Down goes 305Q ((knockout))

[305Q]

So...I have been a forum lurker for a very long time now. This one and countless other. Collecting data, doing my homework and research, collecting recipes etc...what should I get an offset stick burner? a vertical smoker? pellet perhaps? Kamado????? the options were endless.

So yesterday I decided it was buy time!!!!

I went to a local weber authorized dealer and purchased a WSM 22.5. I "cured" it with a foodless smoke for 8 hours.

Today I had my first cook on it. Ribs and drum-sticks.

Then came the knock out blow. The family HATES smoked food.

So I now am on the market to sell my once used WSM :sad:

I have a craiglist listing as well....so if interested message me.

[cowgirl]

Hope you don't give up yet!

[Freddy j]

The family HATES smoked food.


The food you cooked or food they've tried previous to the wsm purchase?

[Youngin']

So...I have been a forum lurker for a very long time now. This one and countless other. Collecting data, doing my homework and research, collecting recipes etc...what should I get an offset stick burner? a vertical smoker? pellet perhaps? Kamado????? the options were endless.

So yesterday I decided it was buy time!!!!

I went to a local weber authorized dealer and purchased a WSM 22.5. I "cured" it with a foodless smoke for 8 hours.

Today I had my first cook on it. Ribs and drum-sticks.

Then came the knock out blow. The family HATES smoked food.

So I now am on the market to sell my once used WSM :sad:

I have a craiglist listing as well....so if interested message me.

Damn that stinks but living in Miami I know what you're going through. BBQ here is nonexistent and very few people appreciate real Q. How much you want for the WSM?

[305Q]

Youngin - Private Message sent

[caseydog]

I think it's time for a new family.

CD

[chriscw81]

I think it's time for a new family.

CD

What's the market value for a new family that's likes BBQ in craigslist? :mrgreen:

Seriously, though. If it's the smoke flavor they don't like you can reduce the smoke flavor by a lot. What kind of wood did you use on you first cook?




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[superlazy]

You need to try again.
With the wsm you do not need much wood. It took me a couple of cooks to realize that for us with a full basket on my 18 i only need 2 or 3 chunks of fruit wood anymore and it's too much.
With my offset i used to use a variety of wood but with the wsm I now use just fruit wood

[landarc]

How do you know that what you fed them as good BBQ? Perhaps you did something wrong that makes them hate it. I know of very few people who got one right the first time.

[MStoney72]

Somebody with magical wording needs to explain thin blue smoke and how important it is. I hate to see this poor guy get rid of his brand new cooker because he over creasoted his first cook and made his food taste like a chimney fire

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[jgdusc]

Scored my second LBGE off of CL for 400 cause the fam didn't care for smoked food. I couldn't believe there were people who didn't like smoked foods either. I got an insane deal and he got nice weber gasser to please them.

Post it and make someone's day!


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[HeSmellsLikeSmoke]

I would try a cook with just lump - no added wood for smoke. Let it run an hour before putting the meat on.

[305Q]

I personally have enjoyed BBQ my whoe life. My grandfather is excellent on his stick burner. I have a pretty good pallate when it comes to food ;)

The smoke was "invisible", I used 2 1/4 aplle wood chunks with about a half ring of coal and used the minion style. I used meatheads "memphis dust" rub ***maybe thats what did it*** on the ribs and spritzed every hour. The legs were marinated in lemon, olive oil, salt and pepper.

pegged 225 and maintained for the duration of the cook. a little under 3 hours for the legs, close to 4 ((weeeeeee bit over)) for the baby backs.

My taste buds thought it tasted good. There is a place down here...well in Fort Lauderdale called Tom Jenkins and mine were as juicy, tender and tug off the bone as theirs. Flavor profile was different. Wife doesnt like their ribs either. Nor does she like Shorty's ((a bbq chain that is horendous)).

Even when my firend coal grills burgers she says they are smokey and seems to have brainwashed the kiddlets into tasting the same way she does.

I love her none the less.

[LittleHill Smoke]

Keep the WSM, buy a small gas grill. Smoke up meat for you and your friends and grill meat up for the rest of your family. Just my opinion.

[MStoney72]

I personally have enjoyed BBQ my whoe life. My grandfather is excellent on his stick burner. I have a pretty good pallate when it comes to food ;)

The smoke was "invisible", I used 2 1/4 aplle wood chunks with about a half ring of coal and used the minion style. I used meatheads "memphis dust" rub ***maybe thats what did it*** on the ribs and spritzed every hour. The legs were marinated in lemon, olive oil, salt and pepper.

pegged 225 and maintained for the duration of the cook. a little under 3 hours for the legs, close to 4 ((weeeeeee bit over)) for the baby backs.

My taste buds thought it tasted good. There is a place down here...well in Fort Lauderdale called Tom Jenkins and mine were as juicy, tender and tug off the bone as theirs. Flavor profile was different. Wife doesnt like their ribs either. Nor does she like Shorty's ((a bbq chain that is horendous)).

