I'm cooking for my bday bbq in a few weeks. Anyone have some tips on setting up an rk for ribs? I won't have a charcoal ring to contain the fire. Should I minion in a pile, or snake? Last time I snaked it 2 wide and 2 deep (4 briquette cross section) it ran too cool. I'm gonna go for 6 racks at once :) thanks!
You might be able to set up like this:
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Sort of a Minion chain, both sides, opposite directions..................
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Don't know what size your ribs are, but this works good, having the meat in the middle & rotating the grate a bit, maybe twice during the cook.....just use more coal....bigger cooker.....gotta play with it more..... 8)