Swanny River

[swannyriver]

I'm old.  During my teenage and 20's i lived in East-Central Illinois. Then i moved to Portland Oregon where i lived until 2006 and also got into cooking because of a gas cook-top at the age of 30. I then moved to Southern CA to home care my my father after my mother passed. My father passed in 2012. Then i had time to get into smoking and because i wanted to and there really are no "real" smoking BBQ eateries around here. I started with a Bradley but found it really did not meet my needs.  Then i bought a Traeger Lil-Tex.  I worked with its Low-Med-High controller for about a year and could not get it to work.  I searched the forums and found a direct digital replacement from Blazin-Grills.  Works really great now.  I do seem to over cook my Baby Backs.  Just can't seem to get them done but still have those teeth prints and a bit of pull.  I make all my own rub and sauces which i still have not figured out completely either. I mean they are good but not great.  I read the Pulled Pork Basics article and there are wonderful ideas there.  So that's it for the intro and a little bit about me.  Thank you and good smoke in your future.

 

[noboundaries]

SwannyRiver, welcome to SMF from NorCal.  Glad you are here, enjoying our addiction, and finding useful information. 

Like you, I've tried my own rubs and sauces.  Rubs I have to my tastes.  Sauces?  Still use commercial. 

Have fun with the Forum!

Ray 

 

[submariner]

Welcome to the Forum!!!

 

[SmokinAl]

Welcome to SMF!

I smoke my ribs to temp, that way you can pull them off right when they have that bite thru you are looking for.

Here is my method.

http://www.smokingmeatforums.com/t/240916/perfect-ribs-every-time-this-really-works

Hope this helps you.

Al

 

[swannyriver]

Thank you Al.  Pulled Pork this weekend and Ribs on the 4th.  and thanks for the link.  I will give it a good try.

Bill

 

[swannyriver]

Thanks for the welcome and especially for your service.  I come from 3 consecutive generations of Service.  my father was a Marine pilot in the South Pacific in WWII and the only survivor of his squad, i was in during the Vietnam period but did not go to Vietnam, and my son was in the Air Force and went to the Sand Box about 10 years ago.