My first smoke...

[nascarchuck]

OK... for my first smoke I bought 2 slabs of pork spare ribs and a butt. I forgot to look how large the butt was.

I like Stubbs sauces so I bought some Stubbs "BBQ Spice Rub" and rubbed it in good on the ribs and butt.

Put the meat on at 12:30. According to the thermometer in the lid of the grill, I am holding 225* pretty well.

It is now 2:25 and the temp is still 225* and the butt is 103*.

Here is a pic when I put the meat on.



I will update now and again...

[DATsBBQ]

Congrats on the side box. You still got room for a brisket (on the rack above)

[Delaware Smoker]

Hey chuck,I've noticed on my CG,that the hood temp is about 25 degrees higher than the grate temp.You might want to check yours.
Bill

[OSD]

Looking good, Chuck. Do you have any of those small oven thermos that you set on a rack?? You might want to ck what the temp is on the rack next to the meat. The thermo in the lid is up high, so the temp at the rack where you are cooking may be a whole lot less. The one I had ran 50-75* cooler at the rack than what the thermo ran

[Puff]

Alright! You got the box!
Lookin' good Chuck!

Mods to follow dude!

[Scotty Da Q]

Looks good so far!

Yeah ya gotta do the mods.

[nascarchuck]

Well, was gonna update as I went, but looks like TBBF may have been having server problems or something.

I don't really remember details now, but the temps stayed right at 225* for almost 4 hours according to the CG thermometer.

The ribs started looking dry towards the end, so I got some Stubbs sauce and mopped them. Well, I noticed after I mopped them that I grabbed my "inferno" wing sauce instead of the BBQ sauce!

The ribs ended up being spicy, but they were pretty good.

I never could get the butt past about a mid 190ish, so I finally pulled it. I put my probe in boiling water and noticed that it is about 7* off, so actually the butt was probably about 205* or so.

Smoked the beans for about an hour and they were pretty good. Mac salad was pretty good too.

[DATsBBQ]

Results look pretty good there Chuck. Nothing wrong with spicy ribs May have stumbled upon a secret ingredient there

Can you adjust the calibration of your thermometer?

[Larry Wolfe]

Looks fantastic to me Chuck!!

[nascarchuck]

Thanks Larry... Oh, hope to order a new thermometer in the next day or two along with some seasoning, so be watching...

Dave, I don't think that the thermometer is calibratable. Din't see any place to do it anyway. Whadda want for $13?

The spicy ribs were ok, but son couldn't eat them. I just bought him some chopped beef from the grocery store...

[SteerCrazy]

Looks like a great cook Chuck.......I'd eat those ribs!
I like to get my butts to 190* then I pull 'em and foil 'em for at least 2 hours. they stay hot and are easy to pull

[OSD]

Congrats on a great first smoke

[Puff]

Great job NC!
Now the addiction begins!

[Rich777]

Looks good Chuck

[DJ]

If you guys want to know your pit temps, check this out. Receiver will monitor 3 different probes from 100 ft away.....works well...note, the thermometers on my pit are at least 50 degrees off from side to center...dj
http://www.nu-temp.com