LOL....three racks burnt!!!

[ammaturesmoker]

So on Friday night I received my new heat management plate from Horizon. It's 3/16 steel and perfect for the older OKJ I have. I also got the charcoal basket as well. So Saturday I head to the butcher and get three racks of ribs. I get home and pull the membrane's and rub them down. I go outside and load up the new basket with lump coal and pecan chunks leaving room on the top. I take a half chimney of lump coal and get it hot. Pour half on top of the basket and other half around the basket and careful not to touch the basket or be near it. The unit gets up to temp and has a consistant 230 degrees for the next 6 hours. Yep you heard right....6 hours. 2 Hours in I fell asleep on the hammock. It was a really nice day to be outside. HA HA

 

[sauced]

What happened to the ribs? Did they get burnt?

 

[ammaturesmoker]

Close to burnt. very very well done

 

[SmokinAl]

I wonder if while you were sleeping the temp may have crept up a little.

Anyhow I'm glad they turned out well & your mod is working so well too!

Al

 

[crankybuzzard]

Those that haven't done that, will do that!

Hopefully you were able to salvage a few of them.

 

[ammaturesmoker]

 
I wonder if while you were sleeping the temp may have crept up a little.

Anyhow I'm glad they turned out well & your mod is working so well too!

Al

I thought that too but the app said it went up and down by 1 degree for every 5-10 minutes. Was really consistant.

 

[crankybuzzard]

 
I thought that too but the app said it went up and down by 1 degree for every 5-10 minutes. Was really consistant.

Well, that's one way to quantify how well the mods worked!  Also proves that if you don't open it it up it'll work well for you.  Expensive test though.  

 

[ammaturesmoker]

 
Well, that's one way to quantify how well the mods worked!  Also proves that if you don't open it it up it'll work well for you.  Expensive test though.  

Does a tuning plate and charcoal basket qualify as mods? They were still better than the worst ribs on the planet. SIZZLER!!!

 

[browneyesvictim]

If there are no pictures, there's no evidence it ever happened.

Yeah.... I need a hammock.

 

[801driver]

I guess I am missing something here unless you are absolutely tied to the 3 2 1 method for beef ribs. 

I would not presume you will have an automatic disaster if you deviate from 3 2 1.  I agree 3 2 1 is a very good method to get started with, but when you start looking at humidity and how much airflow you have in your individual smoker, sometimes the foil is not necessary, at least for me.. 

I do beef ribs in an electric and sometimes on a charcoaler/wood chunk smoker trying to hold at 225'.  Many times I just smoke large beef ribs straight through 6 hours without foiling and they turn out great. 

About 5 1/2 hours into the smoke I try to do a temp ck with an instant read at an angle which provides me temp info and poker resistance info.. 

If I want them more tender I take the IT temp up a little higher and foil for an hour or so in a cooler after pulling.  I am glad yours worked out for you, 

As one member stated here, I guess I am over on the "Dark Side" and rarely foil anything in the smoker any more.  Keep experimenting and eating your "mistakes", that's part of the fun of smoking.

 

[ammaturesmoker]

 
I guess I am missing something here unless you are absolutely tied to the 3 2 1 method for beef ribs. 

I would not presume you will have an automatic disaster if you deviate from 3 2 1.  I agree 3 2 1 is a very good method to get started with, but when you start looking at humidity and how much airflow you have in your individual smoker, sometimes the foil is not necessary, at least for me.. 

I do beef ribs in an electric and sometimes on a charcoaler/wood chunk smoker trying to hold at 225'.  Many times I just smoke large beef ribs straight through 6 hours without foiling and they turn out great. 

About 5 1/2 hours into the smoke I try to do a temp ck with an instant read at an angle which provides me temp info and poker resistance info.. 

If I want them more tender I take the IT temp up a little higher and foil for an hour or so in a cooler after pulling.  I am glad yours worked out for you, 

As one member stated here, I guess I am over on the "Dark Side" and rarely foil anything in the smoker any more.  Keep experimenting and eating your "mistakes", that's part of the fun of smoking.

321 probably would work for spares.....but not baby backs

 

[801driver]

Ah, I agree foiling for baby backs unless they are really thick.  I guess I had beef bones on my mind reading this as that is what I had smoked a couple days ago.

I do agree 321 for beef and 221 for BB is a very good starting point, but can be adjusted.  Also if you have a special juice you want to simmer in, wrapping foil is necessary.

Every one has to find what works for their taste buds and their smoker.  That is what is so great about this site, a diversity of opinions of ways of doing smokes to give us a general direction and new ideas to try..

 

[ammaturesmoker]

 
Ah, I agree foiling for baby backs unless they are really thick.  I guess I had beef bones on my mind reading this as that is what I had smoked a couple days ago.

I do agree 321 for beef and 221 for BB is a very good starting point, but can be adjusted.  Also if you have a special juice you want to simmer in, wrapping foil is necessary.

Every one has to find what works for their taste buds and their smoker.  That is what is so great about this site, a diversity of opinions of ways of doing smokes to give us a general direction and new ideas to try..

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