What to cook on my first Weber?

[texastweeter]

Ribeye steak.

[Panhead John]

You can never go wrong with a good ol’ ribeye!

[Richard Chrz]

Panhead John, I have. Lol

[grantgallagher]

Chicken thighs or wings, or a good steak. I would advise again pork chops just because they are so much less forgiving. You want to get a couple of good cooks in before you get some bad ones, which will happen. If you want to do a longer smoke then something with high fat content like pork belly or butt. Build up that good feeling!

[jfmorris]

Good point on the chops. Much past 140F internal temperature and chops are dry as a bone...

[Soonerpop]

Hard to beat a burger. Nobody doesn’t like burgers.

[HawkerXP]

Don't really matter. Just grab what you got and throw in on!

Welcome to the Pit!

[mrichie1229]

Like the new Avatar HawkerXP.

[captainlee]

Welcome to the pit. Just fire that thing up and cook whatever you are most comfortable with, steak burgers, chicken.........

[Alan Brice]

Welcome fr Cincy Ohio! If you have a spare minute, setup like you normally would. Relax n crack a beverage. This is the best idea I have ever heard: sacrifice a loaf of white bread. Toss it out fast like playing cards, edge to edge. Then in a repeat motion, keep flipping those suckers, noticing what areas brown first. This will tell you more about hot spots n where your specific cook zones are and are not. For the cost of a loaf, you will already know soo much more about yer cooker, plus have the makins fer some stove top. Enjoy! we are glad you are here!

[Murdy]

Welcome. If your wife is apprehensive about a pulled pork, try a beef chuck roast and treat it similarly, it a really forgiving cut to smoke. Pulled beef sandwiches are great too. If you haven't come across it yet, find a video showing how to use the "snake method" with charcoal, works great on a kettle. Beef short ribs also come out great.

[mrichie1229]

Welcome to the Pit pitdaddy0904! Since I am late to the party, I am curious what you decided to cook.

[Panhead John]

+1

[bbqLuv]

Greetings from NW Oregon.

May I suggest doing a dry run or two, aka burn-in, to learn how your cook runs?

The following video is a simple way to cook Amazingly Good Chicken.
I do this on a Traeger pellet grill.

How to Smoke Chicken - YouTube

[pitdaddy0904]

Hey everyone! Just wanted to start by saying thank you to y'all for all the kind words and helpful advice! After talking to my girlfriend a bit, she decided on chicken wings (of course I don't have a vortex yet) and I decided on doing a tri tip. I'll be grilling em up today and will definitely provide some pictures. Ideally I'll be smoking the tri tip but a lot of the info on how to cook them is all over the place and sometimes conflicting, so any advice is appreciated!

[jfmorris]

You planning on running both cooks at the same time? I am certain you can do great wings without anything but the kettle, but be sure to do a 2 zone setup, as they will burn to a crisp if left in the direct zone too long...

[pitdaddy0904]

Nah the wings were the appetizer before I start up the tri tip. The 2 zone method did me very well. Wings were well received

[jfmorris]

Mmm. Love me some grilled buffalo wings!

When I got the Vortex for my kettle, I sold it to my wife as a device that turned the kettle into a giant air fryer - which is basically true! . I still sometimes "grill" chicken, but mostly do it with the vortex.