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Community => Butchering, Cooking, Recipes => Topic started by: JDHasty on April 07, 2016, 05:43:42 AM

Title: A couple of nice racks - can't wait for lunch
Post by: JDHasty on April 07, 2016, 05:43:42 AM: Don't know how much longer the old NBBD is going to hang in there, but she can still be loaded up at bedtime and deliver like a champ when the alarm clock goes off in the morning.
Title: Re: A couple of nice racks - can't wait for lunch
Post by: quadrafire on April 07, 2016, 08:40:06 AM: Smells good!!
I've never done ribs overnight. I'm stuck on the 3-2-1 method.
Nice Jeep ;)
Title: Re: A couple of nice racks - can't wait for lunch
Post by: JDHasty on April 07, 2016, 08:57:09 AM: Quote from: quadrafire on April 07, 2016, 08:40:06 AM
Smells good!!
I've never done ribs overnight. I'm stuck on the 3-2-1 method.
Nice Jeep ;)

If you can get your pit tuned - it is the way to go. This old NBBD was basically new when I found it a decade ago. I had the firebox welded on and I had Horizon Smokers make a charcoal basket, a heat dissipation plate and the chimney that is welded on the right side. Added a couple American made Tell-Tru thermometers and it will hold steady at 215-240 degrees for four to six hours depending on how strong the wind is and how much I have to open the air intake. Wind seems to have more effect than cold on burn rate needed to keep temps where they need to be. I gave up on welding blankets a while back and just fight it out now, but am thinking about building a three sided enclosure or maybe just a portable screen to keep the wind off.

I sure wish that New Braunfels had not sold out - the Black Diamond was the very best of the ECOS (El-Cheapo Offset Smokers). It was made of heavy enough gauge steel to make it a good performer, but it is still much more portable than a Horizon or Klose pit.

I am not a fan of pellet grills & smokers.