A little bit of everything and a lot of wood!

[jbellard]

I was running a bit low on the wood like and have had back problems since I was 17 (been worse lately) so instead of foraging for my wood like I have in the past, I decided to go ahead and give craigslist a try.
Saw an end of season sale for red oak.
Long story short, I got a whole cord of red oak, split and cut into 18 inch sticks for $150 delivered. Ive heard that’s a good deal and I’m happy at the amount. Wood looks pretty good too
I decided to kill a few birds with one stone so invited some of my youth ministry high school guys over to stack the wood for me whilst I smoked them ribs.
I have 6 takers for the deal and this morning decided to also try the no knead bread that someone posted a week ago.
So I have 3 racks of spare ribs and 1 rack of beef ribs going as well as made a lot of the bread.
Bread is so good that I am currently making another cause I know the guys will destroy the bread.
Wood Pile is huge and folks that delivered the Wood were super friendly.
Enjoy the pics.

 

[one eyed jack]

The wood looks good to me J but your bread and ribs look even better. The bread looks fantastic in your first picture.

6 young-uns probably made short work of the stacking project. Probably devoured the chow pretty quick, too.

$150 sounds decent to me but it's been a long time since I priced wood. (Hurricanes have gotten so frequent and regular, around here, that free wood is easy to find).

 

[jbellard]

Thanks Jack!

That bread is so good that before we finished the first one I had to make a second loaf!! The guys loved it and so does my 5yo son.
The wood is pretty good. 5 or so pieces with some rot. Burned those. Probably not a whole true cord either but I feel like it was a good deal so I’m happy with it.
I now have more wood than I can use for awhile unless I start selling bbq on the weekends. Haha.

Here is a pic of the finished product.
I didn’t get any of the beef ribs. Boy those things are rich but amazing! Guys were fighting ove who got those.
Did 3 racks of spare ribs and 1 rack of beef “spare ribs”. Cook time was about 5 hrs and 20 min. I’m finding spares on my
Smoker get done between 5-5.5 hrs.
Here’s pic of bead I saved for my wife and daughter who were all day in Dallas on a field trip.

 

[one eyed jack]

You've got me craving home baked bread. I don't do it often and it's been quite a while.

The ribs look great.

 

[jbellard]

Thank you sir!

 

[GATOR240]

Looks good JB. I'll give you a hand next time you need wood stacked!

 

[jbellard]

Sounds like a deal. Bring your dog too!!

 

[SmokinAl]

Everything looks delicious!
That's for sure!!
Al

 

[jbellard]

Here is the finished product of the wood like that the guys stacked.
Been rainy and cold so I covered it with tarps but bottom is open.

 

[HalfSmoked]

I would say you are close to a cord which is 4' x 4' x 8'. Great looking ribs and the bread looks great too.

Warren

 

[jbellard]

Close. Don’t think I got a full cord but feel good about the deal anyhow.
I have enough wood to last awhile.
Thanks for looking. So much fun to cook for folks.

 

[HalfSmoked]

For $150 not bad full cord oak here $275.

Warren

 

[SmokinLogs]

Everything looks delicious! Killer smoke ring on those ribs. Thanks for posting!

 

[jbellard]

Logs,
Appreciate it! I think the “smoke ring” is almost touching in the middle.
The spare ribs were so good. Melt in your mouth delicious.

 

[flatbroke]

View attachment 389284 Here is the finished product of the wood like that the guys stacked.
Been rainy and cold so I covered it with tarps but bottom is open.

Food looks great and is a great trade. stacking wood sucks.
is this picture a full cords? or is the pile in the front of the house also in addition to the second picture?

 

[jbellard]

Pile in front was added to old wood I had.
Probably not quite a true 4x4x8 cord but was a lot of wood regardless. I am happy for the price and the wood is split which I’ve only been using while logs so I should be able to get even better control of my temps with these splits.

 

[flatbroke]

nice rack system, I have been using pallets but its time to change them out. what is the height and legth of the rack?

 

[jbellard]

Thanks. I got it off of craigslist for $25!!!!
I believe it’s 2ft wide by 5 ft tall by 8ft long

 

[flatbroke]

looks pretty nice. It looked like a single row stacked. a cord sells for 400-500 here. I estimating .65 cord of new wood is there assuming it is single row at 18 inches, 7 feet tall and 8 feet long. looks like good wood and you are happy so win win

 

[jbellard]

Where are you located? Seems high for wood.