Ok, final results...Meat came out at 5pm...smoker was almost 200...smoker almost on high..sunset at 4:30 and it was almost 20 degrees outside.
Ribs were still only 150....5 minutes on the grill..and they were 160 plus...[
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Chicken came out 178 plus..
bacon...crispy...
My wife made a salad..[
]..then she Smoothered it with smoked bacon[
]..I ate a salad..[
]..with smoked bacon.[
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I had a bottle of jack daniels bbq sauce...did not even open the bottle![
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]..literly...it was that good.[
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Ribs were as tender as could be...juicy...great...may be...and only a may be over smoked...but great...Hickory was stong but no over powering....was still great...Next time....3 hours hickory....2 bisquits of apple or maple...or pecan to finish and sweeten a bit...they were better then the local bbq shop....that is for sure....
Chicken....well lets just say my 4 year old ate 3 chicken legs...not small ones...full chicken legs...my wife says it is as good or better then my beer can chicken...which is awesome..[
][
].."simply put the chicken was awesome"..[
]..can't get a better review then that...my son wants me to smoke more chicken tomorrow.[8D]
being my own worse critic...a little over smokey on the ribs and the bacon..but great..I am not sure the chicken could have been better...well..next time I will work on that..[
]..but when you first results are that good......it will be hard to get better!!
So total cooking time...5 and a half hours...for almost 11 pounds of meat...temp outside never got much above 32..ok..two adults a 2 and a 4 year old..and we are almost out of meat![
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Next...well lets just say my wife suggests we go to the store and get a half dozen or so packages of chicken quarters..[
][8D]
Overal..this smoker could not be easier...so far...[
]..thanks chez bubba....now that I am out of hickory..I am moving on to pecan and apple for the next smoke of chicken!![
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Ok....what sucks about the bradley...well cleaning...I slaved all day over a hot fire...no help...just me[:p][
)][:p]..and I still got to clean up!![
]..no respect here for someone that slaved all day over a smokey..[
]hot..[
]..fire...[
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Ok...took all of 10 minutes..total..[
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][
]..as my wife said..you slaved over a half dozen cold beers all day[
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]..ok,the truth be known..7 beers, 3 different football games..but who is counting...what a day...watched football..drank beer...did nothing...and still ended up with perfect Q![
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Well, back to the slavery of cold beer and football[
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