I smoked out 2 St Louis cuts of rubs. I prepped them with a infamous rub and plastic wrapped for 6 hours in the fridge, before unwrapping and placing in the Brinkman horizontal.
Used a combo of charcoal and apple sticks. Kept temp right around 250°, except for a brief flare up to 300° when adding another apple stick. At 5 hour mark, I let the fuel burn out so temps dropped for the next 1-1/2 hour.
Not happy. Dry meat and burned bark.
This is my first time rubbing before hitting the smoker.
Never foiled anything on the smoker.
I'm thinking to do a "boil in the bag" foil wrap with apple juice and a touch of vinegar to recover from this disaster. This is starting from cooked and cooled ribs.
Any thoughts from the "Pros from Dover"?
edit to add missing information and better explanation.
Used a combo of charcoal and apple sticks. Kept temp right around 250°, except for a brief flare up to 300° when adding another apple stick. At 5 hour mark, I let the fuel burn out so temps dropped for the next 1-1/2 hour.
Not happy. Dry meat and burned bark.
This is my first time rubbing before hitting the smoker.
Never foiled anything on the smoker.
I'm thinking to do a "boil in the bag" foil wrap with apple juice and a touch of vinegar to recover from this disaster. This is starting from cooked and cooled ribs.
Any thoughts from the "Pros from Dover"?
edit to add missing information and better explanation.
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