Here is my story and I'm sticking to it.

Saturday morning the wife and I took a cruise to pick up my 10 year anniversary gift. I have wanted a smoker for awhile, and after countless hours of research, questions and time I decided on a Weber smokey mountain cooker.


It took me about 30 minutes to put it together. Fit and finish was perfect. I wanted to do a "Trial" cook but I never got around to it.

We decided to throw my son a surprise Birthday party on Labor Day and I really wanted to serve something cooked from my new smoker so I decided to do a pulled pork and some ribs.

Getting her ready Sunday afternoon:


Pork Butt lathered with mustard and Cabelas Kansas City Rub smeared all over. This went on the smoker at 12:30AM for an over night cook. It took 14 hours to reach an internal temp of 190.


Ribs out of the package and rubbed with Kansas City Rub. These went on at 9:00AM and were taken off at 2PM.



The Birthday boy posing with the smoker:


Had to use the gasser too:


Veggies to keep you regular:


All comes to a happy ending:


Bone pulled right out:


Brother in law took two forks to it:


Ribs done and ready to go:









Overall a good first smoke. Next time I will sauce the ribs and use a home blend rub. :beer:

Jimmy, WELCOME to the clan. WOW your first cook was a smashing success. Great pics of the new family member, (the WSM), the dog, your son and all that great looking food!!!

Enjoy them all you deserve it.

Mark

Next time: call me over, I'll help ya eet all that wonderful food!
Fantastic spread all told on a Fantastic post!
Very VERY Nice Jimmy!
Well done!!

Good job on the first cook Jimmy.
Thanks for sharing.

Very Nice!

Jimmy,
Great cook!
Tell us about that gorgeous dog.
One tip: next time, no need to soak those wood chunks/chips.

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Originally posted by Charles Howse:
Jimmy,
Great cook!
Tell us about that gorgeous dog.
One tip: next time, no need to soak those wood chunks/chips.

The Dog is a Full Bred Brindle Boxer. His name is Zorba and he will be 5 in January. He looks mean, but is afraid of our cat. The kids step on him, pull him by his nubby tail, bother him all day long and he loves it. He pees on the floor with excitement if anyone gives him the slightest attention. He is the biggest lap dog I have ever seen. He always needs to be leaning on you or sitting next to you.

I know about the wood chips, but I wanted to see even more smoke for the first time.

Jimmy - Nice Job! The food looks awesome! Like you, I used "commercial" rubs and sauce for my 1st cook, but now, I use nothing but my own rubs and sauces.

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Originally posted by Keith Pietranczyk:
Jimmy - Nice Job! The food looks awesome! Like you, I used "commercial" rubs and sauce for my 1st cook, but now, I use nothing but my own rubs and sauces.

For sure. I am not sure If i was a fan of that rub, but I'm going to make my own real soon and buy some made from the "little" guys.

Welcome Jimmy, Thats a pretty nice spread. Congrats on your first cook. Its all uphill from here!