smoke ring

I'm curious to see what others think about "shelf life" of smoke wood, and if there is variation in smoke wood quality. Last weekend I smoked some baby backs and used what I admit was a pretty old bag of cherry wood chunks. While the ribs turned out OK, they didn't have much smoke flavor...

This is my version of Throw Back Thursday! This was back in 2007, my early days of smoking. I bought this $99 off set smoker from Walmart, and threw a tri-tip on there. I kept adding wood chips to the coals, until the Tri-tip looked done. To my surprise, was the killer smoke ring! The tri-tip...

I picked up some extra meaty baby back ribs, used one of my favorite rib rubs, and instead of my usual way of smoking them, I decided to grill them up instead. I flipped the ribs about every 5 minutes or so, until they looked done to me. They ribs turned out great!!! Moist, nice little smoke...

I spent the weekend with my Dad in AZ. He has this incredible fire brick lined grill. No matter what he throws on this cooker, there is always a killer smoke ring, on the food. It is soooo well seasoned, there is never a need to add wood chips or chunks. He can fit 4 beer can chickens, 2 beer...

Great game! I was torned who to root for, as I liked both teams. I favored the Ravens, glad they one, it was a great game!!!! Here are some Extra Meaty baby back ribs that I picked up from Von's this morning. Threw them on the smoker, 2hrs with a mix of hickory and apple wood, foiled after...

For Labor Day I cooked my first pork butt for pulled pork. It was just a small 3.5lb boneless since it was just for my wife and me (and kids, but they don't eat anything). It took 9 hours and was very good, but I don't feel it was smokey enough. There was only about a 1/8" smoke ring. Here...