Awesome week so far!!

[sudsandswine]

Well, good thing I didn't include HDD in your care package :razz: :thumb:

 

[Pig_Farmer]

Well, good thing I didn't include HDD in your care package :razz: :thumb:

You can never have enough.:becky:

 

[Titch]

Great post mate, congrats on the comp

 

[mcyork28]

How are the ribs looking?

 

[Pig_Farmer]

Adult beverages got in the way of posting last night. So here you go.
Review #1
The learning curve will be huge. I over cooked the ribs (for me). Fall off the bone. Everyone else loved them. But we are usually our own worst critics, right. Pork belly burnt ends came out great. Smoked beans were great. Smoked corn on the cob, great. I didn't see much of a smoke ring on the ribs at all. I'm used to seeing a nice smoke ring with my stick burner. Over all, ease of use is a 9. Smoke ring is a 3 with ribs. I'm going to the lake tomorrow, but I'm planning to throw a brisket on there on Sunday. I will give another review then.

For some reason I'm not able to download pics. Errors out during the upload. Say I'm missing a security token.

 

[sudsandswine]

When that happens to me, it's when the pics I'm uploading are too large at one time. I have to break them up into 2 to 3 pic uploads. I assume that's what you're referring to?

 

[mcyork28]

How did the ribs taste compared to what comes off your stick burner?


Do you think they cooked faster then what you are used to?

 

[Pig_Farmer]

How did the ribs taste compared to what comes off your stick burner?


Do you think they cooked faster then what you are used to?

Not as smokey as the stick burner, but good enough amount to taste it. And yes, they cooked way faster. I'm thinking it's because there really isn't any tenp swings.

 

[mcyork28]

It could also be because of the convection system.

Not as smokey as the stick burner, but good enough amount to taste it. And yes, they cooked way faster. I'm thinking it's because there really isn't any tenp swings.

 

[Pig_Farmer]

It could also be because of the convection system.

True.

 

[Pig_Farmer]

Had to break up the pics.

 

[Pig_Farmer]

The rest of em

 

[Pig_Farmer]

So as the week comes to an end, I had to finish strong. Saturday we went to the lake and on the way home we stopped at 17th Street BBQ in Murphysboro, Illinois. Cool place and the bbq was good. A lot of bbq history there. Then the last cook on the loaner CTO yesterday. Brisket rubbed with black pepper and Chupacabra Brisket Magic. Wings rubbed with HDD and mesquite chipotle. Also threw on some green chile sausage, jalapeno beef sausage, and some plain beef sausage.

 

[Pig_Farmer]

Review #2
The CTO cooks like a dream. But I didn't get the smoke ring that I like. In taking with the guys from Ole Hickory Pits, I was cooking too hot for a good ring. They were telling me that 225 will give a nice deep ring. I was doing the brisket H&F at 275. I think by lowering the temp would also give a more smokey flavor. But I was in a hurry yesterday to eat.:biggrin1: the wings at 275 was perfect. Skin was crispy and flavor was awesome. I would not consider this pit a hot & fast type of pit. If you like low and slow and set and forget, this pit is for you. I am looking at this pit for future endeavors as well. Very high food truck potential. High capacity with a small footprint.

A question I have for the comp folks out there is, do you see the CTO alot on the circuit?

I hope the review helps.

 

[mcyork28]

Thanks for the review.

Review #2
The CTO cooks like a dream. But I didn't get the smoke ring that I like. In taking with the guys from Ole Hickory Pits, I was cooking too hot for a good ring. They were telling me that 225 will give a nice deep ring. I was doing the brisket H&F at 275. I think by lowering the temp would also give a more smokey flavor. But I was in a hurry yesterday to eat.:biggrin1: the wings at 275 was perfect. Skin was crispy and flavor was awesome. I would not consider this pit a hot & fast type of pit. If you like low and slow and set and forget, this pit is for you. I am looking at this pit for future endeavors as well. Very high food truck potential. High capacity with a small footprint.

A question I have for the comp folks out there is, do you see the CTO alot on the circuit?

I hope the review helps.

 

[PlattDaddyBBQ]

Great thread!!!!!!