Breaking in the 14.5 WSM!

[Laura D]

Dear Everyone - I did my first cook with my adorable 14.5 WSM who I have named R2D2 (and I know I am not the first, but I could not help myself).

I did a Harry Soo rib recipe I love that I have done on my kettle before.

The night before, I did a hot fast burn off of the smoker on the right, while on the left my Smokey Joe gets ready for some steak and vegetable deliciousness.



I set up the tin can Minion method, even though I was doing a shorter faster cook. I wanted to try it since I haven't done it with the tin can before, and I figured my smoker might run a little hot as it is new.



Here's R2D2, smoking away, while also checking for Imperial Drones scouting the area -



There was an interesting amount of time where my Maverick on the bottom grate had a lower temp than my dome thermometer, but then they all synched up perfect for my faster cooking ribs where I was shooting for 275 - I had to take a picture -



I did two racks of ribs, cut them in half, here's the top rack.



All done, ready to be carved up.



Dinnah!!



The ribs were delicious. I am officially in love with my WSM! I look forward to many more cooks in the future!



Thanks for all your support, advice, wisdom and help. Much appreciated!

Laura

 

[Enrico Brandizzi]

Your ribs look delicious! Complimenti!

 

[V_Rocco]

That dish looks great. Doing ribs on the WSM definitely takes it to the next level.

 

[SteveM.]

Great job, just received my 14.5 yesterday.

 

[Mike Cosgrove]

Looks perfect Laura, way to break it in right.

 

[Dwain Pannell]

Great lookin ribs. That little cooker is awesome isn't it?!?!

 

[Jay]

Congtats on your latest edition. those ribs look beautiful and pretty smoke ring too. great looking plate

 

[Benji Chong]

delicious looking food and i must say a lovely backyard grilling setup!

 

[Tony_D]

Congrats on your Droid! The ribs look awesome!

 

[Nick D.]

Congrats on the smoker Laura. Those ribs look great!

 

[Dave Russell]

There could be no better an inaugural cook for your new little bullet. The ribs look outstanding! Congrats!

 

[Robert McGee]

Laura;
Great work on the 14.5! The ribs look delicious!

I have both a Mini-Joe and a 14.5 (as well as the 18.5). I bought two Brinkman rib racks for the Mini and learned that they work just as well in the 14.5 and the 18.5. I use one rack on each grate and do eight half racks of ribs at a time. These are marvelous smokers. I'll be doing a smoker full of ribs in the next couple of days for a retirement party for a friend.

Keep on smokin',
Dale53

 

[Rolf Jacobsen]

It simply doesn't get any better than that!

 

[Rick Body]

Glad to see you decided to go ahead and get the 14.5. Everyone seems to love it. I want one really bad but I have not been smoking as much lately as grilling.

Those ribs look great!

 

[Tony R]

Congrats!!
And those ribs look delicious.

 

[Tim McCann]

Well done!

 

[Matt Gard]

I love your patio/grilling area. You certainly broke in your wsm appropriately.