First Cook - Pit Barrel Cooker

Here is the First Cook on my new Pit Barrel Cooker! I am so excited to have this new toy in my backyard. Join me as I complete my very first cook on it and so you how easy it is to have competition style BBQ in your backyard for an very affordable price!
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[@robbytrevino8139]

Can’t wait for more awesome cooks

[@ChefDez]

Thanks! They’re coming…

[@hilltopmachineworks2131]

I just got my PBC and getting ready to do my first cook. Pretty excited to try some ribs.

[@ChefDez]

Have fun with it! Ribs are awesome!

[@karatevideosandmore7685]

Great job.....I love mine.....thinking of getting the 55gal. one. If you want Long cooks 12 hr. plus....get B&B Char Logs, break them up in 2-1/2"-3" lengths, add wood chunks with them and it will give you that amount of time at between 225°-275°......trust me I'v tried every fuel. This works the best AND the temp stays consistent.....have fun

[@ChefDez]

Thanks so much for the advice!

[@PG22_Hello]

Yum

[@ChefDez]

Thanks for watching!

[@donmyers2953]

I never saw you add any wood for smoke. So is that just dirty smoke, and did it affect the flavor of the ribs or is a that the nature of a barrel smoker? In the video it also appeared that the bottom portions of the ribs were blackened. Is that that normal in a barrel smoker with it being so close to the heat source? Just curious looking to purchase

[@ChefDez]

Lump charcoal is 1 ingredient = wood. Since the bottoms of anything hanging are closer to the fire, that part always gets cooked a bit faster. For the price point of a Pit Barrel, and the volume of food it can hold at once, you really can't go wrong.

[@karatevideosandmore7685]

Oh....the way you set the Initial Temp you want it to keep (and you can get down to 225°) is how hot you get those starter coals ....hotter they are the higher the initial temp....you can cut the airflow at the intake a little from the set opening to keep a low temp to. These Char Logs burn HOT(they are very dense) so keep that in mind, but they burn ultra consistent. Look up cooking with Ry.....he has a way of using a coffee can cut out for starting the coals....I use it and it works for consistent uniform burn.

[@ChefDez]

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[@karatevideosandmore7685]

Here's the link to the Coffee Can hack:
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[@ChefDez]

@@karatevideosandmore7685 Well that makes a lot of sense. Thanks for sharing that.

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