1st Cook on my New OK Joe Highland

[E's Smokin]

Well Sunday 8-5-18, was the day. The wife & kids were away so it was Dad & Dog time
I figured I wasn't going to fire it up for 6-8 hours for just 1 meal , soooo I picket up a rack of ribs , a pork loin tip (bone in) & a chicken, just for fun
Saturday afternoon I started the seasoning :
Spatchcocked the chicken & salted it down
Rubbed down the loin
Trimmed & rubbed the ribs & every thing in the fridge
Sunday morning at 0800 I started the fire & put the ribs on by 0900
then I started to prepare the loin & chicken
I rubbed the chicken & loin with my own creation of a rub & injected both with my own creation of an injection ( I love playing with my BDI Injector)
The chicken went back into the fridge, the loin hung out in the kitchen to bring up to room temp & hit the grate around 10:00
Around 11:00, the chicken joined it's buddies on the grates, & every thing got spritzed with apple juice, also the trimmings from the ribs had they're own little tray to swim in
I maintained the temp pretty consistently through out the day, between 220* & 290*
(the top shelf was between 260* & 290* & the bottom rack was between 220* & 260*)
Around 12:00 the ribs got wrapped
Around 1:00 the loin was done & brought in to rest
Around 2:00 the ribs got unwrapped & glazed, the chicken was at 140* white meat & 155* dark
At 3:00 the ribs came off & looked great, the chicken stalled, so I fired up the grill & had it on indirect heat for about 15 to 20 minutes & that brought the temps up to 165* white meat & 185* dark
It was definitely a learning experience, but the game plan worked out & every thing came out good, the chicken's dark meat was great , the white meat a little dry

the ribs were a little to smoky for me but my son's loved them, I thought the loin came out good , my son's wanted pulled pork, so that's what they got & the trimmings from the ribs, were like candy, I also threw some sausages on just because & they came out good to
Sorry for the long post, & thanks to everyone that answered a lot of my questions over the last couple weeks

E

 

[gmc2003]

Sounds like a great feast, and wonderful way to break in the new smoker. None of your pics showed up - only the image tags. :mad:

point for sure

Chris

 

[petehalsted]

Dad and Dog had a good time (tell me you shared the rib trimmings with pup!). Family came home to great feast. Sounds like a good day to me!

Like Chris, I can't see the photos

 

[E's Smokin]

I tried again to post the photos, I can't get em
Trust me they look good :D

 

[E's Smokin]

I finally figured out the pictures

E