First cook & pr0n from the SS-Two

[R2Egg2Q]

On Saturday I drove to Lemoore with a buddy towing an empty trailer for a visit with brother boggster and this. The trailer didn't come back empty:

Sunday morning I got the new-to-me SS-Two prepped for cooking:

Put some lit Royal Oak lump down the chute & topped with unlit lump (looking under the drip pan/deflector at where the heat & smoke comes into the cooking chamber):

On the top 2 cooking racks, I put in a couple of country style ribs, rib tips, beef ribs, and 15 lbs of pork butt (and a couple of Stoker pit probes):

The country style ribs (rubbed with Simply Marvelous Sweet & Spicy) didn't take long:

The rib tips (rubbed with SM Spicy Apple) and beef ribs (Rub Co Original & Santa Maria combo) came off next:

And a few hours later, a butt rubbed with SM Cherry & Plowboys Yardbird came off and was wrapped in foil for a rest:

It ended up being pulled:

The other butt was rubbed with SM Cherry, SM Sweet & Spicy, and SM Season All and foiled around 165 and pulled off around 185. This one ended up with some slices, chunks, and some chopped:

It was a pretty long day but I'm happy with the end result and I learned some things about cooking in the SS-Two on my first cook on a gravity fed smoker.

Now I just need some more reasons to cook a bunch so I can justify firing up this big (to me) cooker!

Thanks for looking and a big thanks to boggster for selling me the SS-Two!

 

[Corky]

Nifty cooking! That looks great!

 

[Randbo]

Congratulations on the new smoker. I hope it brings you much pleasure. Looks like a great smoker!

 

[Phubar]

Cool toy...congratsz!
Spread looks awesome...must had a party or something?

 

[Big George's BBQ]

Nice Pit Great looking Food

 

[R2Egg2Q]

Cool toy...congratsz!
Spread looks awesome...must had a party or something?

Thanks Phu!

"Or something" I guess! I gave a bunch of food to my buddy who helped me pick up & off load the smoker (oh and a beef rib to MartyLeach who also helped with the offload). I'm also taking some leftovers to work today for some hungry co-workers.

I was just trying to fill it up with various meats and check temps in various places to better learn the temp variations.

 

[Ron_L]

Congrats on the new toy!

The food looks great!

 

[boggster]

Nice looking smoker! Looks like you've found an excellent home for the SS-2. I know you'll enjoy using it!

 

[R2Egg2Q]

Nice looking smoker! Looks like you've found an excellent home for the SS-2. I know you'll enjoy using it!

I'll definitely enjoy using it! If I forget to put a can under the drip spout again my dog will be enjoying it as well. :doh:

Thanks for taking that old kettle off of my hands. The reclaimed patio space was really needed. I hope you can find someone on base that can put it to good use.

 

[landarc]

Don't you have enough toys already? I mean, really!

Nice and congrats John, that is a beauty. And nice cooking as well.

 

[R2Egg2Q]

Don't you have enough toys already? I mean, really!

Nice and congrats John, that is a beauty. And nice cooking as well.

Yeah Bob, I have enough toys. Family & friends are threatening with a Q intervention! I've actually trying reduce the count a bit this year & I'm actually down 1 cooker.

 

[cowgirl]

Wow, Great looking new toy John! Food looks excellent too.:thumb:
You can never have too many smokers.

 

[boggster]

I'll definitely enjoy using it! If I forget to put a can under the drip spout again my dog will be enjoying it as well. :doh:

Thanks for taking that old kettle off of my hands. The reclaimed patio space was really needed. I hope you can find someone on base that can put it to good use.

Will have no problem finding a home for the old Weber! I know there will be a lot of people here that would love to have it. Thanks again!

 

[Wampus]

Congrats on both the cooker and the cook!
Looks fan-farkin-tastic!!!:thumb::clap2:

 

[bluetang]

Congrats! Looks like ya put 'er through the steps quite nicely:clap2:.

 

[martyleach]

That is one fine looking beast! That beef rib you gave me was great. Glad I can be around for handout! Have fun with that thing.

 

[LoneStarMojo]

Nice meat story....I especially liked the pictures...reading is hard.