11/6 - Cooking on the wood smoker II

[Blue_Runner]

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.





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




FOOOOOOD....MMMMMM









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



Random






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



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!