3rd Cook: Too much, too soon?

[Doozy]

Greetings all,
Tomorrow, I'm attempting my 3rd cook in my PBC and it's a doozy. I'm cooking for my daughter's high school graduation party on Saturday around noon after her ceremony earlier that morning at 9:00am.

So my plan is to cook the 8 racks (4BB & 4SL) of last meal ribs in my PBC the night before and serve them on Saturday.

Is this nuckn' futz? I will listen to any reasonable critique of this endeavor. My concern is the mixing of the cuts and cooking time variation for these 2 distinct cuts.

Someone talk me off the ledge.

[Jerod Broussard]

Keep an eye on temps, may have to lack the crid.

[Mr. Bones]

You got this, breathe in, breathe out! I understand th' pressure ya' feel...
Given yer cooker meat, either I'd:
Put th' bbr's on 1-2 hrs later, or use two cookers, if that seems easier.
Ya gonna do jus' fine, keep askin' questions... th' Pit will git ya' though this, and Beyond!

[Doozy]

Keep an eye on temps, may have to lack the crid.

"the crid", I'm embarrassed to say that I don't recognize this term. Please elaborate.

[Mr. Bones]

Almost like Ig-Pay, Atin-Lay...

[Doozy]

Oh my, I keep digging myself deeper.

[Jerod Broussard]

JC hooked you up.

[kmhfive]

The PBC won't mind the difference!

[JeffJ]

The PBC is well designed to cook ribs in quantity. I've only (sadly) done one cook in mine and I did 3 slabs of BB ribs. I didn't completely fill the basket and I had plenty of fuel leftover after 4 hours. Load up the basket and don't be afraid to crack the lid to generate heat early in the cook as you will be filling up the airspace in it.

[Butchman]

Go for it!

[fzxdoc]

The PBC will do fine with both cuts of ribs in at the same time. You may not be pulling them all at the same time, but it most likely will be close. No worries with the possibly different cook times since you're serving them the next day anyway.

As Jerod says, crack the lid to keep the temps up. That much meat generates a lot of moisture so keeping the PBC at its sweet spot is a good thing to do.

Use a full basket, even if it doesn't all get burned. Having fuel in reserve is always good, especially for a fully loaded barrel.

Have fun, Doozy , and enjoy the party. Congrats to your daughter.

Kathryn

[Doozy]

The PBC will do fine with both cuts of ribs in at the same time. You may not be pulling them all at the same time, but it most likely will be close. No worries with the possibly different cook times since you're serving them the next day anyway.

As Jerod says, crack the lid to keep the temps up. That much meat generates a lot of moisture so keeping the PBC at its sweet spot is a good thing to do.

Use a full basket, even if it doesn't all get burned. Having fuel in reserve is always good, especially for a fully loaded barrel.

Have fun, Doozy , and enjoy the party. Congrats to your daughter.

Kathryn

fzxdoc What do you define as "sweet spot" for this cook?

[fzxdoc]

Doozy , the sweet spot for a PBC is the temperature it likes to settle in at and maintain for several hours. For my PBC, that's usually 275°F or so for KBB using this lighting procedure. For other folks, it's lower or higher than that. You'll know when you've done a few cooks, assuming you always use the same lighting procedure and charcoal.

Best wishes,

Kathryn

[Ernest]

Cook em at the same time. Start the beef at least an hour for the pork.
3rd cook huh? You should be on your 10th cook already.

[Doozy]

They're hung. Wow, you ain't kidding about the temp drop, form 284 down to 190, cid is lacked. climb baby climb.

[Mr. Bones]

Been out gardenin', sry.
Icewater??
Where ya located? Guessin' pretty far N of my 39.xx°!!!
How dem ribs 'n temps lookin', now?

[FireMan]

Not only did you not know what lack The crid meant, but you can't spell, it's crid, not cid.

[Mr. Bones]

Saw dat, hadda let it go... FireMan!
But you, Good Brother Sir, likewise forgot a Smilie, to indicate that you are in Full Jest Mode

[Doozy]

Thunder shower over, temp is a steady 225? How long at this temp or should I try to raise my cooker temp?

[hogdog6]

At 225 you may want to crack the lid for a few minutes to get it back over 250.

[Doozy]

Update: Baby backs are off the pit, wrapped in foil, and stored in the cooler.