My smoker, a brand new Pit Boss from Airdrie Lawn and Leisure was delivered Saturday evening. I fired it up to season it on Sunday night. It was ready to go.

Yesterday, I finally used it for the first time. I thawed two racks of ribs in the kitchen sink. Now, unfortunately, my favourite puppy, Apollo, got one of those racks and he ate it. That was Tuesday afternoon. We did a trip to the vet to ensure he’d be ok and he is.

So, yesterday, I put my remaining rack on the smoker around 6pm, meaning they’d be done around 11pm.

I added BBQ sauce to them around 1030pm and took them off of the smoker just before 11. OMG were they ever good. I was very impressed with myself.

One rack wasn’t quite enough, I wish I had that second rack, but for a first time smoke, I was incredibly pleased with the outcome.

I don’t know why I’ve held off for so long on getting myself a smoker, but now that I have one, I’ve got a new way to make delicious food.

I was at the Calgary Farmers Market yesterday and purchased a couple of items. One is a tomahawk steak that I’m going to smoke next week, it was the most expensive food purchase I’ve ever made, $102, for a steak. I may be insane.

The other item was a tri tip roast that I’m planning on smoking on Friday evening with my friends from Idaho. I’m looking forward to it, it should be delicious.

Here’s to having some fun with the smoker over the weeks and months to come.