I had a rack of baby backs calling out to me this weekend and I thought, "what to do, what to do..."
SNAKE! I had never tried it so why not?
I uncovered the tried and true Performer and built a short snake. Turns out, this was the perfect length for the cook. I went 2-1-1 with some homemade rub. Next time I'm going to back off on the apple wood a little. I had a couple of "used" coals from the previous cook and so that's the lone grey briq on the left side of the snake.
Came out pretty nice! I was absolutely surprised at how the kettle just stuck at 225-250 with ZERO effort. Bottom vents and top vent fully open to start and then mid cook, I closed bottom vents about half way but really, if I didn't do anything, I think that would have been fine too. Too freakin' easy!
The crack in the bark was not expected. They went in to the foil fine but came out with a crack. Maybe someone here knows why. Definitely happened while wrapped.
Over the top smoke ring! They taste great but I think two or even one chunk of wood would have sufficed.
Very happy with the results. A WSM would be nice but I think a kettle works pretty good for a small cook.