First attempt.

[L J]

Well here are the ribs and chicken ready to go. One ribs was marinaded for almost 24hrs the other dry rubbed just before lighting the charcoal. Chicken was lightly oiled and seasoned and I used 1/2 can of pear cider with extra holes around the top. The other half of the cider I used to soak the oak chips.

The proq settled at 234 which was slightly higher than I wanted but wouldn't budge and all the lower vents were totally closed.

After 3 hrs I placed the ribs in foil with apple juice then left for about another hour and a half. Then took the chicken out, removed ribs from foil, brushed with bbq sauce and left for another 30 mins.

I thought maybe the chicken would be a bit overdone but it seemed fine, and my kitchen smelled fantastic.

My son described the chicken as 'soft' which at first seemed a strange word to use, but it really was soft, and very tasty. The ribs were lovely too and even the fussy 'don't like ribs' member of the family had 5 clean rib bones on their plate!

Suffice to say all that was left was a pile of bones and a small amount of my very basic coleslaw.

[aris]

Good job. What rub/marinade did you use on the ribs?

[L J]

Marinade ;
1 440ml can beer (I used john smiths)
1 cup brown sugar
1/2 cup cider vinegar
1/2 tbsp hot chilli powder
1/2 tsp ground cumin
1/2 tsp mustard powder
1 tsp chilli flakes
Just put it all in a pan brought to boil then cooled.

Rub; Leftovers from our last grill barbecue!
4tbsp brown sugar
2tbsp hot chilli powder
2tbsp hot smoked paprika
1tbsp ground cumin
1/2 tsp cayenne
1tbsp garlic powder
3tbsp mustard powder
2tsp salt
2tsp fresh ground black pepper.

The rub with the bbq rib sauce was quite spicy but seemed to be the favourite with my boys. I liked the marinade though.

The chicken I cheated with and used a schwartz spice mix for chicken. Very nice though I will be making my own next time with herbs and lemon zest.

[Eddie]

Mmmmmmmmmmm , looks like you did a great job. Always nice to have some pick from cooks, whatever the weather.

Eddie

[Toby]

Looks great and thanks for sharing the recipe!

[ConorD]

Ribs look awesome. So hungry now.