Smokin'

Yesterday we did a little smokin'. Rob has recently purchased a smoker to smoke ribs, boston butts, etc. He decided to try it out and he smoked some ribs.

The smoker

The wood and coals

He trimmed the fat and then put his special rub on them and let them sit while he started the fire.

waiting to be put on the smoker

on the smoker

Allie helped keep and eye on things!

He has this computer thing called the bbq guru that hooks to the smoker and gets it and keeps it at the right temperature the whole time. Once he got it to the correct temp he put them on for about 2hrs. then took them off, wrapped them in tin foil with a little apple juice and put them back on the smoker for 2 more hours. After the 2hrs was up he took them off, unwrapped them and sauced them up and then put them back on for about 20 min. to get the sauce good and carmalized.

Jack and Pop watching Rob sauce up the ribs

All sauced up

They are ready!!

Pop (Rob's dad) came in town and visited and got to enjoy a wonderful lunch with us. While we were waiting on the ribs to get ready, Pop and Jack enjoyed some play time. We love when Pop comes to town!!

This was Rob's first attempt at smoking ribs and it was a success. They were delicious. We had homemade mac and cheese, baked beans and rolls with our ribs. It was all very good, I think next time he is going to try smoking a boston butt!!  We had such a wonderful Saturday!

I'm going to leave you with another picture of our precious boy. The weekends go by way too fast!

He loves these rings!

sweet boy!