Due to frustrations I won’t describe here, I have made several trips over the last month or so to a certain shop trying to get my laptop repaired. Making the frustration worse, though, I keep seeing this inviting trailer and smelling wonderful thin blue smoke, but it never had worked out to stop and sample. Here’s a photo of the trailer I stole off the internet.
Today, though it finally worked out. I had tried once on Wednesday, but they were delayed opening. The nice pitmaster informed me, in a wonderful Caribbean accent, that he actually comes up each day from Orlando and gotten a late start due to vehicle issues.
Today I ordered a rib dinner. My two sides were baked beans and fries. When asked to choose a sauce, I immediately chose the jerk option, remembering the accent. No pictures, but I got a look at the cooker in action and noted that although it’s a large “tank” type on wheels for towing around, it’s not an offset. So I prepared myself for grilled ribs as opposed to smoked.
Holy cow! What a beautiful serving box!
You can see in the first picture I got five ribs, four large ones and one end piece. There was very good bark on the end one where it wasn’t sauced. But look how meaty those things were in the lower picture.
The sauce was wonderful. My mouth is still doing a pleasant smolder. It wasn’t too hot to enjoy but definitely packed a punch. No smoke ring to speak of, as expected, but the ribs were remarkably tender for not falling off the bone. Just perfect texture. And really tasty.
The beans were heavy on brown sugar and not much else, but still passable, especially when I stirred the last of them into the sauce that ran off the ribs. The fries were, well, fries. They steamed a bit on the drive home, but I did eat them all.
At $22, I’d say the quantity and quality are very good. I will be going back.
Today, though it finally worked out. I had tried once on Wednesday, but they were delayed opening. The nice pitmaster informed me, in a wonderful Caribbean accent, that he actually comes up each day from Orlando and gotten a late start due to vehicle issues.
Today I ordered a rib dinner. My two sides were baked beans and fries. When asked to choose a sauce, I immediately chose the jerk option, remembering the accent. No pictures, but I got a look at the cooker in action and noted that although it’s a large “tank” type on wheels for towing around, it’s not an offset. So I prepared myself for grilled ribs as opposed to smoked.
Holy cow! What a beautiful serving box!
You can see in the first picture I got five ribs, four large ones and one end piece. There was very good bark on the end one where it wasn’t sauced. But look how meaty those things were in the lower picture.
The sauce was wonderful. My mouth is still doing a pleasant smolder. It wasn’t too hot to enjoy but definitely packed a punch. No smoke ring to speak of, as expected, but the ribs were remarkably tender for not falling off the bone. Just perfect texture. And really tasty.
The beans were heavy on brown sugar and not much else, but still passable, especially when I stirred the last of them into the sauce that ran off the ribs. The fries were, well, fries. They steamed a bit on the drive home, but I did eat them all.
At $22, I’d say the quantity and quality are very good. I will be going back.
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