five grill side racks

Absolutely, 100% YES!!

I was looking to get a larger capacity out of my smokette to do jerky, called Cookshack and got my hands on the 5 rail racks as soon as they were available!!

The spacing is perfect for ribs!

I bought a Smokette in Sep 2003 and learned about the 5 rack option on this forum. Ordered the upgrade some time early last year. When I ordered my second Smokette in Sep of last year I went ahead and ordered the upgrade with it. The 5 shelf slots really seems to give you a lot more options and you can cook a lot more ribs using it.

I bought the 5 rack holders and love them. It gives me a LOT more adjustability and allows me to fill my 008 more efficiently. I havent used my 3 racker since I bought the 5. And I have 10 jerky screens I can easily get in my 008 now. I think you will be very happy with the purchase.

Bob

Thanks for the info. I just ordered the 5 grill side rack for my smokette, and two more grills. I will let you know how it works on ribs. If this works as well as I hope, I won't need to figure a way to sweet talk the wife into a model 50 for a little while :-) but the time will come.

If you use the 5 rack, how many racks of ribs can you cook in the 008? I am trying to decide if to buy one in the spring and capacity is an issue.

I put one rack of ribs per grate. Haven't been able to figure a way to put much more than that on and still allow air flow.

You can buy rib racks and get 2 to 3 racks per grill. A custom rib rack made to fit the CS grill size would allow even more. Some racks are as cheap as $5, but nicer ones go more. No additional investment required.

Dennis-UT
where do you find the rib racks you are talking about, and will they fit on the 14"X14" grills of the smokette

I'm wondering too? Didn't find anything on the CS web site about these?

Any generic rib rack will work. The cheap ones are at Home Depot for not much more than $5. BBQ specialty stores or Web sites will have more variety. They're pretty popular--I'm surprised nobody else mentioned them before I did.

Go to www.google.com and search on "Rib Racks" and you'll get lots of hits. Amazon even offers a few models.

Good luck.

when i ordered my 08 about a year ago i also ordered the 5 racks. good for ribs , jerky. where it has helped is when i do sausage (brat sized sausage)i can sure hold alot of tube steak. paul

Sorry I was confused, I was thinking they were some kind of rack that attached to the sides of the CS. I welded up some "rib" racks was bored, made them 5 across. I think I still like them flat bone side up for the moisture retention but have to for go that for mass food production.

The grill racks and two extra grills just arrived, good service only ordered it on Monday. If I get a chance this weekend I will let you know how it works on ribs :-). I bet it will do good on boneless skinless chicken breast, if so you could load a ton on it. Any ways it will give me more options as to grill location when I am cooking