Kyle Serlington
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seeing as how i live in upstate ny, this has only been my 3rd cook of the year, and there were still a few snowflakes. i was worried about it being windy because my last cook kinda got ruined by the wind, but i didn't seem to have an issue with it today. here's what i made:
Ribs: i bought a rack of st louis cut ribs this morning and when i got home i seasoned half the rack with dinosaur BBQ cajun rub and the other half with kosher salt and black pepper. the seasoning only set for about an hour or so while i lit up my WSM and got it to temp.
wings: before i left to go get breakfast and hit up the store for ribs i prepped some wings that i bought at the store the other day. about half of them i put into a mixture of dinosaur bbq rub, vegetable oil, and texas pete's hot sauce, and the other half i put them in a wash with buttermilk, an egg, and some hot sauce. when i got home i took the buttermilk wings out and breaded them in a mix of flour, cornmeal, and dino rub. i let those set for an hour while the smoker came to temp.
sauce: i came up with an idea for a sauce the other day with ketchup as a base, and then i'd add applesauce and apple jelly. i started with those ingredients and then added some white vinegar, dark brown sugar, mustard, black pepper, and chilli powder. more basic than i usually do, but it came out pretty good and i want to fine tune it when i get the chance.
here's some pics:
this is my smoker about an hour into the cook. ribs on bottom, wing on top, breaded wings around the edges of the grate.
here's the wings when they were done. i left them on for about 2 and a half to 3 hours. i finished the rubbed wings on my propane grill to crisp the skin and set the sauce on. for the sauce i used an even mix of my new apple bbq sauce and texas pete hot sauce. it came out pretty good.
here's the ribs. the stay on for almost 5 hours
final thoughts:
the bbq wings with spicy sauce came out pretty good. technically yes they were overdone (fall apart tender), but that's how i like my wings. as for the breaded wings, i'd like to try doing them again but with a different technique. the breading came out too dry and it was kind of hard to eat, i think next time i'll leave the cornmeal out and maybe brush them with oil a few times as they cook, and i'll use a different rub. i only used to dinosaur bbq rub because i was out of my own and didn't have time to make it. i tried dipping a few of the breaded ones in bbq sauce and that made the texture even worse
as for the ribs, i finished about half a rack of the dino rubbed ones on the propane grill with the apple bbq sauce and then i took about 4 of the salt and pepper ones and did the same thing. the dino rubbed ones with the sauce were good, but i didn't put a ton of sauce on the ribs and i've noticed that with tomato based sauces that they tend to lose a lot of character when they come out on the finished product. as for the sauced salt and pepper ribs, i could tell it was different than the bbq rubbed ones, and i'd be down to try doing them again but just not put as much salt and pepper on, the pepper was really overpowering. as for the unsauced ribs, the dino rubbed ones were pretty good, but i didn't really care for the salt and pepper ones. i gotta admit that the salt and pepper thing was something i wanted to do after reading franklin's new book. overall i'd say it was a successful cook. the smoke flavor was there but not overpowering and i learned a few things and got a good new sauce out of it. the handle did fall off of my WSM door, so i guess i'll need a new door soon, but after 4 years of use i'm not too surprised or upset about it.
Ribs: i bought a rack of st louis cut ribs this morning and when i got home i seasoned half the rack with dinosaur BBQ cajun rub and the other half with kosher salt and black pepper. the seasoning only set for about an hour or so while i lit up my WSM and got it to temp.
wings: before i left to go get breakfast and hit up the store for ribs i prepped some wings that i bought at the store the other day. about half of them i put into a mixture of dinosaur bbq rub, vegetable oil, and texas pete's hot sauce, and the other half i put them in a wash with buttermilk, an egg, and some hot sauce. when i got home i took the buttermilk wings out and breaded them in a mix of flour, cornmeal, and dino rub. i let those set for an hour while the smoker came to temp.
sauce: i came up with an idea for a sauce the other day with ketchup as a base, and then i'd add applesauce and apple jelly. i started with those ingredients and then added some white vinegar, dark brown sugar, mustard, black pepper, and chilli powder. more basic than i usually do, but it came out pretty good and i want to fine tune it when i get the chance.
here's some pics:
this is my smoker about an hour into the cook. ribs on bottom, wing on top, breaded wings around the edges of the grate.
here's the wings when they were done. i left them on for about 2 and a half to 3 hours. i finished the rubbed wings on my propane grill to crisp the skin and set the sauce on. for the sauce i used an even mix of my new apple bbq sauce and texas pete hot sauce. it came out pretty good.
here's the ribs. the stay on for almost 5 hours
final thoughts:
the bbq wings with spicy sauce came out pretty good. technically yes they were overdone (fall apart tender), but that's how i like my wings. as for the breaded wings, i'd like to try doing them again but with a different technique. the breading came out too dry and it was kind of hard to eat, i think next time i'll leave the cornmeal out and maybe brush them with oil a few times as they cook, and i'll use a different rub. i only used to dinosaur bbq rub because i was out of my own and didn't have time to make it. i tried dipping a few of the breaded ones in bbq sauce and that made the texture even worse
as for the ribs, i finished about half a rack of the dino rubbed ones on the propane grill with the apple bbq sauce and then i took about 4 of the salt and pepper ones and did the same thing. the dino rubbed ones with the sauce were good, but i didn't put a ton of sauce on the ribs and i've noticed that with tomato based sauces that they tend to lose a lot of character when they come out on the finished product. as for the sauced salt and pepper ribs, i could tell it was different than the bbq rubbed ones, and i'd be down to try doing them again but just not put as much salt and pepper on, the pepper was really overpowering. as for the unsauced ribs, the dino rubbed ones were pretty good, but i didn't really care for the salt and pepper ones. i gotta admit that the salt and pepper thing was something i wanted to do after reading franklin's new book. overall i'd say it was a successful cook. the smoke flavor was there but not overpowering and i learned a few things and got a good new sauce out of it. the handle did fall off of my WSM door, so i guess i'll need a new door soon, but after 4 years of use i'm not too surprised or upset about it.