1st cook on Shirley Fabrication Smoker!!

[Beefnip]

Very 1st cook on my Shirley Fabrication reverse flow, offset stick burner. As a matter of fact, this is my very first cook on an offset of any kind...EVER!! I am a master of the Weber kettle and the Big Green Egg, not to mention various gassers over the years. I was initially worried about the learning curve of a stick burner; however, a Shirley Fabrication offset smoker with an insulated firebox and 3/8 steel main, with warmer box and dual warmer box vents, have proven to be a truly gentle mistress to my learning experience. The following photos are a testament to my first cook on a stick burner of any kind.
The following spread was started before dawn on the 25th of October of 2014, for my annual Alabama/Tennessee football game party. Alabama took home a victory and so did I! ROLL TIDE!!
Without any further adieu, we had 4 pork butts, 4 racks of spare ribs, 1 11b packer brisket, 13 lbs link beer sausage, 30 lbs chicken (assorted legs, thighs, breasts, and hot wings), 1 8lb turkey breast, 1 spiral cut ham and a 11 3/4 x 9 5/16 x 4 in foil pan of baked beans with homemade bbq sauce. Cakes made on the side and homemade vanilla ice cream in the White Mountain ice cream maker rounded out the day. Thank you Paul and Tyler for exceeding my expectations and dreams and thank you most of all for the memories......
My 87 year old grandfather says he has never tasted wings this good.....ROLL TIDE!!

Don't forget to check out Shirley Fabrications at www.shirleyfabrication.com

 

[SGH]

Congradulations on the new Shirley pit. They are beyond awesome and as solid as a rock. You made a very wise decision purchasing a Shirley. All the food looks excellent my friend. Back at you brother, Roll Tide!!!!!

 

[CravinQ]

You don't mess around when you break a pit in, do you? Looks like enough to feed a small army. Everything looks delicious on that smoker. Congratulations!

 

[BBQ_MAFIA]

Thats a heck of an all or nothing first cook on a brand new smoker.

 

[ButtBurner]

oh yeah baby well done!!

one tip on using the warmer as a smoker

put a foil pan on the lower rack or even on the removable baffle

when i used mine the grease drippings got on the floor of the cabinet and started running down the outside of the pit

I use a foil pan now to catch the drippings or the bottom of the charcoal tray

 

[grc_42]

Beautiful smoker and awesome cook

 

[EmilPatrick]

Beautiful smoker and awesome looking food!

 

[joemat]

Great cooker and a nice looking first cook - Congrats :clap2:

 

[code3rrt]

It's really to bad you all had to suffer through such meager fixins:doh::loco:.

Levity aside, that looks like a great cook, and we all around here will look forward to seeing future posts.

Great work!

KC

 

[Jadog]

Now that's how to season a smoker. Well done. :clap2:

 

[Shinka]

We can see this isn't your first rodeo, wow! Nice job and solid cooker.

 

[CircleW]

Now that deserves a slow clap! Well done!:clap2:

 

[Bigr314]

One hell of a fine cook on a great cooker.

 

[BigBobBQ]

that is really a big cook for a first time stickburner user, but congrats on it. It appears that everything was great.

 

[Tango Joe]

Holy moly, for a first cook that is outstanding!
Eating great in your neck of the woods for sure!

 

[DUBBAGA]

Were you cooking for some vegetarians? I thought you were gonna put some meat on that beauty :biggrin1:

Food looks great, and as always, so does the Shirley

 

[cowgirl]

Beautiful smoker and what an outstanding cook!! Well done Sir!

 

[TuscaloosaQ]

Good Lord brother you jumped in with both feet...... you can tell although it was your 1st rodeo on a stick burner...... you were not Skeered!!!!!!! Awesome looking... way to go!!!!!!! told you it would be a piece of cake!!!!!

 

[tsimm15]

Congrats on the pit and the food looks damn good. Way to nail your first offset cook. Having that SF makes it even easier.

 

[ssv3]

Very nice pit and quite the spread.