Recent content by kujobie

I got four nice racks of St. Louis ribs at Publix.  Last night I trimmed, cut and pulled the membranes.  I coated them with Bad Byron's Butt Rub.  This is a basic rub with salt, pepper, onion powder, garlic powder, paprika, and chipotle powder.  I have tried many rubs and most of them have sugar...

Just finished the maiden voyage on my Model #2, or as I call it, R2D2.  Unbelieveable!  Best ribs I've ever eaten.  Wow.  I don't know what else to say except that my charcoal smoker will be given away at the next garage sale..  The family was impressed.  And I will repeat that one wood chunk is...

Perfect!  Heavy duty packaging.  Everything looks good.  Ready to season it tomorrow and smoke some ribs on Sunday.  One thing concerned me a little.  The door takes quite a bit of force to close and latch.  It starts to have resistance on the hinge side when the door is still 1 1/2 or 2 inches...

Super psyched!  Just bought it last night, haven't gotten it yet.  I've been smoking for years using a Brinkman upright charcoal/water smoker and love it, but it's too much work.  This seems to be a well built smoker and I'm sure I'll be happy with it.  I've never used anything other than a...