4 Slabs + Hole in the Ground = Great Camping BBQ

[guycalleddave]

Thought I'd show off the work that me and some friends did over the weekend with embers from the camp fire mixed with kingsford.

Also had a rain event half way through the cook so ended up making a foil tent to try to keep the "pit" dry. It worked!

Cook time probably around 6 hours, ranging from 180 - 260 based on our calculations.

No great smoke ring, but overall very tender with a slight pull. All things considered we'd call it a success.

[Henrik]

That is so cool! Love the tent! I bet that tasted fantastic, food cooked outdoors usually does

[LuchaPig]

That tent was a bit of genius

[RonB]

Well done. Er, the project that is.

[Spinaker]

This is awesome. It looks like you got some great ribs outta this cook. great call with the foil.

[Mr. Bones]

Very cool post, thanks fer sharin' with us!

[EdF]

Nice rescue job!

[JCGrill]

Very interested in this. How far off the coals are the ribs? Guessing I could bring a probe and clip to insure temps weren't too high and adjust height as needed.

[guycalleddave]

there's no real adjustment available for this. I'd imagine the coals were around 10 inches away though.

[guycalleddave]

I also have my a pyrex temp probe that I initially bought for indoor use that has moved it's way out to my campfire cooking box, but we also had a Pork Butt going on a very old, very rust charcoal grill, so there was some way to check that we weren't over kill, but we weren't babying it.

[JCGrill]

guycalleddave I think I could adjust with the the setup I'm thinking of. A log on each side of the pit gets the grate higher up.

[bbqoaf]

That's awesome, I'm sure no alcohol was involved at all.

[guycalleddave]

[kmhfive]

Great work. Outdoor cooks are always fun.

[jgreen]

Nice! The foil tent was brilliant.

[Mudkat]

Great idea! Both the simplicity of the pit and the foil tent. Love cooking outdoors. I'll bet figuring out how to handle the rain was half the fun!

[guycalleddave]

yeah, we've done a smaller version of this before up there, about the size of 1 rack cut in half or for a fryer size chicken using only embers from the fire. thankfully we used charcoal which helped us maintain heat through the rain.

We're sit literally in the middle of the forest, with no power, etc, and look for ways we can cook spending less than 5 dollars in supplies.

My favorite though was a tree limb rotisserie and 2 whole chickens. Find 2 " Y " branches pounded into the ground next to the first, with a " V " branch with a little tail on one side as the meat holder. One end of the branch goes through the mean, while the other goes about it, using string to secure it.

[Mudkat]

Any pics of this kind of cook?

[guycalleddave]

i believe they are on an old phone, but nothing I can seem to find right now.

[Mudkat]

Roger that. Maybe next time.