First cook & pr0n from the SS-Two

R2Egg2Q · 02-13-2012, 09:18 AM

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 · 02-13-2012, 09:24 AM

Nifty cooking! That looks great!

Randbo · 02-13-2012, 09:36 AM

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

Phubar · 02-13-2012, 09:52 AM

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

Big George's BBQ · 02-13-2012, 09:53 AM

Nice Pit Great looking Food

R2Egg2Q · 02-13-2012, 10:19 AM

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Originally Posted by Phubar

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 · 02-13-2012, 10:21 AM

Congrats on the new toy!

The food looks great!

boggster · 02-13-2012, 10:52 AM

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

R2Egg2Q · 02-13-2012, 11:51 AM

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Originally Posted by boggster

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.

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 · 02-13-2012, 11:55 AM

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

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

R2Egg2Q · 02-13-2012, 02:00 PM

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Originally Posted by landarc

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 · 02-13-2012, 02:15 PM

Wow, Great looking new toy John! Food looks excellent too.

You can never have too many smokers. :)

boggster · 02-13-2012, 02:28 PM

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Originally Posted by R2Egg2Q

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.

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 · 02-13-2012, 03:41 PM

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

bluetang · 02-13-2012, 03:59 PM

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

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02-13-2012, 09:18 AM	#1
R2Egg2Q is One Chatty Farker Join Date: 08-15-10 Location: Pleasanton, CA Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	First cook & pr0n from the SS-Two 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! __________________ -John XL BGE, Large BGE, Small BGE, Mini BGE, Superior Smokers SS-Two, Hasty Bake Gourmet, Imperial Kamado, UDS (Darth Maul), Thai Charcoal cooker, Webers: 18.5" WSM, WGA, Summit S-620 NG; Stoker, Stealthy Black Thermapen, custom BGE & Weber handles by brethren martyleach IMBAS Certified MOINK Ball Maker CLICK HERE to join us in a BBQ Brethren Throwdown! Last edited by R2Egg2Q; 02-13-2012 at 09:36 AM.. Reason: added rubs used on ribs & rib tips

02-13-2012, 09:24 AM	#2
Corky is one Smokin' Farker Join Date: 06-21-11 Location: Liberty Lake, WA Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	Nifty cooking! That looks great! __________________ 18.5 WSM Smokey Joe Platinum Weber Genesis Silver B Blue Weber Performer Blue Thermapen (Fastest in the West!)

02-13-2012, 09:36 AM	#3
Randbo is one Smokin' Farker Join Date: 06-06-11 Location: Brookings Oregon Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	Congratulations on the new smoker. I hope it brings you much pleasure. Looks like a great smoker! __________________ 3 UDS, One charcoal eating fire breathing home bulit trailer pit,

02-13-2012, 09:52 AM	#4
Phubar somebody shut me the fark up. Join Date: 04-24-09 Location: Utrecht,The NetherPharkinglands Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	Cool toy...congratsz! Spread looks awesome...must had a party or something? __________________ -TG -WGA (3) -UDS (S,M,L) All fueled by Ecobrasa Coco Briquettes Lowland Smokers Dutch BBQ Champion 2011 - 2012

02-13-2012, 10:21 AM	#7
Ron_L Moderator Join Date: 12-09-04 Location: Chicago 'Burbs Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	Congrats on the new toy! The food looks great! __________________ "Ron Rico, Boss. You can call me Captain Ron..." Save The Fatty! FEC-100/BWS Party/Memphis Pro SS/PBC/LBGE X 2/SBGE/Mini BGE/Nomad Pellet-matic/Good-One Model 42/WSM X 2/Cookshack Smokette 008/Weber Performer/Weber Gasser/Weber Kettle X 2/Weber Smokey Joe/WGA/UDS/Coffee Roasting Gasser and a pickle Remembering a friend

02-13-2012, 09:53 AM	#5
Big George's BBQ somebody shut me the fark up. Join Date: 02-07-08 Location: Phoenixville, PA Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	Nice Pit Great looking Food

02-13-2012, 10:52 AM	#8
boggster Is lookin for wood to cook with. Join Date: 12-04-11 Location: Lemoore, CA Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	Nice looking smoker! Looks like you've found an excellent home for the SS-2. I know you'll enjoy using it! __________________ UltraQue, 18.5 WSM, Large BGE, Red Thermapen

02-13-2012, 11:55 AM	#10
landarc somebody shut me the fark up. Join Date: 06-26-09 Location: San Leandro, CA Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	Don't you have enough toys already? I mean, really! Nice and congrats John, that is a beauty. And nice cooking as well. __________________ "perhaps...but then again...maybe not..." careful there son, those ribs are boiling hot... \_\|_/ (='.'=) Here there be bunnies... (")_(")ooo Pacific Rim BBQ Bob's Brew and Que

02-13-2012, 02:15 PM	#12
cowgirl somebody shut me the fark up. Join Date: 07-18-07 Location: Oklahoma Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	Wow, Great looking new toy John! Food looks excellent too. You can never have too many smokers. :) __________________ jeanie sittin' by the campfire with my Brethren friends. Lifetime member of the Society for the Preservation of Authentic Royal Magical Rare Kaskaskian Peppers (Thanks Ash :)) http://cowgirlscountry.blogspot.com/

02-13-2012, 03:41 PM	#14
Wampus somebody shut me the fark up. Join Date: 06-05-09 Location: Mooresville, IN Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	Congrats on both the cooker and the cook! Looks fan-farkin-tastic!!! __________________ Big JT's Smokin' BBQ Competition Team “If we could change ourselves, the tendencies in the world would also change. As a man changes his own nature, so does the attitude of the world change towards him. We need not wait to see what others do.” - Mahatma Gandhi

02-13-2012, 03:59 PM	#15
bluetang Quintessential Chatty Farker Join Date: 08-06-10 Location: Stuart, Fl Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	Congrats! Looks like ya put 'er through the steps quite nicely. __________________ Homegrown 120 Gallon Reverse Flow, Homey, the Homegrown Kettle, 3 UDS's, 3 Stack Pro Q Excel 20, 18.5" Elderly(but not retired) WSM, 150lb Capacity Homegrown Electric and a CA gasserrrr Bicycle Fast Polder Thermo, Indisputably Fastest Purple Thermapen, SAI Satay Grill