Ribs, Beans and Potato Salad - what a combo!

[pianov]

Taking a break from work today to smoke three slabs of ribs. Ribs upstairs, beans downstairs and potato salad in the fridge. It's about 1 PM here in Florida right now, should be tasting the delight by 5 PM. Yum!

 

[chilerelleno]

Taking a break from work is good for one's sanity.
The food is looking good, should be a good feed.

Really like your smoker, would love to see more detailed pics of it.
Did you build it?

 

[chopsaw]

Thats gonna be good . Me too , love that set up .

 

[pianov]

Hi Chilerelleno - Yes, I did build my smoker. I built the masonry part of it about 25 years ago. Where the wood is now, at that time I just made a couple boards to enclose the cook-box. Of course, those worked (kinda) and remained for 20 years. Then a few years ago I upgraded the cook-box with the wooden structures you see in the pictures. I also upgraded the fire-box door. Happy to share a few pictures if you are interested.

 

[chilerelleno]

Thanks, very much like to see some pics.
Nice looking smoker.

 

[pianov]

No time now, will get back this evening......

 

[SmokinAl]

Wow, the heck with the Q!
That is one fantastic looking smoker!
Did you build it?
That smoker definitely belongs on the carousel!
Congrats!!
Al

 

[pianov]

Thanks. Yes I built it. I will post more pics this evening....

 

[gmc2003]

Tasty looking meal you got there, and a beauty of a pit.

Point for sure.

chris

 

[Co4ch D4ve]

Like the Q... LOVE the smoker. More pics please! Congrats on the Carousel ride!

 

[kit s]

That is a good food combo....another of my kind of meal....though tell you the truth there has been a lot of post this site that were my kind of meal...lol..guess you can tell I do like food...but it is not only the main dish, but the combos of sides that really put the pow in some of the post...this is one.
kit

 

[browneyesvictim]

YES! I want to see more, for sure.

 

[ab canuck]

Great looking dinner and That Is a Beautiful smoker!!! Great job on both. Like..

 

[The Butt Man]

Bring on the pics!!!

 

[Rings Я Us]

That's a wonderful set up!

Nice looking chow!

 

[kit s]

The smoker ....oh man ....looks fantastic...can you show a few pictures of inside smoke chamber and fire box. What did you do for flue from fire box to smoker?

 

[pianov]

Okay, here come the pics! Pics show construction details. I'm happy to answer any specific questions. That last two show my little wood pre-burn tank - for firing up wood to put into the firebox in the middle of a cook - so that you don't get that thick white nasty smoke - works quite well!

 

[pianov]

The smoker ....oh man ....looks fantastic...can you show a few pictures of inside smoke chamber and fire box. What did you do for flue from fire box to smoker?

You can see it in the picture with the firebox door open. It's just a fire-brick lined opening in the masonry maybe about 6"x6" and probably eight or ten inches long. It open low in the cook chamber under a bunch of 1/4" thick tuning plates for distributing the heat/smoke evenly in the cooking chamber. Seems to work well.

 

[The Butt Man]

Nice!
I must confess that I’m a tad bit jealous.

 

[KrisUpInSmoke]

You've got lots of skill and talent, from building the smoker to smoking the food! Really cool!