Gravy won't work

I agree, I have tried it a couple of times without much sucess. However, if you use a small amount of the drippings in gravy it adds a great flavor... but it is kind of like the amount of wood you use in a cookshack smoker, it doesn't take much!

Stuart

Here's a tip that I received from a restaurant owner who has a cookshack. He does prime rib and duck or goose in his cookshack after he has done a batch of ribs. He does not use any wood but relies on the seasoned cooker to provide the flavor, this way the dripping pan does not pickup the heavy flavors that you found were objectionable from the fresh wood. I have had the prime rib this way. The aus jus made from the drippings was very nice.

Years ago, a restaurant I worked at had smokers very similar to Cookshack, this was around 1986 (maybe they were cs?), anyway, we used to add the rib juice drippings to kc masterpiece sauce and stir it up real good. This improved the barbecue sauce alot. So, I imagine this would spice up any barbecue sauce you usually use.