Frank H
TVWBB Gold Member
So my youngest invited a bunch of friends and family to come see his new house and I volunteered to cook wings on my WSM. Had to put everything in the truck and get there early to set up. Full load of charcoal . Empty water pan....
I was a bit nervous because I was cooking 10 pounds of wings which involved using both racks and that is something I haven't done a lot of. But I have to say that worked out OK. It was just a matter of logistics. I just took off the cover , flipped all the wings on the top grate , then set the top grate aside , flipped all the wings on the bottom grate and then put the smoker back together. I did that like 3 times and although the temp jumped up when I had the top off , it seemed to settle right down again.
I was a little stressed out over this cook because there was 60 people there and we got set up later than I would have liked , but at the end when everyone was raving about the chicken (even my brothers ;-). It was really worth it. If I had to do this again I would approach it with a lot more confidence.
even the hot dogs I smoked on the WSM got raves. People seemed to notice the difference. I wish I had better pix of all the food and people , cuz there was a boatload of both , but I was busy as a one armed paper hanger. In the end a few of these helped my mood as well.
Oh , I didn't take a pic of the house , but here's one from earlier this year.
I was a bit nervous because I was cooking 10 pounds of wings which involved using both racks and that is something I haven't done a lot of. But I have to say that worked out OK. It was just a matter of logistics. I just took off the cover , flipped all the wings on the top grate , then set the top grate aside , flipped all the wings on the bottom grate and then put the smoker back together. I did that like 3 times and although the temp jumped up when I had the top off , it seemed to settle right down again.
I was a little stressed out over this cook because there was 60 people there and we got set up later than I would have liked , but at the end when everyone was raving about the chicken (even my brothers ;-). It was really worth it. If I had to do this again I would approach it with a lot more confidence.
even the hot dogs I smoked on the WSM got raves. People seemed to notice the difference. I wish I had better pix of all the food and people , cuz there was a boatload of both , but I was busy as a one armed paper hanger. In the end a few of these helped my mood as well.
Oh , I didn't take a pic of the house , but here's one from earlier this year.
Good work! I'll bet that WAS a happy crowd!