Even when my firend coal grills burgers she says they are smokey and seems to have brainwashed the kiddlets into tasting the same way she does.

I love her none the less.

I guess you know what your doing, I stand corrected:). My apologies!

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[chriscw81]

PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE DONT SELL IT!!! that WSM belongs at home with its papa!!

i'm gonna cry....

[VoodoChild]

Well If the family Hates smoked food .. Go ahead and sell the 22.5 WSM and Build a Mini WSM for you so you can still play with a smoker and eat smoked meat !!! :wink::blah::wacko::blah::mod::confused:

[slammmed]

This must be the one I saw on craigslist yesterday, gotta say though your price was over retail. $420 even for a new one is hard to justify, especially if it as a used one. Considering they are 399 on amazon.

Sorry to hear about the family not liking the food, but think off it this way, that's just more for you!

[Offthehook]

That is pretty unfortunate, my gf loves when even my clothes smell like smoke (I don't like my clothes smelling like smoke)

[Johnny_Crunch]

One cook and your already giving up? I do not approve of this message.

[Physics202]

I have a very similar story. I just bought my WSM 18.5. Have done 4 cooks on it of ribs/chicken/butt. My wife loved the ribs, thought the chicken was pretty good, but when she had the pulled pork, she decided that eating animal flesh was not her thing... She has now decided to go vegetarian. Oh well, I guess more meat for me. No way I'm giving up my WSM though. This has already become an addicting hobby for me.

[Youngin']

I personally have enjoyed BBQ my whoe life. My grandfather is excellent on his stick burner. I have a pretty good pallate when it comes to food ;)

The smoke was "invisible", I used 2 1/4 aplle wood chunks with about a half ring of coal and used the minion style. I used meatheads "memphis dust" rub ***maybe thats what did it*** on the ribs and spritzed every hour. The legs were marinated in lemon, olive oil, salt and pepper.

pegged 225 and maintained for the duration of the cook. a little under 3 hours for the legs, close to 4 ((weeeeeee bit over)) for the baby backs.

My taste buds thought it tasted good. There is a place down here...well in Fort Lauderdale called Tom Jenkins and mine were as juicy, tender and tug off the bone as theirs. Flavor profile was different. Wife doesnt like their ribs either. Nor does she like Shorty's ((a bbq chain that is horendous)).

Even when my firend coal grills burgers she says they are smokey and seems to have brainwashed the kiddlets into tasting the same way she does.

I love her none the less.

Maybe your wife isn't to fond of ribs in general? My wife hates it when I cook ribs every weekend for an entire month :icon_blush:

Try some different foods without the smoke. Who wouldn't like ABT's, MOINKS, or Pig Shots? Try a pork butt and make a Cuban sammich like I do to please my wife and I get to cook on the WSM.

Shortys does stink.

[Q-Dat]

Cook up a pork butt fo her. Wrap tightly in foil when it hits 160 degrees. Continue cooking until its pull apart tender and add back ALL of the liquid from the foil wfter the meat has been pulled. Feed her a sandwich made with that and I will be SHOCKED if she doesn't love it.

[305Q]

yes 420 was a typo. The add and listing has been corrected and updated. I am trying to sell it at 10% off what I paid for it.

[landarc]

I have a very similar story. I just bought my WSM 18.5. Have done 4 cooks on it of ribs/chicken/butt. My wife loved the ribs, thought the chicken was pretty good, but when she had the pulled pork, she decided that eating animal flesh was not her thing... She has now decided to go vegetarian. Oh well, I guess more meat for me. No way I'm giving up my WSM though. This has already become an addicting hobby for me.
Your BBQ drove your wife to abandon meat forever? You turned her to vegetarianism with one batch or pulled pork? Your mojo is mighty, but, poorly directed sir. :wacko:

[Jason TQ]

You had zero idea your family didn't like smoked meat?? I say keep it for you. They will come around. I find it hard to believe that there isn't a single thing you could smoke on there that they wouldn't eat.

[HeSmellsLikeSmoke]

yes 420 was a typo. The add and listing has been corrected and updated. I am trying to sell it at 10% off what I paid for it.

I would be strongly tempted to put the price back up to $420, keep the ad up until it sells and keep using it in the meantime. After a couple of years you can honestly tell your wife "Well, I tried".

[Fo Sizzle My Nizzle]

I would be strongly tempted to put the price back up to $420, keep the ad up until it sells and keep using it in the meantime. After a couple of years you can honestly tell your wife "Well, I tried".

I've purchased several toys this year using this line now. I think she's onto me though.

[slammmed]

I would be strongly tempted to put the price back up to $420, keep the ad up until it sells and keep using it in the meantime. After a couple of years you can honestly tell your wife "Well, I tried".

lol great idea!