I did address Andrew's dryness issues Greg with a smoking profile which works and gives moist, tender ribs each and every time. Maybe not the way you would, but I tried to provide a detailed procedure to help the gentleman without any further information provided on his part.
Dang, I typed up a whole response about how you were not doing things the Lazy-Q way and then I realized that it was John that was going against the grain here and I was typing my response to the wrong person. So, rather than going through point by point why I (personally) don't care for John's method very much since it goes against the Lazy-Q method in a lot of ways
Backhanded put downs by a moderator of a member trying to help another ... really Greg?
I'll just bow out gracefully and let y'all sort out Andrews dryness issues.
All the best to all gentlemen
Whoa, hold on here John! This was not meant to be a put down at all!!! I was just saying that your method goes against the Lazy-Q Guide, which is what the OP said that he was using. The Lazy-Q Guide is
NOT the
ONLY way to do things, and I totally acknowledge that. It is a great starting point for new owners of the Smokin-It smokers that explains some of the techniques that have been found to work that are a little different that what many people coming from other styles of smokers are not used to. But, smoking and cooking in gereral is very subjective and there are numerous ways of doing the same/similar things. The Lazy-Q Method is just "my" preferred way after trying the others and that is all that I was trying to say. So, my sincere apologies to you and anyone else that might have been offended.
BTW, I have and will always welcome opposing viewpoints to the way I do things. It is my hope and intent that we can have spirited discussions I (we have had many) over processes (with opposing viewpoints) that will ultimately help everyone in the group to learn new ways of doing things. Some methods may work for some, while not for others, and that is just the nature of things. Some of these methods and taste profiles are very subjective and we all need to remember that (me included).
So, back to John's suggested method; yes, this method may very well work and could be a viable solution for Andrew because many of the steps in this method are geared toward reducing dryness, and might just be a very good option for Andrew to try, because whatever he is doing is not working for him, especially since we do not really know the details yet.
Hopefully, Andrew will come back with some details so that we can help him with his issue because that is the ultimate goal right? And John, I hope you stick with us here on this thread in case Andrew has some questions about your suggested method.
Happy Smoking All!