Bob Marlatt
TVWBB Member
I love my WSM. I love Chris' website. I love to eat. I don't love working too hard at cooking! That said I wanted to relay a very successful que last Sunday.
I decided to dumb down my smoking experience for a number of reasons, but mainly I got lazy and did the folowing:
1. Prepared a small rack of spare ribs (for 2 adults and a toddler) the same morning as the cooking. Removed membrane (isn't it easier after you have done it a few times?)
2. Quickly cut to St Louis style.
3. Applied a simple rub of salt, pepper, and turbinado sugar.
4. Fired up a chimney of Kingsford.
5. Dumped hot coals n the ring, then added about another 1/2 chimney unlit.
6. After they mostly ashed over I placed the dirty top grate I never washed (lazy!) over the hot coals to clean it up a bit.
7. Assembled the cooker and filled the pan with cold water.
8. Threw a small piece of apple wood in the fire. My grate-level polder read about 330 degrees.
9. H*ll with it... I put the spares in a rib rack and noted the time: 10:30am.
10. The temp dropped below 250 pretty quick so I mostly ignored it for the next 3 hours.
11. By then the temp had dropped to around 210 or so. I opened up the lid gave it a look, but didn't bother to turn or baste. I opened one bottom vent 100 percent and gave the coals a gentle stir.
12. The chunk of wood hardly burned for some reason so I took it out for future use. My wife always complains if it is too smoky so I scored some points for that one.
13. The temp climbed back up into the 250 range but I mainly ignored it.
14. The temp kept climbing so I added some water to the depleted pan around 4pm.
15. Took the ribs off after 5:30 about 7 hours later.
They were about the best I ever did. I didn't prep overnight, didn't concoct an exotic rub, didn't create a tasty mop (or any mop). So, I was pleased with my lazy man's ribs.
Bob
ps: I was so lazy I didn't bother whipping up my own finishing sauce so I used the who-knows-how-old KC Masterpiece I found in the back of the frig. It passed the smell test and was adequate. Maybe I won't be quite so lazy next time!
I decided to dumb down my smoking experience for a number of reasons, but mainly I got lazy and did the folowing:
1. Prepared a small rack of spare ribs (for 2 adults and a toddler) the same morning as the cooking. Removed membrane (isn't it easier after you have done it a few times?)
2. Quickly cut to St Louis style.
3. Applied a simple rub of salt, pepper, and turbinado sugar.
4. Fired up a chimney of Kingsford.
5. Dumped hot coals n the ring, then added about another 1/2 chimney unlit.
6. After they mostly ashed over I placed the dirty top grate I never washed (lazy!) over the hot coals to clean it up a bit.
7. Assembled the cooker and filled the pan with cold water.
8. Threw a small piece of apple wood in the fire. My grate-level polder read about 330 degrees.
9. H*ll with it... I put the spares in a rib rack and noted the time: 10:30am.
10. The temp dropped below 250 pretty quick so I mostly ignored it for the next 3 hours.
11. By then the temp had dropped to around 210 or so. I opened up the lid gave it a look, but didn't bother to turn or baste. I opened one bottom vent 100 percent and gave the coals a gentle stir.
12. The chunk of wood hardly burned for some reason so I took it out for future use. My wife always complains if it is too smoky so I scored some points for that one.
13. The temp climbed back up into the 250 range but I mainly ignored it.
14. The temp kept climbing so I added some water to the depleted pan around 4pm.
15. Took the ribs off after 5:30 about 7 hours later.
They were about the best I ever did. I didn't prep overnight, didn't concoct an exotic rub, didn't create a tasty mop (or any mop). So, I was pleased with my lazy man's ribs.
Bob
ps: I was so lazy I didn't bother whipping up my own finishing sauce so I used the who-knows-how-old KC Masterpiece I found in the back of the frig. It passed the smell test and was adequate. Maybe I won't be quite so lazy next time!
