New American BBQ Systems Cube

[weedeater]

Nice looking ribs! Like!

Weedeater

 

[SpeedyRob]

Nice looking ribs! Like!

Weedeater

Thanks
Pork butt almost done. Pics soon.

 

[SpeedyRob]

Here's the butt.

 

[gmc2003]

Looks like a success.

Point for sure.
Chris

 

[weev]

Food all looks like it turned out awesome

 

[SpeedyRob]

I'm impressed with the build quality of this smoker. Held heat well, I was able to run consistent temps around 240. Loaded up the charcoal basket with 15 lbs of Royal Oak with a divider in the middle, forming a U shape of charcoal, lit one end with about 20 briquettes from a starter chimney. This burned for about 4 hours before I added more charcoal to reform the U and let it burn back. That was all the charcoal I needed for the 9 hours I smoked the butt. The ribs were all done in 5 1/2 hours, beans and potatoes done around 3 1/2 hours.

One nice thing is the size of this unit. I had the 3 racks of ribs and the butt on the top shelf and the half pan of beans and the smaller pan of potatoes on the second rack.
I also had a full pan with a gallon of water on the lowest shelf. The temp probe was accurate when compared against my calibrated remote probe.

Only complaint is I could not really get the temps much lower, I had all the vents closed and still ran at 240. The top has a gasket but the front door and the firebox door do not, the are pulled in pretty tight by the screw knobs when closed. I don't see any other places for air leaks, I think I will look for some kind if furnace type gasket for these two doors.

All in all, very happy with the performance and the product it produced.

 

[noboundaries]

Try started with 10 hot RO briquettes instead of 20. That beauty should have no problem running lower.

 

[twins que]

great looking first run! Just curious I love the look of this smoker and the uniqueness... just saw one listed locally with smaller coaster wheels for $1200... can’t find a local dealer, not prying for too much, but compared to your model is this steep, a steal or just about right?

 

[SpeedyRob]

great looking first run! Just curious I love the look of this smoker and the uniqueness... just saw one listed locally with smaller coaster wheels for $1200... can’t find a local dealer, not prying for too much, but compared to your model is this steep, a steal or just about right?

I paid $1495 brand new, this is retail price listed on American BBQ Systems website also.

 

[SpeedyRob]

Smoking a couple of chucks today, and beans of course...

 

[SpeedyRob]

And the finished product