Can you cook pork ribs on this without burning?
1821304
I would not recommend it. I think the grill cooks too fast to properly cook ribs. The meat would probably be brown, if not burnt on the outside and raw on the inside. Hope this helps.
612339
It depends on how high the burner is set to and how long you get it going. You get to 400 degrees quickly. I don't know if you want the temp to be higher than that to cook anything unless you want to burn the food to turn to charcoal.
1162731
Not sure what "searing meat" is - I wouldn't brown hamburger on it, as it would spread out too much. If you mean browning it before cooking in the oven, yes, I would think you could do that.
1629081
Don't know. There was no information on temperatures given in the literature provided by Cuisinart, and there is no medium setting. I returned two of them because the low setting did not cook short ribs in the appropriate time. In fact, it took TWICE as long to cook them to medium-well.
565875
I can't imagine how you would tackle doing spare ribs. The owner's manual doesn't mention doing ribs, and it just wouldn't be practical since there's no good way of anchoring down the ribs so that they'd cook evenly. Also, you'd want to baste the ribs frequently, and this would make a huge mess. I would say it just isn't possible.
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Jason, I've had a hard time getting it up to the desired smoking temp when it's cool & windy or just cool. I think one of the problems is that they only recommending using 12 or so starter coals. Yesterday I increased this number to 20 or so and that seemed to work better. I'll keep fooling with it and could see using up to half the coals in the chimney starter. And I've found that I need to have the top holes open more than the 5/16 they recommend. I'd say open them all the way up and then throttle them down. I also think it makes a big difference and significantly slows down the process if the meat isn't close to room temp to start. But I'll tell you, the more I use the device the more comfortable I feel with it. I'm having a retirement get together this coming Sat so started preparing for that this weekend. Using a rib rack I smoked 6 full racks of ribs on Sat and 6 more on Sun. I'd never have dreamed that 6 racks of ribs would fit on the Weber but they did. I baby sat the Sat batch pretty closely but once the Sunday batch was up to speed I only looked at about once/hour to stir the coals, add water & wood. We ate one last evening and it was good but will put the rest in the oven for 2 or 3 hours to get them more tender before serving. I hope that this (long) answer is of some help and encouragement. Dave McCartney, Marion, OH dkmcpa@yahoo.com
1720382
Yes, but it is not recommended. When I first got it I did heat it directly on the burner, but I don't anymore
1737173
I did not keep this but I would say that those guides don't help much anyway because they usually will just say something like Pork - 165. Well that temperature might work OK for a lean pork chop but if you are smoking ribs or a Boston butt you want to bring the temperature much higher to like 185 to get the tough parts to break down. I would suggest to follow a recipe for whatever you are trying to cook.
1874842
It is designed to sit on the grill itself. You can start your ribs from raw or do any pre-prep you wish if you want to cut down the time. I start raw and use a dry rub myself.
64302
It gets hot just like a normal bbq. Wrapped in foil it will still cook.. I would not want it as a warmer.
488168
Not without some modifications. The grill racks slide into brackets that insert into a row of holes along the sides of the smoker. You might be able to rig some horizontal rods to rest on those same brackets.Also, the temp control is rudimentary at best. I am not sure that you would not damage delicate meats such as fish.
1528170
not very well. The heat source is too far from the grate to get any kind of sear. If you were just slow cooking something, you could but I wouldn't do burgers or hot dogs on it.
1201162
Hi Scott, Yes you can,but with any open heat source just don't leave it unattended for a long period of time. We love ours very much just the other day I did a roast,potatoes and buns in mine.if you didn't know they make a top rack that's a must have to layer foods.PS we burned a hole in a deck with the weber smoker once,,,Lordy be so I get the question...lolHappy cookin! Mo
911411
Several answeres to that question, Yes and No. True prime rib is fairly rare in the consumer market if you mean rib roast then yes it can cook a boneless rib roast. I trim the strip off the bottom to make it a little rounder then cook at 325 for about 90 minutes for a 6 pound roast. Longer if you don't like rare. For a true prime rib with bones I use the oven at 200 for 30 minutes a pound, up to three hours, any lager that 6 pounds will cook in just over three hours.
1036647
You should be able to. We got it for cooking a rack of lamb, which is not very balanced, and had no problems.
2122301
Not in my case, never a problem. I have used it to rotisserie roasts for hours, got warm, but not hot.
665947
no. the actual cooking is done with charcoal. you're only using propane to start the charcoal.