tenpenny_05
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Just wanted to share my weekend BBQ story:
With a cross country move, I had to let go of my WSM. Even though I didn't use it regularly, tears were shed when I saw her get loaded up and taken away. Since moving to Kansas City I have picked up a Weber Kettle off of craigslist, knowing I could set it up to smoke in a pinch.
Now that I live in KC, there are constant reminders of how much I miss smoking meat on a lazy Sunday. So with a free weekend and two full racks of St Louis style ribs from costco. I set off to turn some pork into candy.
My first struggle was finding that my bag of kingsford blue somehow got wet and was all crumbly, I didn't want to risk ruining my ribs so I trotted down to walmart and picked up a 15# bag of Stubbs Charcoal for less than 8 bucks and decided to give it a whirl.
Holy cow was I impressed! With one chimney full of Stubbs, I was able to hold 275 degrees on my kettle for over 6 hours with very little intervention. I had the ribs on for 3 hours, then had the lid open for another 10-15 minutes to baste some sauce on before serving, then had the lid back on for another three hours before the temperature started creeping down again.
These were some of the best ribs I have ever pulled off, even better than my WSM. 275 seemed to be the sweet spot, almost all the fat was rendered off, had a ncie bark, still had a little pull, and the ends were sweet chewy BBQ pork candy.
I was curious how this forum feels about stubbs charcoal. It seemed to be the golden ticket for me.
Cheers,
Coby
With a cross country move, I had to let go of my WSM. Even though I didn't use it regularly, tears were shed when I saw her get loaded up and taken away. Since moving to Kansas City I have picked up a Weber Kettle off of craigslist, knowing I could set it up to smoke in a pinch.
Now that I live in KC, there are constant reminders of how much I miss smoking meat on a lazy Sunday. So with a free weekend and two full racks of St Louis style ribs from costco. I set off to turn some pork into candy.
My first struggle was finding that my bag of kingsford blue somehow got wet and was all crumbly, I didn't want to risk ruining my ribs so I trotted down to walmart and picked up a 15# bag of Stubbs Charcoal for less than 8 bucks and decided to give it a whirl.
Holy cow was I impressed! With one chimney full of Stubbs, I was able to hold 275 degrees on my kettle for over 6 hours with very little intervention. I had the ribs on for 3 hours, then had the lid open for another 10-15 minutes to baste some sauce on before serving, then had the lid back on for another three hours before the temperature started creeping down again.
These were some of the best ribs I have ever pulled off, even better than my WSM. 275 seemed to be the sweet spot, almost all the fat was rendered off, had a ncie bark, still had a little pull, and the ends were sweet chewy BBQ pork candy.
I was curious how this forum feels about stubbs charcoal. It seemed to be the golden ticket for me.
Cheers,
Coby
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