So I got a new to me/used Oklahoma Joe Longhorn offset smoker. Couple pics of the refurb here: New (to me) toy After burning all day yesterday we are finally ready for its maiden voyage. Wife decided she wanted to do a rib cook-off. I am going to use the same stuff as last time. Mustard binder, McCormick applewood rub. She used a gochujange paste binder then 2 rubs. We’ve been watching the BBQ Brawl shows and lots of people are using that chili sauce. Started the show with Kingsford charcoal. Just got 2 16# bags at the local Giant grocery store for $10ea. Then added several splits of cherry. The water pan has 2 cans of cola. Ribs are on. Let the fun begin.
2 hours in, both of us put in foil. Little brown sugar, little sauce, little butter, little apple juice concentrate. So far I love this thing. Temp is staying very consistent and very easy to control. Adding a stick or two every 45-60 minutes.
Shoot, guess the meat coma messed me up. They took a longer to do than normal. My fault as we wanted to try different methods of making some jalapeño poppers, so I kept opening the smoker. Won’t to that again.
that is no longer an Oklahoma Joe's its a Pennsyvania Jason's! Greast restore and first run. Did you fire it dry to harden the paint?
Yes I did run a low heat fire for several hours. Unfortunately after the long smoke, I had a couple spots of the paint peel up. I re-wire wheeled it, cleaned with denatured alcohol and re-sprayed. Fingers crossed it sticks this time. More mods.. 1/2 of the firebox lid gasket was missing so I just scraped it all and bought new. The smoke chamber gasket was fine but why not just freshen it up. The door is not sealing well either way so I need to bend it a little. Wife and I tried but couldn’t get it. I’m going to need some more help with that. It’s bowed a little in the middle. And I got a new hanger for the stainless drip cup. One that was on there was crazy rusty. Probably trim some of the treads off at some point.
