first cook tomorrow ,any advice appreciated


 
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mike sr

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Just picked up the 22.5 and have two st Louis racks for tomorrow , Im not new to smoking ribs but new to the WSM , I've got pecan chunks and kingsford blue , any advice on set-up ( minion , fuse ,weber method) greatly appreciated. Thanks in advance
 
Probably as many ways to set up as there are posters on this site. It will run a little hot since it is new and hasn't had time to gunk and seal things up so bottom vents will need to be a little more towards the closed side. I use dry foiled water pan, rib rack and Minion start. Usually just cook them without foiling since I don't want fall off the bone but if you do, may want to foil for an hour or so. Main thing to remember is that it's barbecue and not a space launch so kickback, relax and enjoy the new toy. It can almost cook by itself.
 
Mike,

No word have ever been spoken that say so much...

Michael O'Neal said:
Main thing to remember is that it's barbecue and not a space launch so kickback, relax and enjoy the new toy.
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Especially the ENJOY !!!

Wishing you a very delightful first smoke on your WSM !

Bob
 
Michael O'Neal said:
Main thing to remember is that it's barbecue and not a space launch so kickback, relax and enjoy the new toy. It can almost cook by itself.
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Once I learned this ^ my stress has gone WAY down.

I like the "snake" or "fuse" or "C" or whatever you wanna call it. I just don't need a full ring of charcoal for ribs. I light one end with a lighter cube.
 
Ribs are pretty forgiving. I just saw a post on here awhile ago where they were cooked HH. I prefer 250-275 over a water pan but that's me.
I'm sure whatever you do will be fine. By the way any adjustments you make to vents will take at least 20minutes to start a change.
Good Luck:)
 
Gary S said:
Ribs are pretty forgiving. I just saw a post on here awhile ago where they were cooked HH. I prefer 250-275 over a water pan but that's me.
I'm sure whatever you do will be fine. By the way any adjustments you make to vents will take at least 20minutes to start a change.
Good Luck:)
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The highlighted above is really important. My first time I was changing things so often that I never gave the unit enough time to adjust. If you change something force yourself not to even look at temp for 20 min.
 
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