New Member and First cooks

Koehn · December 2016

Hi All,

Been following the posts for a few weeks finally got approval to post! Did ribs for my first cook. I should have gone longer but just was adjusting to cooking on my lbge instead of a pellet smoker. Second cook didn chicken legs that were fantastic and finally prime rib for Christmas. Picked up some tips here and couldn't have been happier and was the first cook I felt in control of temp.

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Mickey · December 2016

Nice. Next time on legs (and turkey legs) do direct / 400to425 / raised. And you don't need the wires.

Koehn · December 2016

Mickey said:

Nice. Next time on legs (and turkey legs) do direct / 400to425 / raised. And you don't need the wires.

Since was one of first times I read I shouldn't cook that high plus wanted to practice controlling lower temps

bgebrent · December 2016

Welcome. Nice work.

Mickey · December 2016

Old wives tale on the cooking high. Have put on 5 Egg Fest's where the Eggs go from brand new to 700+ (some 1000) in the first few mins. Heat will not hurt your Egg. And it was not just my Fest's, it happens all over the country.
You are correct in holding lower temps is harder and the practice is good.
Don't forget turkey wings are great off the Egg as well.

abpgwolf · December 2016

Welcome. Nice looking first cooks.

JohnnyTarheel · December 2016

Welcome!!

CincyTiki · December 2016

Welcome, that's strong work for your first three cooks, keep it up.

Koehn · December 2016

Thanks doing a boston butt this weekend. I always struggled with them on pellets so will be interested to see how I do on this and being a much longer smoke than I have done.

lousubcap · December 2016

Welcome aboard and enjoy the journey. Way to jump right in.
Regarding the butt cook, As I'm sure you are aware, the cook temperature profile is quite forgiving so have fun with it.

PrimoRidgeRanch · December 2016

Cheers, new to the forum as well

DoubleEgger · December 2016

Welcome. You might want to think about wrapping the plate setter in foil FWIW.

THEBuckeye · December 2016

The gasket looks like a veteran.

NPHuskerFL · December 2016

Welcome.

jstewart12a · December 2016

Welcome, the butt is very forgiving and hard to screw up on the BGE. I did my first one about a month after I had mine and it was much easier to do than I thought it would be.
I agree with @DoubleEgger, you might wanna have something on the plate setter to catch drippings, i.e. aluminum foil or a foil pan that can be thrown away. Good luck!

SaintJohnsEgger · December 2016

Welcome. Starting out with ribs - bold move.

As @DoubleEgger said wrapping your plate setter is a good move. I wish I had done that on my first cook. I've done it since but I wish I had started that way.

Koehn · December 2016

Good call on the plate setter i meant to do it but forgot but better late than never!

Koehn · December 2016

Also one thing I have been seeing is my dome temp and my thermoworks smoke temp are out of sync and in sync at different times. It really trips me out when they are sometime 25-30 degrees off in either way and other times within a few degrees of eachother.

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