Tenth Electric Smoke:

Yavapai County, Arizona is still in another season of severe fire restriction 7/1/12. There are no open flames allowed anywhere in Yavapai County. It is so dry that it is illegal to target practice. There is no smoking of cigarettes outside, but Electric Smoking of meat is legal. The Wood Smokers and BBQ grills are off limits also. This is our second smoking during the severe fire restrictions. The monsoon storms will start this week ending the restrictions.

One hour pre-heat, 2 cups water in pan, vent closed and smoker temperature set at 225*F. Time 8:30 am.

I worked this morning restoring electric power to Perkinsville, so Rhonda started this smoke with our son who is at home doing a PhD Rotation at the hospital. They kept the 225*F.

They started the smoke at 9:30 am.

3 @ Pork Ribs from COSTCO (Stubbs Original BBQ sauce)

Family Pack Chicken Thighs from Safeway Foods (Bill Johnson’s BBQ sauce)

Mesquite wood chips were added at the start 9:30 a.m., at 10:45, at 11:10 and at 12:00 noon. Only 2 cups of wood chips create a fabulous smoke flavor.

All the pictures were at 5 hours into the smoke when I pulled all the meat.

I like the looks of the Stubbs BBQ sauce on the ribs. The chicken has the Bill Johnson’s sauce and looks marbled. The taste is excellent with either sauce.

We served this feast for dinner with close friends today. Dan is an Iowa farm boy who is 69 years old. “Wow, Wow, Wow. Incredible, these are the best ribs I have even eaten. Wow, unbelievable.” “You should have John McCain try these ribs. I heard that he cooks COSTCO ribs also.”