"What have I done?"

[Porkies]

Congrats on the new pbc!

[Michael_in_TX]

It has arrived. Unfortunately, I can't do anything as the top of the box now a cat bed. Sigh.

[Chris Williamson]

You will really enjoy your PBC. Cooking a brisket in mine for Thanksgiving this year. It makes a mean brisket. You’ll love the chicken recipe on their website as well.

[Michael_in_TX]

After Thanksgiving, I got it out of the box. All the pieces were there and I got it assembled! I was surprised to get both grates -- the standard and the hinged; for some reason I thought I'd only be getting the hinged grate, so that was nice.

As every PBC video on the internet attests, the thing just speaks quality. Still, I was very happy with how light it was. I'm not planning on moving this thing around a lot, but this will make it very easy when I need to.

The only glitch is that the vent cover is a tad looser than I'd like. It's not loose enough that I think it'll fall under its own weight during a cook, but I'd like it tighter, just to minimize the risk of moving it a lot if the cover gets snagged on it. Tightening the screw had no effect. (Although as I write this, I didn't think to check if there was a nut behind the screw on the inside of the barrel.

So the PBC is outside and covered up, and we'll see how my first cook goes tomorrow!

[JPMcGrath]

I am wondering how that first cook went. Ribs was my first cook, and they turned out awesome even though I didn't really know what I was doing.

[Michael_in_TX]

They turned out good, in fact, they were the best ribs I have ever done. Still much room for improvement, but I get better with every cook on the PBC.

[Red Man]

There is a nut behind the screw. I had to tighten it down on mine as well.