Smokette Keeps on Tickin'

Occasionally, we have a discussion about the rare times a cookshack has a minor glitch,out of the box, and then operates flawlessly for many years.

I had my old black 008, from about a year after Smokin'Okie got his.

It sat out in the south Fl nightly salt storms,by the beach,under an old loose gasser cover for years.

I overloaded it,hauled it,accidentally dropped it a couple of times,and tried to clean it up annually.

I used it several times a week,even in tropical storms,for years.

Some may remember,about five years ago I wrote a nostalgic post about passing it on to my sons that run cattle operations, up along the Ohio River in the hills of east Ky.

Now they share it and haul it around in working farm trucks over three counties of rough terrain.

They don't own a cover,and maybe because they didn't pay for it,they work it like a "borrowed mule".

Now folks watching the weather may be following the snow and ice storm crossing the country.

Elder son called his mother last night to say Ky would be closed down the next couple days with temps in the teens,around 1/2 inch of black ice and six inches of snow.

The girls loaded up with sides and buns,and baked batches of cookies,while he put a full load of butts in the 008.

He knows the timing on butts,so he is used to starting them at 5AM and coming home after 9PM to take them out and wrap them.

He didn't want to go out in the weather,so he duct taped his old Taylor therm,under the table,where the 008 was setting outside on the patio.

He didn't want the weather to affect it,and knew the smoker could handle the weather.

He was out of rub,so he used CS brisket and Turbinado sugar.

Great choice.

He just called to see if there was any problem,if they lost power from ice on downed power lines,and had to rely on the generator to also power the cooker.

I said go for it.

Well,today there is a load of great pulled pork to enjoy with relatives and friends.

I asked to try and get some pix with the smokette cooking in the ice and snow-we'll see.

This ,for those folks wondering about their decision to purchase,or getting their money's worth.

Now,I'll get out of here,before someone accuses me of makin' a Smokin'Okie post.