Justin Kabbes
New member
First I want to say I've been reading this forum for several weeks and I'm impressed with how lively it is. The community definitely influenced my decision to buy a 22" WSM.
Before I bought the WSM I was using a cheap offset smoker and was cooking small quantities of meat for my wife and I. Think 2 racks of ribs or a 5 pound pork butt. My first smoke on the WSM was a whole chicken and I was pretty impressed with the cooker. I used a half ring of charcoal with 3 chunks of applewood (maybe too much but I still enjoyed it) and no water in the pan (just foiled it). It kept temp around 250 for about 2 hours and didn't fluctuate too much after, with a little vent adjusting.
Anyways, on to the purpose of this thread. I offered to smoke some ribs and pork butt for a small Fourth of July party with my wife's family. I'm thinking I may smoke around 6 to 8 racks of ribs and 2 pork butts. That's a lot more at one time than I've done in the past and on a different cooker. Anything I should consider? Do I need more fuel for more meat? Is it wise to smoke those meats together as they may need different amounts of wood chunks / temps? Water in the pan? (Not trying to start a fight :-D)
Any advice is truly appreciated. Love reading this forum.
Edit: I should mention I bought two 8-capacity rib racks. So I believe all the meat should fit. Ribs on one grate, butts on the other.
Traeger Grills BBQ Rib Rack (BAC354) https://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B01BH3SFGO/tvwb-20
Before I bought the WSM I was using a cheap offset smoker and was cooking small quantities of meat for my wife and I. Think 2 racks of ribs or a 5 pound pork butt. My first smoke on the WSM was a whole chicken and I was pretty impressed with the cooker. I used a half ring of charcoal with 3 chunks of applewood (maybe too much but I still enjoyed it) and no water in the pan (just foiled it). It kept temp around 250 for about 2 hours and didn't fluctuate too much after, with a little vent adjusting.
Anyways, on to the purpose of this thread. I offered to smoke some ribs and pork butt for a small Fourth of July party with my wife's family. I'm thinking I may smoke around 6 to 8 racks of ribs and 2 pork butts. That's a lot more at one time than I've done in the past and on a different cooker. Anything I should consider? Do I need more fuel for more meat? Is it wise to smoke those meats together as they may need different amounts of wood chunks / temps? Water in the pan? (Not trying to start a fight :-D)
Any advice is truly appreciated. Love reading this forum.
Edit: I should mention I bought two 8-capacity rib racks. So I believe all the meat should fit. Ribs on one grate, butts on the other.
Traeger Grills BBQ Rib Rack (BAC354) https://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B01BH3SFGO/tvwb-20
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