russell swift
TVWBB Super Fan
I think I should win a Darwin Award for what I did on Sunday. Cooked 3 slabs of baby backs using lump for the 1st time. Temperatures were steady and the meat looked beautiful. I used the 3-2-1 method, and foiled for 1 hr, 45 min. Man those ribs were ultra-tender and I had to be very careful when basting with BBQ sauce. I continued to cook on the top grate without foil for the last hour.....just to keep the meat warm and heat up the sauce. 10 minutes (10 MINUTES!) before I took the ribs off I decided to breakdown the smoker and lay the top grate over the fire.....I wanted to produce a few char marks and really thicken the sauce. I was also cooking corn and making slaw inside, so after lowering the rack, I went back inside to finish dinner. Lost track of time, 10 minutes later......BAM MY RIBS ARE ON FIRE!! Completely charred the entire slabs, not edible, very little meat left. Note to self:
Has anyone had an embarassing moment like this while smoking/grilling? Thank God I wasn't cooking for a crowd, but I felt depressed because 5 hrs, 50 min. of cooking was destroyed by 10 min. of idiocy.
Has anyone had an embarassing moment like this while smoking/grilling? Thank God I wasn't cooking for a crowd, but I felt depressed because 5 hrs, 50 min. of cooking was destroyed by 10 min. of idiocy.