First Cook on my Backwoods G2 Chubby

[zupanj]

Got my new woods G2 Chubby delivered this week and I couldn't wait to try it out. I decided to cook one rack of pork ribs to start to see how the smoker cooks. I didn't expect any great surprises because I have been using a WSM for many years and I thought both smokers used similar approaches. I have added my Fireboard and Viper fan because I had them and used them on my WSM. Set up was pretty easy. I added 2 qts of water to the water pan and that was probably a little short but there was a little bit of water left when the cook was finished. I fired a half chimney of charcoal, put it to the rear of the charcoal bin and then filled the bin with unlit briquets. I used quite a lot of wood compared to the WSM, 5 or six chunks. The cook went very smoothly, temperatures held very steady at 225 degrees F. One noticeable difference was that the cooker had a lot of moisture which was evident around the exhaust stack. Pulled the ribs at five hours and they were done. Bark was nice and hard and the ribs had a nice smoke ring. The only thing I didn't understand was that the temp was dropping about the time I pulled the rack, it was at 213 degrees F at that point. I wondered if the charcoal had burned out at the point but I don't think it should that early. I didn't pull the charcoal bin today because I did not want to deal with the ash yet. I did see some un-burned briquets on the left front of the bin. I will look at that more closely before my next cook.

I love this cooker and I think I will be able to use it without a steep learning curve.

Jack

[STEbbq]

Looks great! Any pics of the smoker?

[Panhead John]

Yes please!

[MsTwiggy]

Nice ribs!!! Now how ‘bout that smoker!! 🔥🔥🐿️

[FireMan]

Wibs says it all!! 👍👍

[HawkerXP]

Congrats!

[RonB]

Congrats on the cooker and the cook.

[zupanj]

Here's a several pics.

[RiverJeff]

What a fine smoking unit it is no wonder the ribs look so fine as well Great job.

[Troutman]

The G2 is a solid little smoker!! Congrats 👍

[Spinaker]

Man, those things are cool. I always thought that would be a great addition to an outdoor kitchen as a built in. .

[TripleB]

Very nice. Congrats on the new smoker. Now that the maiden voyage is over, what do you plan on smoking next?

[zupanj]

I have a couple more racks of ribs in the freezer that I will use next. I got a number of nice rubs when I won third prize last month so I'm thinking of halving the racks and then using a different rub on each one. It's hard for me to move away from my standard rub which is a slightly modified version of Meathead's Memphis dust but I need to expand my horizons a bit.

After that I plan on cooking a pork butt that is also in the freezer. Of course, this is all contingent on the weather continuing to be so mild in PA.

[Clawbear57]

Great looking smoker. Happy smoking.

[IdahoJim]

Nice looking smoker. I am Jealous. I was looking long and hard at one of these a while ago. I just couldn't justify the cost for the amount of smoking I do.