My First Smoke - A Photo Story

monty · September 05, 2009, 11:15:04 AM

Hey Everyone,

So I got my Bradley seasoned last night and woke up early to do my first smoke - baby back ribs! This was a trial run before I do a big batch later this weekend.

I used the 2-1-1 method:

2 hours smoke (Apple)
1 hour boated in Apple Juice
1 hour sauced

These ribs were friggin AMAZING! Couldn't have been happier with my little test run. Here are a few photos. Hope you enjoy!

Cheers,

monty

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Rub
-i used a basic rub with the following spices:

Paprika
Salt
Onion Powder
Black Pepper
Cayenne

-i kept it light seeing how this was my first smoke. i didn't want the rub to overpower anything.

The Smoke

-left the ribs out for 1-1 1/2hrs to bring close to room temperature
-preheated to 250+, so when loading the ribs the temp would recover to optimal temp of 225
-these photos were after ~2 hours of smoking

Boating/Foil Wrapped
-after the initial 2 hours of smoke, i foil wrapped the rack and boated in about 1/4 cup of apple juice

Wrapping

After 1 Hour in Apple Juice

Sauce
-after the 1 hour boating in juice, i removed the ribs to sauce with Stubb's Original

The Finished Product

westexasmoker · September 05, 2009, 11:42:53 AM

Thats a most excellent first smoke Monty! Looks mighty tasty! Well done!

C

Mr Walleye · September 05, 2009, 12:12:27 PM

Outstanding first smoke Monty! 8)

Ya done yourself proud. ;)

Mike

jrockfl · September 05, 2009, 12:12:51 PM

Those look really yummy!
The pictures are great, what kind of camera did you use?

monty · September 05, 2009, 12:17:49 PM

thanks everyone

jrock: the camera is a Canon XTi (a DSLR)

Tenpoint5 · September 05, 2009, 01:28:43 PM

Good Looking ribs Monty!!

squirtthecat · September 05, 2009, 01:46:03 PM

That is gorgeous... Is that the natural lighting you are using, or was there some 'tweaking' before you posted?

KyNola · September 05, 2009, 01:51:12 PM

Really nice Monty!

KyNola

monty · September 05, 2009, 02:19:27 PM

Quote from: squirtthecat on September 05, 2009, 01:46:03 PM

That is gorgeous... Is that the natural lighting you are using, or was there some 'tweaking' before you posted?

no tweaking except the 1st photo in 'the finished product' section (the brightness was adjusted because the photo came out a little dark)

squirtthecat · September 05, 2009, 02:21:15 PM

Very cool. That's a nice rig you have...

HCAO · September 06, 2009, 01:06:53 AM

that looked great! i swear i can eat ribs every day.

classicrockgriller · September 06, 2009, 07:37:37 AM

awesome job. love ribs removed from bone on a burger bun, yum

mikecorn.1 · September 06, 2009, 08:12:39 AM

that is what they call. gooooooood. nice rack. now u ready for more.

Hopefull Romantic · September 06, 2009, 08:40:27 AM

No Comment......................again, I AM SPEECHLESS

HR

jrockfl · September 06, 2009, 09:14:33 AM

i have the same camera. i'm going to do some spare ribs on monday, so I will take some pics then.