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Outdoor Cooking Equipment => Grills & Smokers => Charcoal Smokers => Topic started by: squirtthecat on September 03, 2013, 10:06:54 AM

Title: Laboring on Labor Day
Post by: squirtthecat on September 03, 2013, 10:06:54 AM

Crazy/Busy weekend.    Hal4UK and I went through 42 racks of ribs and close to 65 pounds of chicken.

A few pics that I had time to snap. (when my phone wasn't covered in sauce/grease/smoke/sweat)


Light the fires...

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The interior of the new Backwoods Competitor.   Getting a nice patina now.    ;)

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A late afternoon 6 rack order - just takes a fraction of the available space.   We were playing with some featherbones in the pan below.

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Pretty..

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Using the Chubby as a UDS style chicken cooker.   No heat diverter - just let them drip on the hot lump for that smoked/grilled flavor.

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Exhausted today!
Title: Re: Laboring on Labor Day
Post by: drholly on September 03, 2013, 10:09:05 AM
Wow! Those are some very fine looking ribs and the chicken is pretty darn nice looking too! Nice job!
Title: Re: Laboring on Labor Day
Post by: muebe on September 03, 2013, 10:09:29 AM
Wow Squirt that is a whole lot of cooking!

Nice job ;)
Title: Re: Laboring on Labor Day
Post by: hikerman on September 03, 2013, 10:12:26 AM
Wow! Those are some very fine looking ribs and the chicken is pretty darn nice looking too! Nice job!

X2!  That's a beautiful sight...
Title: Re: Laboring on Labor Day
Post by: Jaxon on September 03, 2013, 10:23:18 AM
Great lookin' food, sir...were you at a comp or cookin' for friends (that would MAKE a lot of friends)?

I'd like to be able to get that look you have on that single rack o' ribs with the uniform way the meat pulls back from the bones. 

Any tips you can share would be appreciated...
Title: Re: Laboring on Labor Day
Post by: sliding_billy on September 03, 2013, 10:24:15 AM
Can I lick the sauce off of the grates?
Title: Re: Laboring on Labor Day
Post by: squirtthecat on September 03, 2013, 10:37:41 AM
Great lookin' food, sir...were you at a comp or cookin' for friends (that would MAKE a lot of friends)?

I'd like to be able to get that look you have on that single rack o' ribs with the uniform way the meat pulls back from the bones. 

Any tips you can share would be appreciated...

We run a Food Truck of sorts on the weekends.   (concession trailer parked in a warehouse on a VERY busy road)

The BWS Competitor has a large built-in water pan, so we are cooking with heat/smoke + tons of moisture.   
Title: Re: Laboring on Labor Day
Post by: sparky on September 03, 2013, 11:39:41 AM
love the color of those ribs.  what wood were you using.  is it a rub that your are buying or making yourself?  what is the flavor of your ribs? 
Title: Re: Laboring on Labor Day
Post by: Smokin Don on September 03, 2013, 11:49:27 AM
Those ribs are a WOW Squirt, nice color!!! Don
Title: Re: Laboring on Labor Day
Post by: TMB on September 03, 2013, 12:28:49 PM
Nice cook Squirt,  good thing it was easy and not work  ;) 

I like the cookers
Title: Re: Laboring on Labor Day
Post by: squirtthecat on September 03, 2013, 01:31:08 PM
love the color of those ribs.  what wood were you using.  is it a rub that your are buying or making yourself?  what is the flavor of your ribs?

Royal Oak lump, and just a tiny bit of hickory.   It's *real* easy to over smoke in one of these things, as it is a reverse flow.

We make our own rub - a fresh batch every weekend morning.   We mop them with a glaze that is based on our own Sweet & Spicy BBQ sauce.  Just a light coating for color and moisture.

Flavor?   TASTY.    ;)
Title: Re: Laboring on Labor Day
Post by: sparky on September 03, 2013, 01:53:29 PM
are you selling your rub or bbq sauce to the public?   ::)
Title: Re: Laboring on Labor Day
Post by: pz on September 03, 2013, 02:07:27 PM
wow... fantastic equipment, and great looking food!
Title: Re: Laboring on Labor Day
Post by: squirtthecat on September 03, 2013, 02:21:58 PM
are you selling your rub or bbq sauce to the public?   ::)

BBQ sauce, yes. 

Rub, very very soon.   (bottles should be in today)   ;)
Title: Re: Laboring on Labor Day
Post by: ACW3 on September 03, 2013, 02:46:36 PM
You and Hal knocked that one out of the park!!  Great looking ribs and chicken.

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