1st Cook With The Stick Burner

Here's the back story of the smoker for anyone who is interested:

http://eggheadforum.com/discussion/1205528/i-sold-my-xl-and-small-egg-ill-shirley-miss-them/p1

I was hoping to pull out the smoker Saturday and crack some beers but the rain ruined that idea. Sunday didn't look any better according to my weather app on my phone. Dang! I woke up around 5:45am Sunday morning and the very first thing I did was double check my weather app. It went from 50-60% chance of rain all day down to 40% chance for a couple hours. Woohoo!!! So I rolled out of bed and grabbed a couple pork shoulders, couple racks of ribs, and corned beef that has been waiting to be cooked. Nothing super complicated for my first cook. 

I started with the corned beef and pork butts. The ribs eventually made their way to the smoker a few hours later:


The corned beef was the first to finish:


Ribs waiting to be sauced:


Sauced:


Butts finishing up:


Taters wrapped up:


Plated:


A little overkill for the wife and I. We ended up bringing some to my parents, mother-in-law, and wife's grandma. Nice to spread the love.

Still plenty to learn with this smoker. My fire management is still pretty poor. I felt like I was feeding it a stick every 15-20 minutes. That will need to be adjusted. It's definitely a lot more work tending a fire but enjoyable. The smoke profile was fantastic. The pulled pork was a little more dry compared to the BGE. Not a huge difference but slightly noticeable. The ribs and corned beef seemed to be on point. Nice and tender. I even got a text from my wife complimenting the leftover ribs today. I'll maybe inject the pork shoulder next time or buy the pork that I typically tend to buy. These were a different brand pork shoulders. I'd say it was a success but with room to improve. An enjoyable cook nontheless. Thanks for looking!