Ribs, Rub,and a non-working PID- all in a day's work

GusRobin · January 23, 2011, 12:18:37 PM

Thought I would do some ribs. BB's for the wife and beef for me.

I liked the combo of "gunpowder", 5 Star Market red rub, and Cajun Injector hot butter marinade that I had on the ribeyes yesterday so I thought I would try it on the ribs.

Here is the beef. Put the combo on the left side side and only gunpowder on the right.

BBs with the combo rub.

I decided to take the Bradley thermometer off the door. I don't use it and it gets in the way when I have a full load of meat. Here is a pic of the nut, bolt and washer as a plug.

Shortly after I started the ribs, the auber PID went blank. Check the fuses and all were good. So I need to return it again which sucks cause I just had it repaired in the beginning of the month. So I set it up to use the smoker manually. Glad I installed a separate on-off switch for the second element. So I was able to use it to get the cabinetup to temp then shut it off and just used the OBS slider controller.

TestRocket · January 23, 2011, 12:42:24 PM

Hate to hear the bad news about your PID again there Gus but at least it won't put dinner on hold! And it's funny to see that gunpowder rub catch on like it has! ;D

GusRobin · January 23, 2011, 12:44:57 PM

Yeah, I went to the store this morning for ribs and they were sold out of gunowder. I saw that the red rub was available in what looked like gallon size bags. Next time I'll ask them if they have the gunpowder in the big bags.

SoCalBuilder · January 23, 2011, 01:56:05 PM

Gus - I'm waiting on the parts for my second element add-on. I wasn't going to add the seperate switch, but now I'm thinking......?
Looking forward to how your beef ribs turn out. It's one of things I haven't tried yet.

GusRobin · January 23, 2011, 02:44:40 PM

The second switch is cheap and easy to do thanks to the detailed instructions that Habs posted. I would definitely recommend it.

Shasta bob · January 23, 2011, 03:30:31 PM

Gus, what is this gunpowder you speek of???

GusRobin · January 23, 2011, 04:19:13 PM

It is a rub made by a local Supermarket chain

Shasta bob · January 23, 2011, 05:27:07 PM

That must be why i have never heard of it.

SouthernSmoked · January 24, 2011, 06:58:11 AM

Sorry to hear about your ongoing problem with the PID.

How did everything turn out? They looked good going in.

GusRobin · January 24, 2011, 08:51:36 AM

Ate to fast to take a pic. Beef ribs were great. Pork ribs - had better. I think I should have put more sauce on pork in the last part of 3-2-1. Or maybe ciiked them longer but we were pressed for time. Good news is I'll try again some other time.