Excited to get started

[dadcawley]

Just got a Masterbuilt 30" (MES) and excited to get smokin'!  Have never used a smoker before and hope the learning curve is much easier with the electric kind.  I am a married father of 3 girls living in Fort Worth, Texas.  I'm in the heart of BarBQ country, but from California originally, so I feel like a fish out of water with the whole smoking thing.  Looking forward to getting some valuable tips in these forums.  I already downloaded and made the special rub by creator of this site and am tossing some baby backs in the MES tomorrow morning.

 

[pineywoods]

Congrats on the new smoker. If your doing baby backs tomorrow have you seen any threads about the 2-2-1 method? Set the smoker to 225 put the ribs in on the grate for 2 hours then wrap them in tightly in foil adding a little liquid before sealing the foil apple juice works if you have any and put them back in the smoker for another 2 hours then pull them out and carefully unwrap them (they may try to fall apart) then place them back on the grate without the foil for 1 more hour. If you want to glaze the ribs with sauce do it the last half hour tho I prefer to serve sauce on the side. Good luck with your first smoke and let us know how it goes

 

[s2k9k]

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