Is That All There Is?

Airboss, you should buy a second large charcoal/ wood fired smoker to have ignited and running out front of your home. Put some BBQ tools and bags of wood chips around it. Then, when your football gang arrives start blabbing about pulling an all-nighter cook effort, etc.

P.S. --- put the smokette out back out of sight.

Great idea! By the way, things here are still pretty dull. Meat temp still notching up slow and steady as it should. Smoke wisps tell me the process is going according to plan. If this madness keeps up I'll be able to go to bed early.

Yup, turn it down to 200-205*F and go to bed! Crank it up in the morning.

8:30 eastern: Woke up to a temp reading of 175 & a most incredible aroma. Slept like a baby except when I was awake looking at the 008 doing...well...just what it's supposed to do. It's pretty boring really. I guess I'll go read the Sunday paper.

Beans will go in on a lower rack after a bit. Maybe I can get Mrs. Airboss to do the slaw. I'll tell her I was up all night tending the fire.

Sounds like you've got it under control AirBoss . Never want to make it look or sound too easy or you friends & family will appoint you the Official Cook at any and every function imaginable.

Looking forward to a delicious report!

Yeah, sometimes you just have to realize, it can be that simple, don't have to overthink it, as designed it works great.

But once you get that first smoke in, now all your friends will want more.

Good luck, let us know how it turns out.

I know you're waiting for the post smoke review of our first effort on the new 008 so here goes.

Following the early morning delight of seeing everything had gone to plan overnight, the newspaper didn't come. Then, my daughter informed me she may be going to college instead of trade school. Following that the cat got out and ran down the street and... Oh. The que.

18 hours and 190 degrees later we have "PP" (pork perfection). Mrs. Airboss just finished pulling it as I sampled piece after mouth watering piece. Sammies tomorrow.

Bottom line: I don't remember getting such a big reward for doing so little. Everything went as advertised.

Thanks for the advise gathered here and thank you Cookshack!

Happy New Year!

Airboss, it sounds like you got some good advice on what to buy. The guy must be a genius. Glad to hear the pork was goo-ooo-ood.

"Genius" doesn't begin to say it. Me and Smokette are going to bed now.

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Originally posted by Airboss:
"Genius" doesn't begin to say it. Me and Smokette are going to bed now.

Could throw i a couple of good lines there but this is a family oriented forum!

Good job! If I ever start sampling I'm usually too full to eat!