I have lusted for a Weber Ranch Kettle for about 15 years and I just purchased one from a gentleman in Sheridan, Indiana. It is 2 years old and has not been used very much and is in great condition.
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Was a tight fit but it did go into my car.
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Cleaned it up and am ready to cook something.
I know this is overkill but I decided to cook a couple of St. Louis cut spare ribs over a big pan of Rick Salmon's Pit beans. A fellow has got to learn on something!
I installed (4) Weber Charcoal Rails to hold my charcoal on each side of the cooker. I then split a full Weber chimney of cold Stubb's briquets (85 pieces) between the two sides of the cooker. Planned to split another 3/4 full Weber chimney of hot coals (70 pieces) on top of the cold briquets. The total weight of the charcoal was six pounds.
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I planned to cook the pan of beans on the charcoal grate with the ribs over the top of the pan for additional flavor.
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While I was at it, I tried two full pans under the main grid and they fit nicely. I have other ideas for this type of setup.
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I prepped the ribs and then got my full pan of beans ready for the cooker. I also poured in my 3/4 chimney of hot coals into the cooker and added some hickory chunks.
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Placed my full pan of beans on the charcoal grate and then added my cooking grate.
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Placed the ribs over my pan of pit beans.
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Cooked at about 250 degrees measured on the cooking grate for about 3 hours and then pulled the ribs.
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I wrapped the ribs with the goodies and placed them back on the cooker.
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Charcoal was still doing fine and it looked like it was enough for the whole cook.
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I also added some slab potatoes at this time. The ribs were cooked an additional 80 minutes in the foil until done at 205-208 degrees internal.
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I unwrapped the ribs, put them back on the cooker and then glazed them for a few minutes and took them off the cooker.
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I also removed my potatoes and pit beans from the cooker.
The cooker ran about 5 hours and 15 minutes on just the six pounds of charcoal briquets. I did stir them up once but that probably wasn't necessary. Very pleased with the results of this cook.
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The ribs, beans, and potatoes looked great.
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Added some fresh cut off the cob and fried sweet corn and some fruit and had a wonderful meal.
That's a heckuva first cookup right there !!!!
Nice idea with the double rails & the bean pan (very fond of bean pans)
Happy Ranch !!!!!!!
Great job! Tucker looks awesome as does the Ranch.
Welcome to the club!
Fantastic cook , great looking ranch !
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Gotta love ribs and beans. Beauty Ranch you got there.
What a great cook to break it in! Awesome looking food!
Congrats on the ranch and your first cookup on it! I'm getting hungry! Nice job!
Question: What name brand is that cool lookin cart that is sitting next to the Ranch? I like that a lot and would love to have one but I your Ranch is even more cool! :)
Congrats on the Ranch and on the good looking ribs!
bbquy,
I received the cart as a gift about 10 years ago and the brand name is "Backyard Gear".
Great cook! 8)
Wow, way to break in that ranch! Ribs look perfect
Quote from: Old Dave on June 14, 2015, 12:31:20 AM
bbquy,
I received the cart as a gift about 10 years ago and the brand name is "Backyard Gear".
Thanks for the info! I'll see what I can find on the internet.
Welcome to the Ranch Club. Awesome cook. I made a pretty nice Ash Basket for mine with expanded steel. Holds a little more then 10 lbs and got a 9 hour cook on it.
Congrats Dave - Sweet Ranch and a great first cook! I love how the ranch makes two full racks look like strips of bacon ;)
I saw this one on CL as well. Was wondering what took so long for someone to buy.
Looks good!
My dad just got a used Ranch Kettle. It's crazy big. Nice work!
Done like a pro, superb writeup also