by sethh1970 » 02 Aug 2016, 22:15
Thanks guys! Finally seasoned it with some oak and got to use it the next day for ribs and chicken.
Used the clay saucer method, put the chicken on the middle section with the Myron Mixon chicken rub out his book, and the ribs on the top using the old Memphis dust recipe with the salt. 3 hours for the chicken and 4 for the baby backs using the 2-2-1 method at 250. Used big K lump wood from Morrisons using the minion method, 3/4 tray + 3/4 of a lit chimney, and a few foil pouches of JimBeam oak whiskey barrel chips( £2.00 a box end of season last year at Tesco -bought 5!)
Came to temp quite quickly, shut the vents down to half and it stayed stable for the full 4 hours. Not much charcoal left at the end, probably due to it being cheaper lumpwood.
Chicken was juicy, wonderful with a surprisingly non rubbery, slightly crisp skin. The ribs were moist and smokey, very tender but not mushy. Very pleased with R2D2 as we fondly know him now!
Hoping to get a frozen turkey from Morrisons tomorrow, and will try it on Thursday/Friday, failing that, Ashda has pork shoulder at £2.50 a kilo at the moment, so will try to get the biggest one of them I can.