Smoking

We've started smoking at our house. In fact, Bryan spent six hours on Saturday smoking... some ribs. We bought this contraption for our Weber grill not too long ago to help with the smoking process and so far Bryan has attempted ribs twice. The finished product from our first attempt was so bad that I just didn't feel right sharing about our new cooking endeavor. The second attempt was quite a bit better.

First, Bryan bought some spare ribs and he had to do some hacking on them to transform them into St. Louis style ribs.

He cut and trimmed
Then after making a special rub, he coated the meat with the rub and placed it in the refrigerator overnight.
The next morning, Bryan and Seth prepared the wood.

They broke up some hickory pieces (they help cause the smoke) with hammers.Then for the next 6 hours the meat was on the grill. The first three hours they were on the grill like this. The next two hours they were wrapped in aluminum foil and the last hour uncovered again.

When it was time to eat, the ribs actually tasted very good, slightly on the tough side, but still very good. Along with some mac and cheese, mashed potatoes, homemade cornbread, and heirloom tomatoes, it was a mighty fine dinner.

Was it worth 6 hours of cooking and manning the grill? I still need some convincing, so I can't wait to see what we can try smoking next!