The pictures of the homemade "smokenator" haven't yet uploaded. If anyone is interested or wants to make their own let me know.
This whole process took probably 10-11 hours including making the sauce, "smokenator," rub, and smoking the ribs.
I started up the first coals at probably 12:30 after letting the ribs sit in the fridge, rubbed down, overnight
I'm pretty sure the majority of that liquid is just cider, but some is probably pork juice as well.
Three hours in about ready to get wrapped.
In the foil, with cider, getting foiled. (I put them in meat side down as to keep the meaty portion moist in the foil)
Done with the foil, painted and ready to go back on the rib rack.
The finished product. Is the top one undercooked? I'm not sure. The ones I ate seemed fine to me.
Full plate. I enjoyed the process from start to finish. I think Daris may have been right though in that some of the middle pieces may have been undercooked a bit. I'm not really sure. The apple flavor was pretty strong and was followed by a slow cayenne burn. I used two different bbq sauces the Lawnside Apple clone and Cattlemen's KC Classic. TBH, I think I preferred the Cattlemen's.
My favorite ribs were from OK Joe's. I really like the strong pepper taste in them. Next time I'll try to replicate that.