Promsing Start...

Ok after reading a week’s worth of blog post I decided to start Hot Rodding my “BEAST”. I extended the Smoke stack to the Grate first. Then I added the side fire box, and purchased a Veggie Griller to use as a Coal basket. I also lined the inside of the grill with foil, and flipped the stock coal tray upside down to use as a baffle… I ran some test runs but more of the time the smoke chamber was way too hot (300-400f). So I decided to do a test run with a slab of rims using the minion method. I’m typing this up as the ribs are smoking so I will post what I did and a reflection at the end... 10:20am: Pour about 15 hot coals in a basket with about a chimney full of unlit lump coal (Cowboy Brand), and placed a water dish inside the smoke chamber to control the heat. 10:45am: The Grill reads a temp of 110f with stock thermometer. 11:00am: The Grill reads a temp of 140f with stock thermometer. 11:15am: The Grill Reads a Temp of 160f with stock thermometer. 11:30am: the Grill reads a Temp of 210f and the grate temp was 190f with oven thermometer. 11:45am: 200f at grate and with stock thermometer. 12:00pm: 230f at grate and with stock thermometer. ***Put the Meat on…. 12:15pm: Temps dropped to 210f on both thermometers. 12:45pm: Temp dropped to 190f on both thermometers. Decided to take out the water pan. 12:55pm Temp dropped down to 180f on both thermometer. Decided to add more lump coal... 1:10pm Temps up to 230 on grills thermometer and 210 on Grate... Sprayed the ribs with apple juice... 1:30pm Temps up to 250f on grill and 240 on grate, so I decided to add some smoking wood. I also closed the vent on the Side box half way because I didn’t want the temps to get over 250f. 2:00pm Grill Temps read 250f. 2:30pm grill temps read 225f 3:00pm Grill reads 210f at the Grill and 200 at the Grate... Took the meat out to wrap it and added coals (and Smoking wood) to the Box. 3:30pm: The Grill read a temp of 250f… 4:20pm: Temp dropped down to 210f and I added some Stubbs Charcoal… 430pm Temps at grill was 210f and at Grate it read 195… Unwrapped the ribs. 5:30pm DONE!!!!! At 240f Over and hour after I took the meat off the grill read 190f and the grate read 175f.. Conclusion... First I wasn’t happy with how quick the Cowboy Lump Coal burned out…. I went through a bad and still couldn’t keep my temps steady. Secondly, I don’t know if the pan of water helped any…. I believe it kept the temps low while it was I the smoker. I’m not sure if inverting the coal tray made a different. I also week like the grill am not able to hold the heat the way it should. I’m wondering if fireplace bricks of even ceramic bricks would help insulate the heat.

Here's the Grill I purchased recently... It's the Char-Grill Duo S5050 with the optional Side Fire Box AKA the BEAST!!!! This Grill is a MONSTER!!!!!!

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Hello, Welcome to my new BBQ, Grilling and Smoking blog. The purpose of this blog is to journal my grilling and smoking learning Curve. My mind works in a funny say so don’t mine the ramblings and the way my mind jumps from one direction to another. For you guys that know me personally you know I an extreme guy... Either I don’t care about something or I obsess over it... So check in weekly and enjoy my walk towards greatness (well Maybe)....