I’ve been gifted a new Pit Boss 700fb as my first venture into pellet smokers. I frequented this forum a few times in helping me in my first couple of smokes. I come here looking for a little help or advise.
My first smoke was a thanksgiving turkey breast and turned out quite well according to my family. The second smoke was last nights chicken wings that were quite tasty according to the family again. Today, I managed to complete my first rack of pork ribs, using the 3-2-1 method.
Overall I’m pretty pleased with my experience. However, I’m noticing the cooking times to be quite longer than I’m expecting. Tonight’s 3-2-1 was more like 3-2-2 and probably should have taken another hour to be fully ready. The internal temp was about 180 when I finally pulled them. I was shooting for ~195 but didn’t want to subject my family to waiting any longer. Granted, I’m new to pellet smokers and ribs all together, but I’m wondering if I’m doing something wrong. I’m trying to lean along this process.
I’m I wasn’t shooting for”fall-off-the-bone” ribs. But I also wanted to avoid rubbery/chewy ribs. I applied dry rub on top of a generous coat of mustard, smoked for 3 hours the smoker set to 225, tightly wrapped in foil with a generous amount of butter and brown sugar (both on top of and below the ribs) for 2 hours, then uncovered for another 2 hours. An hour before I finally pulled the ribs off (6 hours in) I checked the internal temp and noticed it was at 145. I decided to set temp of smoker to 250 for the final :30 and managed to get the internal temp up to about 180. I attempted the bend test before pulling and while they bent, they didn’t “crack” the bark as I was expecting. I assumed that might have been achieved had I given it more time, not something my four year old was excited about.
As I said, I have been pretty please with all but my times if I should be doing something to help with this, please let me know, my family and I would greatly appreciate it.
My first smoke was a thanksgiving turkey breast and turned out quite well according to my family. The second smoke was last nights chicken wings that were quite tasty according to the family again. Today, I managed to complete my first rack of pork ribs, using the 3-2-1 method.
Overall I’m pretty pleased with my experience. However, I’m noticing the cooking times to be quite longer than I’m expecting. Tonight’s 3-2-1 was more like 3-2-2 and probably should have taken another hour to be fully ready. The internal temp was about 180 when I finally pulled them. I was shooting for ~195 but didn’t want to subject my family to waiting any longer. Granted, I’m new to pellet smokers and ribs all together, but I’m wondering if I’m doing something wrong. I’m trying to lean along this process.
I’m I wasn’t shooting for”fall-off-the-bone” ribs. But I also wanted to avoid rubbery/chewy ribs. I applied dry rub on top of a generous coat of mustard, smoked for 3 hours the smoker set to 225, tightly wrapped in foil with a generous amount of butter and brown sugar (both on top of and below the ribs) for 2 hours, then uncovered for another 2 hours. An hour before I finally pulled the ribs off (6 hours in) I checked the internal temp and noticed it was at 145. I decided to set temp of smoker to 250 for the final :30 and managed to get the internal temp up to about 180. I attempted the bend test before pulling and while they bent, they didn’t “crack” the bark as I was expecting. I assumed that might have been achieved had I given it more time, not something my four year old was excited about.
As I said, I have been pretty please with all but my times if I should be doing something to help with this, please let me know, my family and I would greatly appreciate it.