New PBC

[lukenich18]

Today I picked up a pbc for 125 and now I’m going home to throw some ribs on! Excited to try this thing out for ribs have heard great things. I started with a drum smoker it’s sweet going back to one. I will post pics when I’m done.

[Jerod Broussard]

Ribs was my first cook. First bite blew away.

[DWCowles]

Congrats on your new toy.

[lukenich18]

Without wrapping do you think four hours will do?

[BourBonQ]

I regularly get ribs in the sub-4hr range, even closer to 3 hrs, without wrapping, letting the PBC hit 275+ and work it's magic.

Oh, and welcome from the Lowcountry of South Carolina! Great pick up on the PBC.

[RonB]

Congrats on the new cooker. Sorry, but I can't help.

[Rod]

lukenich18 This was my first rib cook over this past weekend.

[lukenich18]

I saw that thread earlier... they look awesome!

[DWCowles]

I did 8 racks on the PBC and they were done in 4.5 hrs

[lukenich18]

About to gget on

[DWCowles]

If you’re only doing one rack I would check it in 3.5 hrs

[lukenich18]

Okay thanks I’m following the lighting instructions from this forum... so still a bit before they go on

[jfmorris]

Congrats lukenich18 - I know you will enjoy the PBC. I'm gonna get one of those one of these days, as it seems to cook a lot of things faster than other smokers, due to the higher temperatures it tends to run at, but due to the sealed nature of the cooker, things stay moist.

[lukenich18]

The wait 🍽

[RobertC]

That's a clean looking barrel.

[JeffJ]

Ribs were my first cook too. Turned out great. You should be looking at 3 to 4 hours. A bit of advice: When you are set to remove the ribs, either to apply sauce near the end of the cook, or to remove them altogether. before using the tool to lift the hook, I recommend using a pair of tongs to gently grip the bottom of the slab. I got my PBC last April and have done 3 rib cooks in it. Each time I had a slab tear away from the hook. The first 2 times it happened was when I was saucing and carrying back for 20 more minutes inside the barrel. The last time the slab ended up in the coals. It ended up just fine, but ribs create a lot of grill smoke and I actually had a difficult time finding the slab amidst all of that fog.

[lukenich18]

Ribs were my first cook too. Turned out great. You should be looking at 3 to 4 hours. A bit of advice: When you are set to remove the ribs, either to apply sauce near the end of the cook, or to remove them altogether. before using the tool to lift the hook, I recommend using a pair of tongs to gently grip the bottom of the slab. I got my PBC last April and have done 3 rib cooks in it. Each time I had a slab tear away from the hook. The first 2 times it happened was when I was saucing and carrying back for 20 more minutes inside the barrel. The last time the slab ended up in the coals. It ended up just fine, but ribs create a lot of grill smoke and I actually had a difficult time finding the slab amidst all of that fog.

Thanks for the advice... I actually just checked them after two hours and I think they will be done at three... probed tender and the bones were pulling apart a little.

[lukenich18]

Here’s the finished product!!

[BourBonQ]

Congrats and welcome to the PBC club.

What'd you think about the end result? They look great.