My Current Smoker

[jwrobnz]

My current smoker is my Weber Genesis gas grill with three burners that set sideways in the grill. To add smoke, I soak chips and wrap them in aluminum foil with holes in the top side and folded edge up. I just set the foil right down on the burner covers and let it go. Here's a pic of 5 full racks of baby back ribs I cooked for my son's 18'th birthday. I have two wire rib racks that I set end to end so they will accomodate the full length of the rib racks. I peel off the membrane and salt and pepper. I keep the heat down to about 280 and keep the center burner turned off for indirect grilling. 1 1/2 hours, flip, 1 1/2 hours, sauce and finish for 1/2 hour. One very important thing that I do on this grill before cooking ribs is that I clean it up before cooking. If I've used the grill very much, buildup soaks up grease dripping from the ribs will catch on fire and I lose control of the cooking. Just a quick scrape down makes all the difference.

[Frank_Cox]

Sounds like that will work. Any plans to build one soon?

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[Tom_Heath]

Hey, theres nothing wrong with that.

I saw a smoker that was a cardboard box.
If it works then thats all that counts.

[jwrobnz]

I plan to build a reverse smoker on a trailer. I probably won't ever be ccoking a large volume of food at once so it won't be a huge build. Just as I started planning, my neighbor put a small boat trailer out in front of his house for sale for $100.00. I grabbed it. When things click like that it makes me feel like it's meant to be. See my post in "My Current Build" to see a picture.

[Frank_Cox]

hey bud, i cant find the thread you mentioned. is it posted yet?

[Tom_Heath]

Hey now Frank, you stole my thunder, I thought I was the only slow kid here,,,, LMAO I couldnt find it either.

[jwrobnz]

You guys aren't slow. It's me. I just finally got the photo posted except the tongue of the trailer got cut off. It's in my posting under First Smoker Built/Modified.

[jwrobnz]

Labor Day Weekend Butt Roast on the Weber Genesis didn't turn out as well as I would like. Starting to wonder about a UDS to tide me over until the trailer cooker gets done.

[Tom_Heath]

I have never heard any complaints from anyone that tried out a UDS.

You will love the way it cooks.

[jwrobnz]

Woooops! Definitely gonna build a UDS.

[Tom_Heath]

Not sure if you have ever heard of this one so here it is.

We are supposed to take out meat from 40 to 140 within 4 hours. Unless its intact muscle meat and has never been probed or punctured. This is a tough one to find since most of the stuff we find does not meet this standard.

I never stick a probe until the 4 hour mark except on something like a fattie. Or a prime rib. Then I usually go for the 2 hour mark before probing.

Yours may have been on the verge of not killing all bacteria.