Happy 4th everyone!
We have a bunch of friends and family coming later this afternoon to celebrate the 4th and enjoy some BBQ. I just got the brisket (Costco Prime) on the kettle at 6am and will be firing up the WSM around 11am, to do up a couple racks of spares.
This is my first long cook on a kettle, wish me luck!
I set my coals (2x2x1) up last night. Stubbs...
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with cherry and hickory chunks for the fire.
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Kosher salt, cracked black pepper and granulated garlic is my rub for this 10lb hunk-o-meat.
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Here we go!
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Settled in at @ 275...
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This is just before I flipped and rotated the whole set-up at the 4-hour mark.
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Spares all prepped and ready for the WSM!
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Lump, with some Apricot from the tree in our yard, is the chosen fuel for this cook.
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Had a quick look at the 8-hour mark, with an internal temp of 190.
Not yet probe tender...
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Brisket is almost ready! Meanwhile, ribs are gettin wrapped at the 3-hour mark...color looks good to me...
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*Day After Edit*Right after I added the pic of the ribs getting foiled, guests started showing up. I wish I would have gotten a few pics of the plated food, but was just too distracted, oh well. I had a look in the fridge this morning and there are only a couple rib bones leftover.