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Outdoor Cooking Equipment => Grills & Smokers => Kamado Style Cookers => Topic started by: bamabob on August 05, 2019, 04:33:38 PM

Title: Ribs.....well there's a first time for everything
Post by: bamabob on August 05, 2019, 04:33:38 PM

I've had my keg for almost 9 years now and have never used anything but lump charcoal for fuel.  I did a couple of butts last weekend and had leftover lump in the keg.  I gave it a stir and put some Kingsford Natural Competition briquettes in a ring on top of the lump, probably around 20 of them.  Lit it just as I would if it was all lump with a starter cube.  Added some hickory, pecan and apple chunks for smoke.  Set the vents just as I would if I was using all lump.
Well, everything started off fine, temp stabilized between 225 and 250* for the first few hours then started rising.  I shut the vents down some and it was still higher than I wanted, around 280 so I shut the bottom vent completely and had the top around 1.5.  I wouldn't expect things to burn hotter since lump generally burns hotter than briquettes.  Everything turned out fine, these were some juicy ribs.

(https://i.postimg.cc/W38swd0z/img0-60.jpg) (https://postimages.org/)

Title: Re: Ribs.....well there's a first time for everything
Post by: TMB on August 05, 2019, 04:42:28 PM

Looking great!

Title: Re: Ribs.....well there's a first time for everything
Post by: TentHunteR on August 06, 2019, 06:41:13 AM

Glad the ribs came out so good. They definitely look good!


Yep, those "natural briquettes" have no fillers, and sure seem to pack a lot of BTU's.

Title: Re: Ribs.....well there's a first time for everything
Post by: smokeasaurus on August 06, 2019, 07:33:21 AM

Great looking ribs.

Title: Re: Ribs.....well there's a first time for everything
Post by: Old Hickory on August 06, 2019, 06:45:16 PM

The mix worked good, those ribs look perfect. :thumbup:

Title: Re: Ribs.....well there's a first time for everything
Post by: CDN Smoker on August 07, 2019, 05:46:57 AM

Fantastic Color