Johnny Football Ribs

The Traeger Grill

Hi. My name is Thomas. And I'm addicted to smoking.

Earlier this year, due to inspiration from the Reinecke clan, we purchased a Traeger Grill. It's the next best thing to sliced bread. It's basically an electrical smoker that burns natural wood pellets and self regulates itself to keep the grill at a set temperature. I borrowed Mark Reinecke's smoker to smoke our turkeys at Christmas, and was hooked. 

So as time goes on, I will be posting on my smoking endeavors here as well. I've always enjoyed grilling but this grill/smoker has taken my enjoyment to a whole new level. Every time Janelle and I walk into HEB, I walk through the meat market and think about what I can smoke next. We've done brisket, pork shoulder, pork tenderloin, beef tenderloin, beer can chicken, chicken wings, burgers, steaks, ect. 

Salud!

Saturday, I tried ribs for the first time. I smoked a slab of baby backs, and a slab of spare ribs. Both came out great. We kept the baby back dry ("memphis style"), and sauced the spare ribs. Definitely have room for improvement but they were edible!

On a side note, the Aggie's pulled out an amazing 4th quarter comeback Saturday night. Ever since Coach Sumlin was hired, it felt like this team was going to be different, and after the 2nd half collapse against Florida, it looked like this team were going to be the same ole Aggies. But after last nights comeback, you can tell this team is different and Coach Sumlin has them heading in the right direction. I saw this video from the post game in the locker room and had to share. Give me some pads, I'm ready to play.

Finished product
Spare Ribs (Left), Baby Backs (Right)

You can tell we were concerned
about the Ag's 6 turnovers