Number of ribs in a smokette?

It depends on whether you hang them or lay them on the grills.

I did not order hangers, just thought about laying them flat on the grills( assuming I use all three racks)!

Lickin de chops

can't really hang em in a smokette. I use weber rib racks... you can get two racks, split in half (4 pcs) on each rack, and one rack per shelf. That would be 6 racks max. But the bottom shelf gets a bit hot... you may want to go with the middle and top rack. or swap the top and bottom racks mid cook.

Woodburner;

The cookshack racks work just fine in a smokette. You can get alot of ribs in by hanging them. The racks of ribs need to be no longer then 10 1/2", other then that you can hang ribs in a smokette.

I must have dreamed about hanging those ribs in my smokette the other day. They sure were good.

Reading this thread and remembering that the issue of hanging ribs in the smokette comes up fairly regularly, it occurred to me that there has been no discussion of hanging them horizontally. In other words, front to back. It seems to me the cook rack could be placed in its highest position (on top of the top groove about a half inch from the roof) and the ribs could be hung side by side from the rack. Depending on the size of the ribs, you could repeat the drill on the second level. Looking in the front of the smokette it would look something like this.
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The smaller hooks could be made from some heavy gauge aluminum or stainless wire. Just an idea.
Richard

Not a bad idea. Actually for the larger CS's they make racks that you place the ribs into and that's who they go, front to back, side to side.

But, I think, since it's a square box, you'll get approximately the same ribs, whether horizontal hanging or vertical hanging.

Sounds like someone needs to do an experiment.

I think you're right from a volume standpoint. My thought was the horizontal approach aviods one end of the rack being in such close proximity of the firebox. I think I may try this for my next "rib adventure".
Richard

Do you hang them small end up or reverse?

Some reservations on using aluminum.

I have talked with different people that smoke and said that during the smoking, using aluminum may have a chemical reaction. Don't know if this is true, but they suggest using Stainless.
One may want to research this.

Dave

I also use the Weber racks in my smokette, and it helps me get a lot more ribs into the smoker. As far as the use of aluminium goes, I think if it really had a chemical reaction then those who foil their ribs would also notice a tainted flavor in to meat.

Cheers,

Micah

Thanks micah,
I ordered the Weber racks and will give them a try.

There are so many variables on this subject that one has to puruse all the posts on this issue.

Thanks,

Dave

if you live near that fancy store called Sur La Table, you can buy meat hooks for 95 cents.

I made some rib hooks. I had some flat shish-kabob rods and cut them using tin-snips.

I used the homemake rib hooks to hang ribs in my Smokette. I cut the racks in half and hung them from the top rack. At first, I hung 2 racks (4 pieces). My smokette looked pretty empty. Then, I needed to cook a bunch of ribs for work. I cooked 6 full racks in my Smokette. It worked great. I'll post pictures soon.

Here is a shot of 6 racks of baby backs in my Smokette:

Oops! The smoker in the photo is not a Smokette, but a SUPER SMOKER Series 50.

Uhhh..... and that's not HIS smoker... It's mine....

I'm not sure what happened. The post was made 2 years ago when you had email your pictures in.

I'll look at home to see if I still have the picture...

I was able to smoke 12 racks in a SmokinTex 1400 for a party one time. I build stainless steel rods that I hang from. 3 full racks on each side of the smoke box and 12 half racks in between. 6 hours at 200 degress and they were perfect.

Here is a pciture with 6 full racks of baby backs in the little smokette.

To get 9 racks in, I just slid these slightly to the outside and hung 6 more half racks over the wood box.