11/6 - Cooking on the wood smoker II
 

Here we go again, 2nd weekend in a row doing the wood smoker thing. This time at my dad's. We had St. Louis style ribs, pork loins, country style ribs, chicken wings, vegetable beef stew, potato salad, slaw, baked beans, coconut cake, and peach cobbler. Oh and me and dad had some deer sausage bisuits around lunch time. I cooked the deer sausage on the cast iron skillet over wood coals and made the biscuits in the dutch oven. Man was it GOOD! My bro-in-law started the fire about 9 am Saturday morning and I got the smoker going with the first meat hitting the smoker at about 12:30 pm. The goal was to have everything ready b/t 6:30 and 7 pm for the guests. It was a little stressful getting things going but my sister helped out and we nailed it! The food got rave reviews and the whole party was a big success. Here are the pics of dad's setup and some shots from the party.

Smoker custom made by my dad - counter balanced lid for easy lifting.

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Burn barrel - old air tank cut in half, 1/4 in. steel - heavy duty.

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FOOOOOOD....MMMMMM

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Dad answering to mom as she barks out orders from the kitchen window. Hickory wood on the trailer.

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Random

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We were worried we had too much food. Almost ALL of it was gone by midnight.

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Doing it again at my buddie's dad's next weekend. THREE weekends in a row....whew. Gonna be tired of smoked meats after all this. NOT!
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Dude that looks awesome! I'll be crashing the next party.

Heading up to KC this weekend so I'll get my fixin but have to get a setup going at home to try this.

Thanks Joe, come on up!

Daaaammm BR, You da man!!:sun:

You guys obviously have no idea how to live

dam, looks like you southerners know how to cook it up. gonna be a while before i get on down there but come around 2012, me and mine gonna be passing through. i'll give plenty of notice. we gonna bring our appetites.

So...it's all about good food, family and good times around the "Blue Compound", huh??...

Works for me, DAWG!!:beer:

CTT aka SMILEY aka HEMI MAN you are welcome at the Blue Compound any time.

REEL, absolutely that is what we are all about. I know our little BBQ shindigs don't hold a candle to the Q you been slingin, but we do love to get everybody together now and again to have some drinks, stand around the fire barrel, eat some good food, play guitar/sing, and just take the edge off the stresses of everyday life with family and friends.

By the way still can't wait to sink my teeth into some of that RED BARN Q! I KNOW that is some GOOD stuff cause I know you don't skimp when it comes to gettin down to business DAWG!

dont worry blue, when i come down there with my family, i wont be shy about stopping by for a quick lunch and a slap on the back. gonna stop by that red barn place as well.

Hey CTT, I had a friend in NC that moved there from Kansas, when he was younger he was an active body builder and power lifter and weighed about 185. WHen I first met him, he was closer to 285. After seeing a pictiure of him when he was competing, i asked what happened. he replied that in Kansas, all the food was corn based, or wheat based. When he moved to the South, he discovered all the food down here was "grease" based, and it was real gooooood!