What a great way to spend a lazy Sunday... Grab some patio chairs, a smoker, some meat, some beer and go to town. We did 4 racks of baby backs over cherry for about 5 hours at 225 degrees (using the 2-2-1 method of 2 hours initial smoke, 2 hours wrapped in foil with a splash of apple juice, then 1 hour smoked while being basted with BBQ sauce perodically).

Pulled pork I did the short cut way in the slow cooker. I actually used a tenderloin, rubbed with some homemade BBQ rub and about 2 cups of root beer in the slow cooker (on low) for about 7.5 hours. Pulled it out, shredded right apart and poured over a bit of BBQ sauce. Next time, I'll do a real pulled pork butt in the smoker... But will definitely do the slow cooker method again when I want realllly easy pulled pork.

Then did a bunch of drum sticks in the smoker too. We didn't really need the drumsticks, but the smoker was still holding temperature like a dream so it didn't feel right to waste such well maintained coals Came out smokey, juicy and tender.

I also made some biscuits from scratch, to go with the pulled pork

(Never mind the ladder to get off the deck, the patio there is a work in progress, also nevermind my buddy with the black socks and shorts)


Smokin' away




Dinner time!



Left overs


Every single thing I made came out perfectly, if you've got any questions, feel free.

 

Where are the girls!?

 

Inside making dessert Caramel walnut cheesecake with an inch thick brownie crust

 

Wow, lots of work, but looks like it was well worth it. My next adventure on the smoker is going to be brisket