Tomorrow - No Snow! I am going to attempt to smoke some ribs. Have you ever smoked food in cold weather? Any advice besides bundle up?
I do it all the time, nothing different, may need a bit more wood depending on your outside temps and wind.
When I was much younger I offered to cook the meal on the grill for my friends who had nicely invited me to dinner. We were living in South Carolina at the time on a construction job. All of us a long way from home. We had the next day off so we commenced having a few beers. By the time dinner was ready we were all half in the bag. And the grill was close to the house. Well the burgers had created a few flames and I had apparently swung the spatula a few times and decorated the siding on the house with the grease!
My tips: pre warm your wood on the top of cooker I have used welding blankets as insulation wrapped around the cooking chamber on my offset. Definitely helps. Plywood wind blocks help too if it's windy Drink booze...it keeps ya warm! No cold should keep a man from his bbq!
I'm cold smoking bacon today...good weather for that. Keep it out of the wind and plan for a little extra time in cold weather.
I smoke all the time did pulled pork which was on for 16 hours and it was in the low 20's that day. My smoker is one of the kamado style smokers though so it's pretty insulated and I put my pid stoker on it so I didn't have to go out and mess with it so I guess I may have been cheating.
Much appreciated, Jack. I will get to this someday...when the temps get over 20 and there isn't that pesky sideways snow.
