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Offline Old Dave

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Pellets and the Rib-Lator
« Reply #-1 on: September 30, 2014, 02:37:33 PM »
This cook was done on my GMG Daniel Boone running a Rib-O-Lator rotisserie setup. It was also my first cook on this setup.

The cook consisted of the following meats.

Slab of Spare Ribs
3 Pork Steaks
2 Chuck Steaks
Ham Steak



I prepped the meat by cutting the spare ribs up into a slab of St. Louis cut spare ribs and then I had the rib tips to cook as well. I applied a rub to both the tips and the spares.



I prepped the pork steaks by just giving them a good rub.
I prepped the chuck steaks by sprinkling on a medium coat of garlic salt and then a generous dose of black pepper.
I did nothing to prep the ham steak.

To keep this rotisserie in balance, I planned to load the ribs on one tray and then the tips on the tray opposite the ribs. Then I would load 2 of the pork steaks on one tray and the two chuck steaks on the last tray.






I was running hickory pellets and set the cooker at 150 degrees for the first hour to get some additional smoke into my product.



After one hour at 150 degrees, I raised the temperature up 300 degrees for the balance of the cook. I ran at this temp until my chuck steak and pork steak was done and my ribs were ready to wrap.




The food looked good at this point into the cook. I pulled the pork and chuck steaks and then wrapped the ribs and tips and placed them back on the cooker.



I had to cut up my ham steak as it was too wide for the trays and then I loaded it on one of the empty trays and then placed my last pork steak on the other tray. “Always thinking balance”



Cooked about an additional hour until my ham and last pork steak was done.



The cook came out quite well for a first cook with this rig.




Pork steak and chuck steak




Ribs, tips, and ham steak



Not looking forward to the cleanup!!!
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Re: Pellets and the Rib-Lator
« on: September 30, 2014, 02:44:29 PM »
I'll help you clean if you let me help you eat.
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Re: Pellets and the Rib-Lator
« Reply #1 on: September 30, 2014, 02:50:26 PM »
Dave - after a cook like that - I am glad I have a nice sized Weber gasser.....I lay all of the nastier up pieces in it, and turn it on high for an hour or 2....COme back, and all of the burned on mess has been turned to ash! :D Magic!
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Re: Pellets and the Rib-Lator
« Reply #2 on: September 30, 2014, 03:08:52 PM »
Nice cook. I like that setup.
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Re: Pellets and the Rib-Lator
« Reply #3 on: September 30, 2014, 03:13:42 PM »
Dave:  Glad to see that you had a chance to use the rib-o-lator.  What is your overall evaluation of it now that you have used it?  I am still on the fence about getting one maily to use for 4 racks of ribs all at once.

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Re: Pellets and the Rib-Lator
« Reply #4 on: September 30, 2014, 03:50:04 PM »
Dave:  Glad to see that you had a chance to use the rib-o-lator.  What is your overall evaluation of it now that you have used it?  I am still on the fence about getting one maily to use for 4 racks of ribs all at once.

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Re: Pellets and the Rib-Lator
« Reply #5 on: September 30, 2014, 04:01:10 PM »
Another great cook!!
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Re: Pellets and the Rib-Lator
« Reply #6 on: September 30, 2014, 04:31:40 PM »
Dave, that is another great idea for my pellet pooper. Gotta get one of those. I enjoyed getting to spend time with you, Jan, and Barney last week. Glad that y'all made it home safe.

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Re: Pellets and the Rib-Lator
« Reply #7 on: September 30, 2014, 04:46:54 PM »
Another great cook Dave. Your mod on the D. Boone is very interesting!  Kinda looks like one of those hotdog cookers in the old Woolworth's on steroids!  lol
Beautiful meat.....I am so hungry all of a sudden!  :P

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Re: Pellets and the Rib-Lator
« Reply #8 on: September 30, 2014, 06:37:31 PM »
Dave,
Awesome cook.  Everything looks great.  Did you have any balance problems during the cook?

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Re: Pellets and the Rib-Lator
« Reply #9 on: September 30, 2014, 06:43:31 PM »
I had balance problems after a lot of Dave's ribs....they made want to fall down...curl up in the fetal position...suckered my thumb  all starry eyed and weep softly......They were awesome!!!!
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Pellets and the Rib-Lator
« Reply #10 on: September 30, 2014, 07:26:42 PM »
I had balance problems after a lot of Dave's ribs....they made want to fall down...curl up in the fetal position...suckered my thumb  all starry eyed and weep softly......They were awesome!!!!

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Re: Pellets and the Rib-Lator
« Reply #11 on: September 30, 2014, 07:49:26 PM »
I had balance problems after a lot of Dave's ribs....they made want to fall down...curl up in the fetal position...suckered my thumb  all starry eyed and weep softly......They were awesome!!!!

This is all true!!  Despite all of Tee's "orgasmic gyrations" Dave's ribs were "9's across the boards"!!  I haven't tasted ribs like that in a long time, especially at a contest.  Dave's ribs were contest perfect!!!  Sparky, you and Dave need to meet and compare notes.

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Re: Pellets and the Rib-Lator
« Reply #12 on: September 30, 2014, 08:07:02 PM »
Cool Dave, looks like a pretty sweet device !
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Re: Pellets and the Rib-Lator
« Reply #13 on: September 30, 2014, 08:46:35 PM »
Great looking grub on the Ribolater.  ;)
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