First time to do ribs on the Performer and my first time trying beef short ribs at all. Fingers crossed. Going to use the baskets and put ribs in the middle. Hope I can keep the temps down.
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So first lesson learned. Don't need much charcoal to get to temp. I used way too much. Even with vents closed I can't get below 400. So took one basket out and now at 350 and dropping. No meat on yet. It's still fun learning.
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For my ribs I fill a basket of unlit charcoal then put 7-9 lit briquettes on top. When the temp hits 200 I start closing the bottom vent off. I like to aim for 250-275.
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So yea, just moved all the hot coals to a different grill and put on some chicken breasts for lunch this coming week. Started over. One basket of unlit coals with 9 lit and some hickory chunks. Looking good so meat should go on soon. Only about a hour behind schedule.
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Best of luck. Not sure if you're looking for advice but the snake method is sooooo easy to keep temps low. I only start with about 10 lit briquettes at the beginning of the snake. Think of it more like a fuse. Only so many coals are going at once. It's so easy most often I'll only have to adjust the vents once or twice. Key is to let the temps climb to 200 and then close the bottom vent 2/3 of the way.
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+1 for the snake. Super easy.
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90% of the time I use the snake. Is use my baskets and minion in the WSM the remaining 10%. Always perfect for long low n slow...