Maiden smoke on my newest toy

[jazzspot]

I did my first smoke on my BDS about a month ago, but didn't post the results.
The BDS maintained great temp control & excellent burn time on one small load of Rancher briquettes. Did 2 dozen chicken wings and 2 slabs of baby backs on this first smoke. Total of a 4 1/2 hour smoke using 8lbs of briquettes which was too much. 5-6 pounds would have been enough for this short cook. I used one chuck of peach wood (the BDS sized chunks --

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A temp of 225 was still going strong hours after I had pulled the ribs off the grill!!

Wings on the lower grill and ribs on the upper grill. BDS maintained 225-250, actually whatever I wanted the temp to be, throughout the duration. I only messed with the intake vent plugs to see how doing those things would affect the temp changes. I gotta learn the characteristics of this smoker.

The taste of both meats is fantastic!! The over the fire smoked taste is great. Yep, even after doing only one smoke, I know that I'm very satisfied with the purchase of my BDS. I think my Smokin' Pro is now my dedicated griller. I do love those cast iron grates!!

Here are a few pics ---

Chicken rub on

Rib rub on

In the BDS

Chicken in the lower cooking grill position and ribs in the upper.

Temp holding steady four hours into this cook -- Man this is a great smoker!!

Finished and ready to eat

 

[craig chamberlain]

Great lookin grub and Q-view jazzspot.

 

[jazzspot]

Thanks much Craig!!

 

[bbq addict]

Oh, that looks good! It's too early to be drooling like this...

 

[sumosmoke]

Great looking stuff, glad it all turned out ok. Really like your rig, did you make that yourself?

 

[blacklab]

Well it's a offical a virgin no more

Great looking food

 

[mofo]

Those are some really nice looking ribs! Great job! And nice looking rig too.

 

[jazzspot]

No sumosmoke, I bought my BDS. I was going to make my own UDS, but decided to buy one of the Big Drum Smoker models. I have no regrets about spending the cash for it and not making a UDS. The BDS's design is a proven winner as a smoker and griller that works extremely well. I still may make a UDS though. The wife will have to approve that plan. She feels I have enough smoking/grilling hardware at the present time. So maybe by next year she will soften up a bit about my adding a UDS to my bbq'n line-up.

 

[jtribout]

Hey Black....... Leave my sister out of this.

 

[ronp]

Great looking food. Ribs look yummy.

 

[cinnamonkc]

Mmmmm...I'm ready for lunch!

 

[jbchoice1]

makes me hungry for sure. proper break in.

 

[jazzspot]

Thanks for the

Much appreciated.

This weekend I have a taste for beef. So Saturday, I'll do up some beef ribs and a couple of chuck roasts. I'll also throw on a couple of fatties and sausages.
Seal up whatever is left from this weekend with my Foodsaver and I'll have something to nibble on next week. Hope to have some Q-view to share with you all.