New Orion convert

[wa-loaf]

NOOOIIIIICE:beer:

I like my ribs a bit saucy, so I either throw them on the grill with some bbq sauce on or just slap some bbq sauce on and wrap in foil for 5-10 mins.

I brought some BBQ sauce but everyone seemed to love them the way they were.

 

[OldsnowboarderME]

Where did you get yours?

I got mine several months ago at Home Depot in Seabrook. The cost was double what you paid .. $75. I thought it was a good deal at the time.

 

[RootDKJ]

Excellent ..tomorrow when I get home from work I am putting mine together. Maybe you should start a Orion tip thread on cooking and maintenance. I think we need a subforum for BBQ and grilling topics.

I'm counting on DHS to use his new mod powers to give us a BBQ sub-forum.

:grin:

 

[Grassi21]

Gonna give mine a try tomorrow. Grabbed some ribs tonight, but forgot to get some rub.

make your own rub... chili powder paprika, cayenne i you like it hot, salt, pepper, onion powder, garlic powder.... get creative after that... add some thyme, dried mustard. i have a couple of proprietary rubs and a vinegar based bbq sauce that is killer.

 

[o3jeff]

First try with it and the ribs came out awesome!

 

[GrilledSteezeSandwich]

my stomach is officially growling..

 

[Grassi21]

delish baby backs off the el cheapo brinkman

 

[Grassi21]

and that's smoked tofu on the right for my sis-in-law

 

[MR. evil]

and that's smoked tofu on the right for my sis-in-law

Total gaper question here: is there is differnce between spare ribs and baby back ribs? I seem to recall that there is.

 

[Grassi21]

Total gaper question here: is there is differnce between spare ribs and baby back ribs? I seem to recall that there is.

both are beautiful in there own way

http://community.thenest.com/cs/ks/blogs/dinner/pages/1261923.aspx

 

[MR. evil]

both are beautiful in there own way

http://community.thenest.com/cs/ks/blogs/dinner/pages/1261923.aspx

Let me ask this, if you were to get ribs on a real BBQ house down south, would they be spare ribs or baby back ribs?

 

[deadheadskier]

Let me ask this, if you were to get ribs on a real BBQ house down south, would they be spare ribs or baby back ribs?

really depends

some of the chefs that I sell to do competition bbq for fun on the side. Most of them prefer St. Louis Ribs to Baby Backs

 

[deadheadskier]

Question for Master Root

wood chips.....how much do you use surrounding the drip pan? Do you pretty much pack them in that channel or just a light amount spaced throughout. I tried the former with my sausage last night and totally screwed them up. Granted, bad batch to begin with, but they tasted like smoldering logs they were so smokey. Put them in our covered kitchen waste basket over night and the kitchen smelled like a campground in the morning. :lol:

 

[wa-loaf]

First try with it and the ribs came out awesome!

Tasty! Did you put the BBQ sauce on before it went in the smoker?

 

[GrilledSteezeSandwich]

and that's smoked tofu on the right for my sis-in-law

Wow..the tofu definitely wins..:???:

 

[Grassi21]

Wow..the tofu definitely wins..:???:

gotta keep the sis-in-law happy. it was the first time i worked with tofu. tasted ok. i should have tried it before the ribs though....

 

[o3jeff]

Tasty! Did you put the BBQ sauce on before it went in the smoker?

After, took them out of the Orion, put them on the grill and sauced them up and blackened them up a bit.

 

[RootDKJ]

Question for Master Root

wood chips.....how much do you use surrounding the drip pan? Do you pretty much pack them in that channel or just a light amount spaced throughout. I tried the former with my sausage last night and totally screwed them up. Granted, bad batch to begin with, but they tasted like smoldering logs they were so smokey. Put them in our covered kitchen waste basket over night and the kitchen smelled like a campground in the morning. :lol:

Couple of handfulls. Dropped in lightly, around the whole perimeter.

 

[RootDKJ]

After, took them out of the Orion, put them on the grill and sauced them up and blackened them up a bit.

That's how I do it.

 

[Geoff]

That's how I do it.

That's how I do it as well.

My sauce recipe is:

1 large yellow onion, chopped, sauteed in vegetable oil
3 garlic cloves, chopped fine, added to the onions in the last few minutes of the sautee

Dump in:
2 small cans of tomato paste
1 cup cider vinegar
1 cup honey
1/2 cup worcestershire sauce
1 cup Dijon mustard
1/2 cup soy sauce
1 cup hoisin sauce
2 tablespoons chili powder (I make my own grinding smoked Ancho, chipotle, and New Mexican peppers)
1 tablespoon ground cumin
1/2 teaspoon crushed red pepper flakes (more if you like your BBQ sauce hot)

Heat until it starts bubbling, turn down the flame, and simmer for 30 minutes

I have one of those Weber R2-D2 smokers. I've only used it a couple of times this summer.