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Okay, finally got it done! This is my very first cook on my YS640...unless you want to count the original burn it where I couldn't help but put on a few burgers.
I had 6 racks of loin backs, 20 heart stoppers, bbq beans and corn on the cob wrapped in a foil tent.
I started with my own blend of pellets...40% hickory, 30% maple, 20% apple, 10% oak. I set the grill for 220*F, then started the grill 1/2 hour before I planned to put them on. It took 25 minutes to come up to temp.
I spritz my ribs, so I did so every 45 minutes. After doing so a couple of times, I noticed the heat would go down to 110* in the grill, but it would stay on "maintenance mode" and it took nearly 40 minutes to get back up to temp. I quickly learned to "increase" the temp 25* to get the grill into the "increase mode" , then I would quickly re-lower the setting to 220*. This helped get the grill back to set point within 15 minutes...or less. I think this is why my cook took 6 hours instead of the typical 5 hours I often read of.
Before my cook, Joe Phillips said I would probably have to rotate the ribs on the right most side once, about 2 1/2 to 3 hours into my cook....so I did as he suggested. I waited til about 6 hours had passed, then put on my sauce.
The end result....AWESOME!!!!
I think these may be the best ribs I have ever done. They had a thin bark on them. They were nearly "fall off the bone" but, they still had form and pull. The smoke ring was deep and cherry red. The flavor was great...not over smoked at all. And above all....still moist!!!
I have read in so many posts by others, that they used "bbq delight" or other oak blended pellets because 100% flavor wood pellets over smoke the meats. And in all honesty, I gambled on it. Well, I can assure you it was not the case at all yesterday! The smoke flavor was mild and complimented the meat perfectly. Something I was nervous about, because the unit put out a fair amount of smoke...for the whole 6 hours.
Pellet usage...Joe said on a 40* day, setting my grill at 220* was probably going to use "about 2 lbs. per hour". I premixed 15 lbs. and put it in my hopper...from power "on" to power "off" it was 7 hours. My math comes to 2.14 lbs. per hour. Not bad at all.
I am very pleased with how the meal came out, and so was the rest of the fam.
Pictures for you to look at
http://s1068.photobucket.com/albums/...%20my%20Yoder/
I had 6 racks of loin backs, 20 heart stoppers, bbq beans and corn on the cob wrapped in a foil tent.
I started with my own blend of pellets...40% hickory, 30% maple, 20% apple, 10% oak. I set the grill for 220*F, then started the grill 1/2 hour before I planned to put them on. It took 25 minutes to come up to temp.
I spritz my ribs, so I did so every 45 minutes. After doing so a couple of times, I noticed the heat would go down to 110* in the grill, but it would stay on "maintenance mode" and it took nearly 40 minutes to get back up to temp. I quickly learned to "increase" the temp 25* to get the grill into the "increase mode" , then I would quickly re-lower the setting to 220*. This helped get the grill back to set point within 15 minutes...or less. I think this is why my cook took 6 hours instead of the typical 5 hours I often read of.
Before my cook, Joe Phillips said I would probably have to rotate the ribs on the right most side once, about 2 1/2 to 3 hours into my cook....so I did as he suggested. I waited til about 6 hours had passed, then put on my sauce.
The end result....AWESOME!!!!
I think these may be the best ribs I have ever done. They had a thin bark on them. They were nearly "fall off the bone" but, they still had form and pull. The smoke ring was deep and cherry red. The flavor was great...not over smoked at all. And above all....still moist!!!
I have read in so many posts by others, that they used "bbq delight" or other oak blended pellets because 100% flavor wood pellets over smoke the meats. And in all honesty, I gambled on it. Well, I can assure you it was not the case at all yesterday! The smoke flavor was mild and complimented the meat perfectly. Something I was nervous about, because the unit put out a fair amount of smoke...for the whole 6 hours.
Pellet usage...Joe said on a 40* day, setting my grill at 220* was probably going to use "about 2 lbs. per hour". I premixed 15 lbs. and put it in my hopper...from power "on" to power "off" it was 7 hours. My math comes to 2.14 lbs. per hour. Not bad at all.
I am very pleased with how the meal came out, and so was the rest of the fam.
Pictures for you to look at
http://s1068.photobucket.com/albums/...%20my%20Yoder/
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