Training session w/SnP

azkitch

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Wow. So far, so good. Temps hard to keep under 300, but that's OK, for the chicken. Too much salt in the brine, but it's not horrible. Actually, maybe not; only the outside-est layer is a bit salty. Moist and yummy! Ribs came in and rested for 'bout an hour, they are back in the box cooking again. They seem very moist. Pork Loin is about done. I filled the firebox fairly full, put the odd chunk of pecan here and there in it, dumped a chimney of lit in. That carried it to 315 in 15 minutes, and I've thrown chunks of pecan in, then about 1.5 lb of more lump. Found Kingsford Lump for $2.00 @ K-Mart I-17/Northern. One bag filled the fb, I've used a chimney and a half since, dumped in raw. I doubled the Mac & Cheese recipe. Better think twice next time! My daughter, Tiara; age 13. Loves cooking. President of her JHS student council. Plays flute--and quite well. And I reveal myself!
I finally got around to noshing on the ribs. They were great! Maybe not Rhythm and Que great, or even bother turning in great, but first time ribs moist and yummy great!
 

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Man you have enough Mac and Cheese to.........invite me over. Everything looks fantastic. Great job and you had help too. Priceless.
 
Yep, you're on your way to a heavy addiction cooking all that stuff :rolleyes:. Ain't a damn thing there to be ashamed of, Brother :-D. Oh, yeah, ask Shane about the dangers of letting kids cook :twisted:.
 
MOD THAT SnP asap!!!!


I would suggest a quick cookie sheet screwed in as heat deflector.

NICE JOB ON THE RIBS!!!!

 
I have a junk hood off an Escort to chop up as baffles/tuning plates. I haven't got paint remover or safety glasses. I'll fix that soon. Meanwhile, I got a pizza pan from a local joint--Peter Pipers, I asked really nice--drilled a bunch of graduated holes in it, bent it some and jammed it in front of the fb opening. Seems to work well enough for now. Charcoal grates are 9+", leave very little room under for air/ash, so I used two at an angle. Temps were generally higher than last time, when I had the grates even with the opening. I had a bunch more charcoal in it this time, tho. And fairly large hunks of pecan instead of smaller hunks of mesquite. I need another experiment! And I've got a pizza stone that won't fit in my oven, but fits perfectly in my smoker!
 
I had some trouble at first with my SnP and the temperatures. Here is a link for some modifications to your SnP that should help. http://thesmokering.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=1943&highlight=brinkmann+smoke++pit
If nothing else, it is interesting reading.
Yup. I've read that 'bout 3 times. Its nice that he's using virtually the same unit! Mine has the firebox side door (yippee!), and I believe his original does too. I'm gonna go for that extra shelf mod. If I get some 11 or 12" racks, I could go 3 levels! Then the only problem I'd have is I'd wannna fill it up as long as its gonna be hot in there! :biggrin:
 
nice ...seems your on the right road to success and you'll be on the KCBSroad soon.
 
You're killing me!! Those are some damn fine groceries there!! Nothing better than having a BBQ Assistant. Thanks for sharing.:wink:
 
Nothing like that first cook. Those are some fine looking foodies there. It is allways nice to have good helpers. :icon_bigsmil
 
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