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    First time cooking ribs

    Yeah I certainly think that might have been a part of it. LIke I said, I cook the rub from a book. You can see at 2hrs in it looked fine. Then over the next 1.5hrs it blackened. I could probably have removed them after only 3hrs rather than 3.30. I've smoked a brisket before (which took MUCH...
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    First time cooking ribs

    Thanks, I am really happy with the results.
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    First time cooking ribs

    Thanks! I didn't use mustard but I did give it a rub with olive oil first. I think the salt granules were just too big. Its not like none stuck - just the ratio to the other seasonings wasn't maintained.
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    First time cooking ribs

    @Jabiru The BBQ sauce is really quite simple. I just sauté half a fine diced onion with as much better as you think your health can tolerate. Once translucent sauté a couple of table spoons of tomato puree/concentrate and cook it out. I then add chilli powder, garlic granules and paprika to...
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    First time cooking ribs

    Hi, I cooked Baby back ribs a couple days ago, thought I'd post how it went. I firstly used the rub described in the "Project Smoke" book by S Raichlen; listed under Oak-smoked cherry-glazed baby back ribs. It's a paprika heavy rub with some other spices, sugar and salt - but notably no Black...
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    What to do with left over bones

    Great just what I want to hear. > I would remove bark and skin Haha I don't leave anything on bones!
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    What to do with left over bones

    Hi all, I had a fantastic smoke session last night and smoked a couple racks of baby back ribs and a chicken (as well as some stuff without bones). When I cook indoors I always keep chicken bones and make stocks from them which I then use in other recipes. I separate them out so I have like...
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    A few more mods, advice needed

    Okay, thanks for taking the time to respond. I'll leave the stack as it is, and I'll add the upper intakes. It'll take me a few weeks as I've got another trip to Texas planned in the meantime, but I'll report back when I've made the modifications.
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    A few more mods, advice needed

    Got it. But the stack I have is 4" diameter at 36" long it has the following volume: Actual Stack Volume = 0.7854 * 4 * 4 * 36 = 452cuIn Using the guide my ideal volume should be: Ideal Stack Volume = 0.022 * CCv = 0.022 * 6000 = 132cuIn Does this disparity between 452 and 132 matter? It...
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    A few more mods, advice needed

    Fantastic reply: I can probably do that, I am just not sure how I'd go about adjusting it or what I should be look for when balancing it with the lower vent Two 1" holes is probably very doable, I could probably make an adjustor for them as well So it's better to be over-capacity and keep...
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    First full Brisket

    [double post]
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    First full Brisket

    Good point. I think there is a bit too much fetishism about the minute details. The actually cook was "relatively" easy - it was the fire management that was hard. Absolutely, I certainly avoided opening too frequently. Once an hour for the spritz (which I'll do less often next time) and once...
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    A few more mods, advice needed

    Thanks again, yeah that sort of makes sense. Does many maths above make sense? If I were to drill a single 1.2" diameter hole opposite from my CC inlet?
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    First full Brisket

    Great advice. Yeah I definitely will be starting WAY earlier next time. I think one of the reasons it really over ran is because I was cooking at 120C rather 135 like you say and it would have a tendency to dip. I'll figure out it out eventually! This was my first brisket so I went on the safe...
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    First full Brisket

    Firstly following this thread: https://www.smokingmeatforums.com/t...sustain-big-fire-modification-project.287777/ ...I made most of the mods to my Reverse Smoker turning it into a traditional offset. I decided buy/mod this thing so I could try and cook a brisket, having visited Texas (from...
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    A few more mods, advice needed

    Do you mean in this post? https://www.smokingmeatforums.com/threads/reverse-flow-smoker-how-to-calculate-build-tutorial.268692/ Do the pictures and maths apply to Offsets as well as reverse flow smokers? Using that: FB volume (FBv) = 2924.829cuqIn CC Volume (CCv) = 6003.5976cuIn Desired...
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    A few more mods, advice needed

    Okay great. I just want to make sure that I don't create to bigger holes and end up ruining it. I'll do the maths and check back here before I take hole saws out!
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    A few more mods, advice needed

    Interesting, what stops them just being used an exhaust rather than an intake? I remember reading they should be something like 25% of the ideal intake area. (I'll check that figure). Is there a minimum diameter, like is 1" diameter going to be enough? It still worked better after the mods...
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    A few more mods, advice needed

    Dumb question but how does adding more holes ABOVE the fire increase hot air draw? Also yes, if you use the calculators the air intake size should be ample, which is why I think it might be an issue with it's placement relative to the grate.
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    A few more mods, advice needed

    Thank you! I am really happy with how it turned out. Tasted grate, I think my guests forgave me for making them wait so long before it was ready (thought it'd take 12-14hrs - it took 17 - probably because the fire would 'dip'). The problem is the difficulty of maintaining the fire is means I'd...
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