A few weeks ago I stopped off for lunch at one of Shane's shacks while traveling on business. Fortunately it was on expense account as it was a little pricey for me (over $10 for lunch). Be sure to order without the BBQ sauce on the ribs, as they will ordinarily smother it on. The ribs were OK, not too dry, but had a load of rub on it (extra peppery) that took away from whatever smoke taste they may have absorbed. Also, their Brunswick stew was way too peppery/spicy hot and "tomato-ey". Ugh.
Last weekend I picked up a rack of baby back ribs on sale, made a simple rub with salt/pepper/onion powder/garlic powder/seasoned salt, coated the ribs a half hour before putting them in the 008 with 2 oz. hickory and set the smoker at high heat (250?). I put a temperature probe in a meaty section but seemed to get a false (high) reading. Since the meat was pulled back from the bone after three hours I figured they were ready. My wife and son ate them all up and asked for more. It's a good feeling to see loved ones tear off meat from the bones that you prepared and smack their lips while "ummming". The ribs were moist and quite tasty.
Anyhow, while it's nice of Shane to offer smoked meat for hungry people, don't fall for the lie that you can't do it at home. It's bad enough we have politicians heavily bombarding us with "messages" nowadays.
