New guy from California

[Bsfilter]

Just got a Bradley 6 shelf electronic smoker from a friend who no longer cared to smoke anything ever again apparently. I however have BIG plans for this thing and after a few hours of scraping the inside and scrubbing the fish stank off of the 6 racks I think I'm ready for testing. It is my fondest wish to be able to smoke my own ribs and have them turn out properly so in the future I will be asking a lot of stupid questions and for that I apologize in advance (lol)

Thanks for your time,
Bob Anderson
(SoCal Noob)

[beefmann]

welcome aboard neighbour,

I am in So Calif as well... orange county, Do not be afraid to ask questions here, there are a  lot of good people here to help and point you  in the  right direction with your smoking  projects, along  with  good information.

as for  ribs .. a  good place to start is with is the  3-2-1 process....

3 hours of smoke, followed by 2 hours  wrapped in foil with apple juice ( room temp here for juice ) then followed by an hour unwrapped,,,  after that  start lathering  with your favourite bbq sauce ( this is for  1 rack of  ribs,,, you may  have to  adjust if you  do more then one rack at a  time ) at  225  F

also .. keep your  top  vent wide  open at all times, and  keep the water bowl full of water.

[manfromplaid]

  http://www.susanminor.org/ this is a site we all like to refer to from time to time. lots of ways to get your ribs right and beefman has got you started in the right direction. it is a learning process so if they are not all you dream of it just means try again. good luck and have fun..  welcometo the forum  from alberta

[TedEbear]

Hi Bob and welcome aboard.

Click on the links below for tips on smoking ribs or just about anything else in your Bradley.

How To Make Ribs in a Bradley Pictorial

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