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Cooking & Food Talk => Charcoal Grilling & BBQ => Topic started by: Bbqmiller on August 29, 2013, 08:17:55 AM

Title: Breaking in the kettle - 6 racks of loin backs
Post by: Bbqmiller on August 29, 2013, 08:17:55 AM
Well, I guess this the way to break in a new kettle. This is the second cook.
Homemade smokenator from cutup foil pan, and kettle set up for indirect.
(http://i1095.photobucket.com/albums/i480/okmiller/null_zps8df2910a.jpg)
Lighting a few stubb's - found a use for my mom's charbroil.
(http://i1095.photobucket.com/albums/i480/okmiller/null_zps973419c0.jpg)
Meat on grill
(http://i1095.photobucket.com/albums/i480/okmiller/null_zps753691ab.jpg)
Temp setting in around 240 or so
(http://i1095.photobucket.com/albums/i480/okmiller/null_zps667b8439.jpg)

Never cooked this many ribs on a standard kettle - if I was home, I would use the 22 WSM.
You forget how versatile the standard kettle is when you have a WSM.
Title: Re: Breaking in the kettle - 6 racks of loin backs
Post by: Tim in PA on August 29, 2013, 08:27:32 AM
Is that a Weber rib rack?
Title: Breaking in the kettle - 6 racks of loin backs
Post by: Bbqmiller on August 29, 2013, 08:42:51 AM

Quote from: Tim in PA on August 29, 2013, 08:27:32 AM
Is that a Weber rib rack?
No, it is an off-brand SS rack from lowes. It is one of those that you can flip and use as a roasting rack.
Title: Re: Breaking in the kettle - 6 racks of loin backs
Post by: Tim in PA on August 29, 2013, 09:19:52 AM
Cool. What did that run you?
Title: Breaking in the kettle - 6 racks of loin backs
Post by: Bbqmiller on August 29, 2013, 09:23:59 AM

Quote from: Tim in PA on August 29, 2013, 09:19:52 AM
Cool. What did that run you?
It was like 12-13 bucks. I found it on another website(see pic below). It didn't come up in a search on lowes app.

http://www.fredsmusicandbbq.com/NEW_STAINLESS_STEEL_V_ROASTING_RACK_FOR_USE_ON_p/hic43188.htm
Title: Breaking in the kettle - 6 racks of loin backs
Post by: Bbqmiller on August 29, 2013, 10:36:23 AM
Chugging along
(http://i1095.photobucket.com/albums/i480/okmiller/null_zpsd8ccd01e.jpg)
Title: Breaking in the kettle - 6 racks of loin backs
Post by: Bbqmiller on August 29, 2013, 03:57:17 PM
Ribs came out great. Everyone liked them. Not my best but pretty good.
(http://i1095.photobucket.com/albums/i480/okmiller/null_zps5989dd2f.jpg)
(http://i1095.photobucket.com/albums/i480/okmiller/null_zps0d92879f.jpg)

I used Magic Dust as the rub (made from Walmart brand spices) and one chunk of apple.
Title: Re: Breaking in the kettle - 6 racks of loin backs
Post by: 1buckie on August 29, 2013, 04:37:19 PM


Looks like Oh-Meat-Thirty (0-meat-:30), or however you spell that to me.....

Nice, nice cookup, packing them all in !!!!

I'm gonna show people those pics when they start whinin' about havin' a hard time squeezing on more than one flat......
Title: Re: Breaking in the kettle - 6 racks of loin backs
Post by: G$ on August 29, 2013, 07:22:17 PM
Looks super.  Did you find the ribs closest to the fuel cooked faster?
Title: Re: Breaking in the kettle - 6 racks of loin backs
Post by: smokeyjoeuk-ray on August 30, 2013, 03:39:49 AM
that is simply inspirational.



Title: Re: Breaking in the kettle - 6 racks of loin backs
Post by: kendoll on August 30, 2013, 03:47:20 AM
Brilliant work. They look great.

Can I ask if you rotated the position of the ribs through the cook or did you just leave them where they were?

Ken
Title: Breaking in the kettle - 6 racks of loin backs
Post by: Bbqmiller on August 30, 2013, 04:48:18 AM

Quote from: G$ on August 29, 2013, 07:22:17 PM
Looks super.  Did you find the ribs closest to the fuel cooked faster?

Yes, the ones closest to the coals and the farthest seem to cook The fastest. I flipped/changed their position  3 times during the cook to help them cook evenly. I took them all off at the same time.
I was nervous doing this many, but they came out pretty tasty. The key to doing this is making a heat deflector/coal partition out of a tin pan. The temp was rock solid around 250 or so at the dome. They took around 4.5 hours. That is when they passed the bend test.
Title: Breaking in the kettle - 6 racks of loin backs
Post by: Bbqmiller on August 30, 2013, 04:54:15 AM
Quote from: kendoll on August 30, 2013, 03:47:20 AM
Brilliant work. They look great.

Can I ask if you rotated the position of the ribs through the cook or did you just leave them where they were?

Ken
Hi Ken,
Yes I did rotate - see previous post for more details. I did have to baby it a little more than the WSM but not too much to be annoying.
The rest of the family had a nice array of sides - baked beans, coleslaw, fried okra, and homemade ice cream for desert. A good ole Okie meal :)
Mike
Title: Re: Breaking in the kettle - 6 racks of loin backs
Post by: edhead35 on August 30, 2013, 05:58:26 AM
Great job. I haven't done that many on a kettle but the challenge inspires me to try. It is like fishing in a way. A " great but not my best run of ribs" is better than any day of work. O0