Can it be done?

[monaro gto]

For a while now I have been putting a small line of charcoal along the back of my small Aussie grill and a rack of baby backs accross the front and cooking them for about 3 to 4 hours with some decent results. Now that I have found this site I am curious if I can attempt the 3-2-1 method or 2-2-1 for baby backs on walkabout grill? Also cshould I add wood chips for flavour?

Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.

 

[ajthepoolman]

When I first started smoking food I used my Ducane gas grill. I just fired up the right side burners and left the left side off. I put the food on the left side and cooked with the indirect heat that way.

 

[bluefrog]

I would think that you can do both (ie the 3-2-1 method and wood chips. Give it a try.

Scott

 

[scarbelly]

I have been doing ribs for years on a grill until I got my smoker
Build your heat source on one side and when it gets to the right temp put your ribs on the other side. One the side with the heat, have several foil packets with slits in the top of the packet of wood chips ready and add them one packet at a time making sure to keep the packet so that it will smoke not flame up-Put the lid on a check frequently. If you do this you most likely will be OK with the 3-2-1 or if the heat source is too hot 2-2-1
Good luck

 

[monaro gto]

sounds like a plan. I will have to try this out on the weekend

 

[jirodriguez]

Yup... what they said. Leave one burner on to the far right or left, then put the meat on the opposite side of the grill. If you don't have a chip box for wood chips you can wrap a handfull of chips in heavy foil and put it on the burners drip shield.

 

[walle]

ABSOLUTELY!
There's always more than one way to skin a cat.
Did this for years before I built my smoker.
Tracey

 

[mtrhdltd]

That is exactly how i got into smoking, works great, even gives a good smoke ring

 

[bbally]

We have a saying in the professional world.

I need to be able to make heat. If I can make heat, I can cook anything anywhere.

I say you can make heat, so you can cook.


I have cook barbeque on a lot of wild things. Including a brisket on an armored personnel carrier sitting in the mojave dessert sun for 10 hours.