overeasy
Knows what a fatty is.
- Joined
- Aug 12, 2017
- Location
- Sacramen...
Well, the Slugger arrived last week and I've been busy seasoning and doing dry runs to see what it likes.
Temps with water and burning small splits have been remarkable. Hour over hour with less than a 10 degree spread.
Did the first cook yesterday. Brisket, Ribs and a Fatty, of course.
Small splits of oak seem to maintain my coal base better than larger pieces.
Starting my fires with a full chimney of charcoal then adding 2-3 splits on the dumped charcoal. Additional 2-3 splits every half hour or so.
As seen in photo there are 5 racks of ribs. The two smaller ones came from a small butcher shop in town that features meat coming from farms that naturally raise animals with no "bad stuff" added. I'm all for that but when we opened the package what we got were two slabs of ribs that had been trimmed so close they both had multiple shiners on them. Pretty disappointing. Not to mention, the Costco pack had three larger slabs with no shiners for 30.00 bucks
Theirs were 45.00! Ouch!!
Back to the CDR. I don't have any experience with other cabinet style cookers but this thing is so steady. The insulation that Pete and Jeff have built into the Slugger really does the trick.
My ambient temp yesterday was 37 degrees and it took an hour to get up two 250. Recovery times are short, again attributed to insulation for sure.
I'm looking forward to my next cook soon.
Cook times:
Fatty 1:45 hrs
Ribs 4:00 hrs
Brisket 10:00 hrs
Temps with water and burning small splits have been remarkable. Hour over hour with less than a 10 degree spread.
Did the first cook yesterday. Brisket, Ribs and a Fatty, of course.
Small splits of oak seem to maintain my coal base better than larger pieces.
Starting my fires with a full chimney of charcoal then adding 2-3 splits on the dumped charcoal. Additional 2-3 splits every half hour or so.
As seen in photo there are 5 racks of ribs. The two smaller ones came from a small butcher shop in town that features meat coming from farms that naturally raise animals with no "bad stuff" added. I'm all for that but when we opened the package what we got were two slabs of ribs that had been trimmed so close they both had multiple shiners on them. Pretty disappointing. Not to mention, the Costco pack had three larger slabs with no shiners for 30.00 bucks
Theirs were 45.00! Ouch!!
Back to the CDR. I don't have any experience with other cabinet style cookers but this thing is so steady. The insulation that Pete and Jeff have built into the Slugger really does the trick.
My ambient temp yesterday was 37 degrees and it took an hour to get up two 250. Recovery times are short, again attributed to insulation for sure.
I'm looking forward to my next cook soon.
Cook times:
Fatty 1:45 hrs
Ribs 4:00 hrs
Brisket 10:00 hrs
