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Rubbed both pieces of meet using recipe from
Smoke and Spice called "Wild Willys #1 One-derful Rub". Stashed in refrig. overnight.
Next day
Outside temp. 28 deg.
1. 9am lit chimney 100 Klingsford briquettes around edge 35 in chimney. Minion method
2. 9:30 Chimney full dumped on unlit coals. 4 hickory chunks added. Water added.
3. 9:45 Temp. at 210 deg. Put meat on. 6 lb beef brisket and 1 rack of spare ribs @ 3lbs.
4. 10:00 temp at 225. Shut vents 50%
5. Temp started dropping to 200. Open vents back up to full. Temp still lingered at 200. Added 15 more brickets. 3 small pcs hickory at 10:20
6. 10:52 Holding steady at 220 deg.
7. 11:00 Temp. began sliding off. At 210 deg. I added some lump charcoal and @10 more bricketts.
8. 11:20 That did the trick. Temp. cruised right up to 240 deg. Outside temp. 37deg.
9. 12:45 Ribs developed nice bark. wrapped in tinfoil and put back on grill. Added 15 more bricketts & a few chunks of clump charcoal.
Left house ran errands.
10. 3pm Water in pan almost gone. Replenish. Added brisketts and lump. Temp was at 190.
11. Temp. jumped up to 250 deg. Once again took a recipe out of
Smoke and Spice called "Bour BQ Sauce" and prepared. Took maybe 1.5 hours start to finished.
12. @5pm removed tinfoil from ribs. Brushed sauce on ribs and brisket. Brisket had developed a gorgeous dark brown to black bark.
13. 6pm took ribs off top rack. Had to pick up with a spatula. They were falling off the bone! The color and smell was awesome!
14. 7pm. Foiled brisket. Left in WSM until 10pm. By then fire was basically out.
15. Couldn't resist cutting a slice off the end just to see what was up. The outer 1/4" or so displayed what you call a 'smoke ring' Brisket was wanting to literally fall apart. Very moist appearance. Too late to dig in. Plus my girl and I inhaled the ribs after we pulled them from the smoker. I couldn't believe how good they tasted. Call it beginners luck.
Things I would do differently:
1. Ribs were slightly dry or overcooked in places. I would foil them earlier on.
2. I have the 22.5. I should have added more charcoal. But the ring is huge! So, what I ended up doing was feeding it 10 to 15 briquettes here and there. Having the Lump on hand was a good thing. It jumped the temp. quicker. I just wish I could attach a few images!
Any feedback will be appreciated. I had a blast.