Its 4th of July, something is in the smoker????

[deltadude]

WHAT ARE YOU COOKIN TODAY?

15+ friends and family...

• Appetizer - Grilled Teriyaki mushroom slices.
• Mex chips with fresh made "pico de gallo" and guacamole.
• Other misc. munchie food

• Smokin 8 racks of ribs,
• Grillin 3 chickens,
• Stewin big pot of Mex Charro beans, (if you never have had em, your missin something good).
• Shrimp Macaroni Salad
• Tossed green salad for those that don't eat shell fish.
• Corn on Cob
• Garlic toast
• Fruit Salad, fresh made, (Pineapple, strawberries, Cantaloupe, Apple, Oranges, Kiwi, grapes).
The fruit salad is perfect with the spicy rips and chicken.
• Desert - Strawberry Short Cake.

 

[linescum]

i'm not at home i'm at work at aberdeen proving grounds, but i did bring my meco bullet smoker and we had chicken 1/4's for lunch. i can't take pics as we are in a secure area so no cameras allowed but i still had some bbq.. if it turns out that we'll be here till supper i guess i'll throw on some dogs....HAPPY 4th

 

[bmudd14474]

Smoking 40+lbs of tritip a few pork loins and what ever else they ask me to do. Cooking for a 4th party put on by some folks at our church.

 

[irishteabear]

Got ribs, vidalias, abt's and garlic so far. Corn on the cob will be later.

 

[scmelik]

Up to bat today is a brisket, a chuckie and 14 abts. Tomorrow is a corn beef and a fatty. That is just for me, I am not sure what everyone else is going to eat

 

[forluvofsmoke]

6 slabs of spares (32 lbs worth) & 48 ABTs in the Smoke Vault 24 (she's full)

, a baked Zuccini/cheese dish, Potatoes Augratin, and numerous sides of pasta salads a pie or two.

I'll be foiling the ribs in about 10 minutes and they'll be ready in another 2 hours.

We opted to not prepare any other dishes that were originally planned, as there will already be WAY TOO MUCH food for our group of less than 20 peeps.

There will of course be our fireworks display for a few hours after dinner this evening.

Have a GREAT 4th Everyone!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Eric

 

[pignit]

I'm doing my first smoke on the Oklahoma Joe.
4 Slabs of BBs
Fatty from hell.... I'll explain later.
Deviled Tear a dak tile eggs....
Sausage and fresh Mozz stuffed banana peppers
ABTz
Corned Beef Brisket
Qview to come...........

 

[deltadude]

I hope everyones "Q"n for the 4th worked out.

My Q starts in the backyard at 5am and suppose to leave and move to my sis's backyard 70 miles away between 12noon and 1pm. At around 10am our inside only cat disappears, the wife thinks she went outside since the door was open so much due to the Q work in backyard. My wife is in a tizzy, she was outwardly calm, but 30 years of marriage I should know my better half if she is suffering and worried. We all switched gears to a cat hunt, by noon I still had fruit salad, pico de gallo, marinade for mushrooms, to prepare, plus pack it all up.

At 2pm all is ready, I'm packed and showered, and I ask the wife if she would prefer staying home, my sweetie opts to stay home.

I arrive at Sis's and immediately notice I am missing the Charro Beans, and several cooking utensils. I always work from a list, but since I was running late and trying to move fast I never printed out my list and as a result left some stuff. Or, was it me that was really worried about the cat?

The Q, turned out great, no one missed the Charro Beans, the Teriyaki Portabello's were a great appitizer. Normally I do ABTs, but this year I wanted something easier. The rest of the food scale of 1-10, Ribs (6 or 7), Chicken (9), Shrimp Mac salad (8), Fruit Salad (10), Corn on Cob (6 I cooked it too long, but still tasty). The ribs would have got 8-10 from the crowd, but I have done a lot better. Some would say that not being able to serve as soon as they are cooked is a disadvantage, but I find that double foiling and then encasing in plastic wrap, using an ice chest allowed to get hot in direct sun, ribs after foil/plasticwrapped in towels before going in chest. And each rib rack was given a liberal spritz of Apple juice plus a little extra so the meat will stew and get even more tender during the trip,when the ribs come out of the chest they are tender and ready for some sauce and a little heat from the grill.

Oh at 9pm my wife calls, the cat strolls out of where ever she was hid "inside the house", poor wife happy when cat shows up, sad she missed some great food and good fun.