What a waste of time and money that turned out to be.
Basically nothing but fat and grissle. Sure looked good before I cooked it.
Never again.
Anyways, I worked on...
Filled up the regular chimney, about 2.5#'s or so.
3 hours @ 310 Deg, then slowly fell to 220 Deg over the next 2 hours.
I'll use about 2#'s this afternoon when I cook a whole chicken.
Should be perfect.
:)
I never liked any lump I had ever tried before.
This stuff has impressed me.
4 hours now, still going.
I took these pics at the very start for a sense of how much lump I used.
That's the bottom of my 18" Weber Smokey Mountain.
^ That's my small chimney.
I put the old Party Q fan unit on the WSM and set it for 235.
It's been humming right along for 3 hours with minor, minor adjustments.
Most of these were in the first hour or so.
It windy as hell today so that's giving me some fits.
I plan on picking up 5 or 6 more bags tomorrow, and do a real...
I picked up 2 bags.
The lump quality is impressive in terms of size and foreign matter.
I'm testing some in an empty 18" WSM as I type.
So far everything looks good.
The Kewpee in Lima, OH has been making really thin burgers for nearly 100 years.
They start out thin and stay thin.
Their blend is a well-kept secret.
EDIT: Apparently nobody has had a Kewpee burger...
When it comes to a WSM, Harry Soo (and I) will disagree with you.
I'm guessing there may have been too much charcoal.
Also the OP didn't say if he had sealed the leaks with LavaLock gasket material.
With a well-sealed WSM, you can adjust the lower vents slightly to get you in the ballpark...
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