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.
(http://i.imgur.com/ZxvO0G0.jpg)
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.
(http://i.imgur.com/dP7Cb6e.jpg)
Over the top smoke ring! They taste great but I think two or even one chunk of wood would have sufficed.
(http://i.imgur.com/yxXycHH.jpg)
Very happy with the results. A WSM would be nice but I think a kettle works pretty good for a small cook.
That looks incredible!
Once I started using the snake method, I was hooked. :D 8)
Thanks!
Yeah, man. I was like "sh*t, why did't I do this earlier". LOL.
You nailed it!
Very nice cook. I like the smoke ring on the ribs. 4 hour cook for a small amount of charcoal.
Pork Chops in a row !!!!
Nice, nice cookup !!!!!
Ribs look great.
wow look at the smoke ring! great cook man
Nice looking ribs!