My dinner saturday night (food porn)

[capnamerca]

aturday, I had a hankering for some pecan smoked ribs, and perhaps some other pork of some sort. This is the cook that sparked Solidkick's pork loin temps thread, since I was bending his ear about temps. Also, this is my first cook with the charcoal basket - learned from great things. Here's the details ...

The smoker, being prepped. I use a custom-made charcoal basket to help me control the temps and burn rate.
http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y88/josh_donelson/charcoal_basket_setup_small.jpg

Here's all the meat, after about an hour on the smoke.
http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y88/josh_donelson/meat_on_small_rotated.jpg

Here are the ribs, done and done.
http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y88/josh_donelson/bbq_ribs_done_small.jpg

Here are the ribs, after being cut. Cut is a rough word, as they mostly shredded [smile]. They turned out AWESOME.
http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y88/josh_donelson/bbq_ribs_cut_small.jpg

Here's the pork loin ... the smoke ring is fantastic, and the flavor was great. However, I overcooked it, and the middle parts were quite chewy. I've since learned that my finishing temps were just too high - I'll being doing this again.
http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y88/josh_donelson/pork_loin_done_smoke_ring_small.jpg

[Kirk]

That's a heck of a basket mod there CA. Looks pretty solid. Is that re-bar I see in the bottom? Are the dividers in the basket solid or are they expanded metal too? Looks like you used a hacksaw on them ribs, but I'll bet they were tasty none the less. :wink:
BTW, here's another take on that pork loin thing:
http://www.bbq-brethren.com/forum/showthread.php?t=18757

I only go to 145, but the probe's usually in the stuffing, which is already cooked. The surrounding meat's prolly a little hotter.

[jpw23]

Good lookin' rig and even better lookin' eats!!!!!

[thirdeye]

I'm interested in the basket too. I made a new one over the winter for one of my buddies and used two diaphragms, but they only go 2/3 of the way across the basket, and are attached on opposite ends. Kind of like a maze. This way the charcoal can burn from one compartment to the next easily.

How do you like the solid ones? And do they catch from one to the other?