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- Joined
- Jul 7, 2014
- Location
- Wichita, KS
So I have been wanting to try the snake method on my Weber Performer for some time. Today I finally decided to give it a test run. But a test run wouldn't be any fun without cooking something so I made my first attempt at Moink Balls.
For the snake, I set up a 2x2 (2 wide by 2 high) row of Kingsford Briquettes. I lit 12 up in my chimney starter and overlapped them at the beginning of the snake. I wanted to target about 225* and heard that a 2x2 snake should work. I let the snake go for about an hour before putting the Moinks on to see what it would take for vent settings to get 225*. I ended up having the lower vent completely closed and the lid vents just cracked a bit. The temps were incredibly stable and I hardly had to mess with the vents at all. I made the snake 10 rows long and in the almost 4 hours that I had it going, it burned through about 4 rows so I was getting about 1 hour per row. Here's some pics of the cook.
Getting started - setting up my CyberQ to measure temps.
Here is the snake after12 lit coals were added to the beginning.
An Egret stopped by to see what I was up to.
Moink Balls going on. They were store bought meatballs wrapped with bacon and dusted with Plowboys Yardbird Rub.
Here is the way I had the vents set up for the majority of the smoke.
After 2 1/2 hours I put some Sweet Baby Ray's BBQ Sauce on half of the Moinks.
And pulled them off after an additional 15 min to set the sauce (about 2 hour and 45 minutes total).
Here is the final product - they were amazing!
As for the snake method - I wish I had tried this method years ago. It works great. I had been starting 12 new briquettes every hour in the past and this is much easier. If figure I could have gotten 10 hours out of my ten row snake easily.
Here is the graph of the temp profile during the smoke. The dips are when I opened the lid to check on the Moinks.
All in all this was a fun afternoon. I learned something new, got to play with my CyberQ for the first time, and made my first Moink Balls.
Thanks for watching!
For the snake, I set up a 2x2 (2 wide by 2 high) row of Kingsford Briquettes. I lit 12 up in my chimney starter and overlapped them at the beginning of the snake. I wanted to target about 225* and heard that a 2x2 snake should work. I let the snake go for about an hour before putting the Moinks on to see what it would take for vent settings to get 225*. I ended up having the lower vent completely closed and the lid vents just cracked a bit. The temps were incredibly stable and I hardly had to mess with the vents at all. I made the snake 10 rows long and in the almost 4 hours that I had it going, it burned through about 4 rows so I was getting about 1 hour per row. Here's some pics of the cook.
Getting started - setting up my CyberQ to measure temps.
Here is the snake after12 lit coals were added to the beginning.
An Egret stopped by to see what I was up to.
Moink Balls going on. They were store bought meatballs wrapped with bacon and dusted with Plowboys Yardbird Rub.
Here is the way I had the vents set up for the majority of the smoke.
After 2 1/2 hours I put some Sweet Baby Ray's BBQ Sauce on half of the Moinks.
And pulled them off after an additional 15 min to set the sauce (about 2 hour and 45 minutes total).
Here is the final product - they were amazing!
As for the snake method - I wish I had tried this method years ago. It works great. I had been starting 12 new briquettes every hour in the past and this is much easier. If figure I could have gotten 10 hours out of my ten row snake easily.
Here is the graph of the temp profile during the smoke. The dips are when I opened the lid to check on the Moinks.
All in all this was a fun afternoon. I learned something new, got to play with my CyberQ for the first time, and made my first Moink Balls.
Thanks for watching!
