Saturday 2-25 Smoking Meat

Smoking Ribs and Pork Loin

No square dancing this weekend so we decided to smoke some pork. The other day when we went grocery shopping we picked up a rack of baby back ribs and a pork loin. About noon we started the smoking process. Last year when we were smoking meat I kept a spreadsheet on how long it took to smoke different kinds of meat at what temperature. The spreadsheet said it would take about five hours to smoke the ribs. But today it only took three hours. Every hour we flipped the meat and we monitored the temperature the whole time. We tried to make sure that the grill stayed between 224 and 250. We used pellets to do the smoking. The meat came out excellent. We think that the ribs came out the best so far. Flo stayed awake most of the day considering we were smoking pork. For her reward she got a couple of small rib bones. We had the ribs for dinner and the pork loin we will have tomorrow.

Pork Loin

Baby Back Ribs

This morning before we started the smoking Larry finished up the new vent. The project took a few days. The first day he prepared the attic by moving the insulation around to make a path to where he was going to put the vent. Then he put a ramp across the rafters so he wouldn't fall through the ceiling. After he did this we went shopping for the parts he needed to do the project. The second day he cut the hole for the vent and made sure everything fit. He started installing the duct tubing to the vent. It took him all morning. He called it a day when it started to get hot in the attic. Today was the third day. He finished up installing the duct tubing and strapping the tubing up. Then he tested the vent system out to make sure it worked and did not have any leaks. It worked perfectly. The last thing he did was spread the insulation back in its place and took the ramp out of the attic. When testing the new duct for leaks he discovered a few of  the ducts that were installed when the house was built were leaking, he will fix them in the next few days. He worked very hard for the last three days and did an excellent job.

The new vent hole

Taping the vent box

The duct tubing

The collar to connect both rolls of duct tubing

The finished vent in the dining room

While Larry worked on the vent I worked on my puzzle.

Watching television

In the evening we watched our YouTube videos and another DVD we have on Google Play called Transformers. It was a good movie. We had another super day.