New to Smoking

[El Duderino]

Picked up my first smoker from Home Depot last night. Went with a Traeger 22 because pellets seemed simpler for a newb like myself. Currently have two racks of baby back ribs smoking with some Lumberjack pellets. Looking forward to learning from you guys and sharing the experience. Greetings from Wisconsin.

 

[Brokenhandle]

Welcome from Iowa! Good place to learn and share.

Ryan

 

[SmokyMose]

Picked up my first smoker from Home Depot last night. Went with a Traeger 22 because pellets seemed simpler for a newb like myself. Currently have two racks of baby back ribs smoking with some Lumberjack pellets. Looking forward to learning from you guys and sharing the experience. Greetings from Wisconsin.

Welcome from Indiana.
Looks like you're wasting no time !

 

[Blues1]

Welcome from SC!

 

[jcam222]

Welcome from Ohio!! Great place you found here with tons of helpful people. We also love pics of that finished Q so feel free to post it up.

 

[Winterrider]

Congrats on the new rig ! Pictures or it never really happened.
good choice on pellets.

 

[BaxtersBBQ]

Welcome! There’s an awesome community of helpful people here. Glad to have you!

 

[kruizer]

Welcome to SMF from Minnesota.

 

[El Duderino]

Thanks guys! These tasted pretty damn good. Used the Famous Dave’s rib rub before smoking. Set the grill to the “smoke” setting for 90 minutes before bringing the temp up to 250 for four hours. Spritzed with a mixture of cranberry juice and bourbon every hour. Glazed it with hickory bbq sauce and bourbon after the 3rd hour at 250. Did not foil because I like to bite into my ribs as opposed to slurping them (not that there’s anything wrong with that)

Improvements:

1. The the smoke flavor was intense. Almost too much. Using the smoke setting before cooking is unnecessary.

2. The smaller end of each rack was a bit juicer than the thick end. If you guys have tips on getting the ribs to come out more evenly-done, I’m all ears.

 

[Inkbirdbbq]

Welcome

 

[PanzerOfDoom]

Greeting from South East Georgia.