The new addition to the family

[garyk1398]

Brought her home this afternoon and could wait to give it a go. My rich uncle bought an Amerique and gave me his "old" (1997) Cookshack SM055:lol:

BB's are smoking as i type, pron to follow.
Here it is...

 

[71-South]

SWEET !!! Does he have any brothers?

 

[EatonHoggBBQ]

May God bless rich uncles. That's like a $1000.00 unit or what? :shock: We had one at the Holiday Inn where I cooked. It worked great.

 

[garyk1398]

May God bless rich uncles. That's like a $1000.00 unit or what? :shock:

Trucky1008, advised that since it isn't all stainless steel, probably closer to the $700 range. I'm not really sure only thing I know is that I'm really happy. Cracked open a Shiner Hefeweizen to celebrate:biggrin:

 

[Trucky1008]

Nice score Gary, you're gonna be real happy with the Que that puppy produces! Maybe you should bring some of those ribs to work on Monday so I can make sure that CS is cooking okay! :biggrin:

 

[HeSmellsLikeSmoke]

I suppose I could search it out and find out how it works, but I feel lazy today. Is it electric?

 

[garyk1398]

I suppose I could search it out and find out how it works, but I feel lazy today. Is it electric?

Yep:roll:

 

[HeSmellsLikeSmoke]

Cookshack has a great reputation. That is an excellent score.

 

[bbqbull]

Your going to love that thing.
Congrats on your gift.

 

[fivelombardis]

i have to get a real pit soon. never had one that I wanted. always what i could get from family for free.

 

[jestridge]

Free stuff is good.

 

[bigabyte]

Can't beat the price, thats for sure!

 

[cheez59]

Dang nice gift you got right there now. I'd love to have one myself.

 

[smokinit]

Free is always good my wallet is 6g's lighter on new equipment already.

 

[jack040806]

You can never complain about free, especially when aforemention "free" refrences a nice smoker.

 

[DC-Q]

I just came across one of those the other day, Looks like it was maybe not used quite so much. What do you think it is worth?

 

[pat]

Congrats on the addition Gary!! You will love that smoker. Howd the BB's turn out??

 

[Norcoredneck]

Congrats on the aquisition.

 

[garyk1398]

Congrats on the addition Gary!! You will love that smoker. Howd the BB's turn out??

I didn't post pron because I was a little disappointed wit h the lack of a smoke ring. Trucky says it won't happen with a CS and I kinda shocked.
Also, I smoked them for 3hrs plus another 1 hr in foil (juiced with AJ and vinny). Not a tender as I like them to be. :|Flavor was ok, darker bark than what I expected, so I guess I'll have to ask some CS owners for some insight.

 

[Trucky1008]

Gary,
I never felt the need to foil when using my CS. It's a very moist environment, in fact there's been times where I've opened the door to relase moisture. I would suggest taking them 4 hours next time and adjust from there. Most of my rib cooks with the CS have taken 4-5 hours. Since the cooker uses an electric element for the heat source you won't get a smoke ring. You could always throw a briquet in the firebox if you needed to see a smoke ring.