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Pushing the new mini to the "MAX". Turbo Ribs

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  • SGH
    SGH Posts: 28,989
    @mshump‌
    I was more than pleased with the Rockwoods performance in the mini and on the pork. On a scale of 1-10 it easily earned a 9 for this cook.

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  • mshump
    mshump Posts: 212
    @SGH Thanks ! My OO and RW will be delivered Monday. I can't believe that I am excited about charcoal !! LOL
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  • SGH
    SGH Posts: 28,989
    @mshump‌
    You are not alone. I do the same thing!

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  • SGH
    SGH Posts: 28,989
    The reward. image

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  • tulocay
    tulocay Posts: 1,737
    Great looking plate of bones. Must have been tasty!
    LBGE, Marietta, GA
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  • SGH
    SGH Posts: 28,989
    @tulocay‌
    Thanks my friend. They were par excellent.

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  • anzyegg
    anzyegg Posts: 1,104
    Man those are some awesome looking ribs. I guess you're getting that mini down.... I thought your wife was going to cook in it?
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  • SGH
    SGH Posts: 28,989
    @anzyegg‌
    Thank you brother. She hadn't felt great the last day or so. So for now I'm getting to use it some.

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  • anzyegg
    anzyegg Posts: 1,104
    Oh, sorry to hear that my friend hope she gets to feeling better quickly.
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  • GaDadx3
    GaDadx3 Posts: 41
    Looks like those ribs were pretty tasty. Enjoyed seeing the pics of them on the mini. Creative.
    LBGE, Suwanee, Ga
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  • SGH
    SGH Posts: 28,989
    @anzyegg‌
    Thank you from both of us my friend.
    @GaDadx3‌
    Thanks man. I love playing with the little mini. Got another rack of ribs on it now!

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  • Hotch
    Hotch Posts: 3,564
    edited August 2014

    @SGH Don't know if anyone has already mentioned that you can take the temp probe retainer off from the inside of the dome, pull the temp probe out and just put the retainer on the probe direct. Then just drop it back in.

    That way you get more clearance inside the Mini. And you can easily remove the probe before a cook that has some height. Others have said they used a wine cork.

    Me I am simple guy, I just figured I rather use the retainer. 


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  • SGH
    SGH Posts: 28,989
    @Hotch‌
    Thanks for the tip my friend. For today's cook I totally removed the thermometer and am using my Thermopen to check the egg temp. Again thank you.

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  • SGH
    SGH Posts: 28,989
    @Hotch‌
    Check this out my friend. Works like a charm to keep a eye on the temp. image

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  • Hotch
    Hotch Posts: 3,564
    @SGH Yes sir,you,re welcome. I have had my mini for about a year it has become our go to Egg. Most because we usually are cooking for two. It fast to temp and easy to cleanup for the next cook.
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  • Hotch
    Hotch Posts: 3,564
    Yep that will work. Nice work on those ribs. I like ribs and this will be my next try on them. One rack should work for us.
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  • SGH
    SGH Posts: 28,989
    @Hotch‌
    The little mini has absolutely won me over. I like it so much that I'm getting one for myself. The one in the pic is my wife's. They are awesome little cookers. The small amount of lump that they use is amazing.

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  • SGH
    SGH Posts: 28,989
    @Hotch‌
    Is this was you was suggesting? It's works like a charm if it was. Again thanks.imageimage

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  • Hotch
    Hotch Posts: 3,564
    @SGH yes sir. I do that on both my large and mini. When I use my stoker I drop one of the stoker fire probes in the dome hole and one at the grid.
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  • SGH
    SGH Posts: 28,989
    Thanks for the tip. It's working like a charm on the mini so far .

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  • Hotch
    Hotch Posts: 3,564
    Glad to hear it.
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  • R2Egg2Q
    R2Egg2Q Posts: 2,137
    Nice job on the ribs. I've cooked some on my mini before but indirect. Can't say I'd even think to try that cook direct with the ribs so close to the lump. Kudos to you for pulling that off!

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  • SGH
    SGH Posts: 28,989
    @R2Egg2Q‌
    Thanks for the kind words and for posting the link. How I was able to pull it off direct was I lit the lump at the bottom instead of at the top. When I got the temp stabilized I dug in the bag and found some very large pieces of lump and set them on top of the pile. In a sense I was using large pieces of lump to create a make shift indirect set up. It worked well for a while but eventually it started to burn away. At this point to compensate I merely reduced the egg temp from 325 to 265. This worked like a charm. Just a note. I did another rack today just as a test but this time I ran 265 for the entire cook. This seems at least to me to be the sweet spot for doing ribs direct on the mini. The 265 setting performed flawlessly. It's really quite easy. You should give it a try some time. Again thanks for the kind words and the link my friend.

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  • ChillyWillis
    ChillyWillis Posts: 893
    @SGH‌ I always light from the top with my looftlighter. How does one go about lighting from the bottom, and does the method vary from between the bigger and smaller eggs?
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  • SGH
    SGH Posts: 28,989
    edited August 2014
    @R2Egg2Q‌
    One last tip. Due to the renderings dripping on the coals I was getting a massive amount of smoke that concerned me. To help prevent a acrid taste from forming I opened the daisy wheel up and almost completely closed the bottom vent. I feel that this worked well as I was able to still control the temp and the ribs turned out excellent with no bitter or acrid taste at all.

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  • SGH
    SGH Posts: 28,989
    @ChillyWillis‌
    On my large I always light from the top as well. The only reason that I lit from the bottom on the mini was I was trying to use the large pieces of lump above as a make shift indirect barrier. It actually worked quite well over all. I lit from the bottom by breaking a Rutland paraffin cube into small pieces and set them on the lump grate. I then covered them with a small amount of lump. I then reached in through the bottom vent with a propane grill lighter and lit the paraffin cube. Once I got the egg stabilized I then set large pieces of lump on top of the pile to farther enhance the indirect affect. It surprisingly worked very well. I hope this helps to clarify my friend.

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  • ChillyWillis
    ChillyWillis Posts: 893
    edited August 2014
    Indeed it does brother. Thanks as always for alowing the wealth of knowledge to trickle down my friend, we students appreciate it. :-B
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  • SGH
    SGH Posts: 28,989
    @ChillyWillis‌
    Brother Chilly here are the mentioned items.imageimageimage

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  • ChillyWillis
    ChillyWillis Posts: 893
    Very nice! I can see how that'd work like a charm on the mini. Thanks again for the knowledge my friend. It's folks like you that make this forum what it is!
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  • SGH
    SGH Posts: 28,989
    @ChillyWillis‌
    Thank you my friend. You are to kind.

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