My Journey to the First Cook on the Stumps Stretch. * HEAVY PRON*

[MattG]

Well it all started with a 10 hr trip to Alabama and back to Madison Ga with my buddy Tim. I purchased the pit from Deep South. Stopped by Dreamland to grab some ribs. (it helped) Got to Jerry's house and he was so happy to load the 2 ton smoker in the back of my truck. Jerry sent me many many pictures of the smoker and I also looked at the Stumps website and watched videos of the smoker. But seeing how big it is in person really caught me off guard. It literally filled up the back of my F-150. We finally got home around 9pm. As soon as we got home I lit a chimney of Stubbs then we unloaded the smoker. It only took about 1 hour to get up to 275. I let it go up to 325 then I loaded 10 butts on two racks. Once again I was surprised with how much room that I had. I put 67 lbs of Butts on 1 1/2 racks. It only took about 30 more minutes for the smoker to get back to 275 after I loaded it. I then hooked up the IQ 110. (Probe was placed in the middle of a empty bottom rack) It work ok at first but after 2 hrs the smoker was at 350. I figured that I did something wrong so I replaced the probe in a different location after about 2 hrs it shot up again to 350. So I took it off and set the Ball valve and I've had no problems since. Started the Stumps at 9pm and finished at 4pm. I used 20 lbs of Stubbs and 6 fist size chunks of Peach wood. (18 hrs on 20 lbs of fuel) Food turned out great. I've learned a few thing s in the last 24 hrs. Jerry (Deep South) is a stand up guy, the Stump Stretch is awesome, the Slam Latch is a must have (definitely a game changer) but the IQ110 is a piece of crap. Smoke on boys. Tell me what you think!!!

DreamLand

Loaded and coming home

Butts on

Foiling the Butts

Butts Finished

Ribs Going ON!!!

Ribs Done

Its been a great 38 hrs. Now need sleep. :thumb:

 

[Boshizzle]

Wow, awesome smoker and pron, congrats!

 

[MattG]

Thanks Boshizzle my nizzle.

 

[BigBobBQ]

great looking smoker, and the butts and ribs look pretty good as well.

 

[gooose53]

I'm sure your going to enjoy that Stumps!! And the butts look good too!

 

[bam]

Niiiicce cooker and grub looks great.:clap::clap2:

 

[Deep South]

I told you the IQ100 was schizophrenic! Good job man, glad to have met you guys. I forgive you for not bringing me Dreamland ribs.

 

[cowgirl]

Great looking smoker MattG! The butts-n-ribs look mighty fine too! :grin:

 

[jgbmgb]

Awesome!! Gotta love those Stump's!!

 

[Saiko]

Heck of a way to break her in! Looking good!

 

[Cabin Fever]

but the IQ110 is a piece of crap.

Buddy, you ain't kidding!

Congrats on the Stumps BTW. That's one of the better "break-in" smokes that I've seen in a while. :clap:

 

[Gasket]

The grub looks great, and that is one heck of a cooker! I'm definitely going with a Stumps as soon as the pocketbook allows.

 

[Johnny_Crunch]

Nice pr0n!

 

[dealm9]

but the IQ110 is a piece of crap.

I'll take it off your hands for ya:wink: The food sure looks great though and that is one purty smoker

 

[BRBBQ]

That is all looking great.