Smokin' Ribs with Mr. CBogz

Our entire extended family loves when Cody gets the itch to smoke some ribs, turkey, or chicken wings. YUM! This time around Cody was smoking ribs. About 4 or so years ago, I bought Cody a smoker for Christmas, and it has paid for itself over and over again (this one was $80). I just love watching Cody do his magic, so that I can eat those ribs!  

Cody starts the charcoal and fills the water pan.

Cody has everything set up and ready to assemble. 

For this round of smokin', Cody was using apple wood chips, but he has also used hickory and mesquite.

Cody puts a rub on the ribs before they go into the smoker. His rub  usually includes: brown sugar, paprika, garlic powder, and salt, but it changes sometimes.

Charcoal is the bottom layer of the smoker. To get the smoker going, Cody usually starts two sets of charcoal.  

To know the charcoal is ready, it turns a bit grey. Don't touch! 

Up close and personal.

Next addition is the water bath which can alter: water, chicken broth, beer. I've even read that you can cook potatoes and carrots in the water bath while it smokes.

Our smoker has two grate layers, so we can fit so many yummy things in it.

Top layer in; ready to go!

Cody checks to make sure all is secure, and adds a few more chips. Usually the chips are soaked in water so that they give off the smoke.

After about 7 hours, the ribs come off, and everyone swarms the meat! Yummy!

Gimme some of those ribs!