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A Chipotle Chicken Avocado Burrito at El Pollo Loco om nom nom nom

I became somewhat of a BBQ enthusiast a couple of years ago. I bought myself a Weber 22" charcoal grill and installed a thermometer in the lid so I could use it to smoke. While my forte is tri-tip, I decided to attempt some ribs a few weeks ago. Now, I had done ribs a couple of times before, but they never turned out well. The flavor was good, but I had cooked them too quickly and dried them out. So I decided that this time, I'd take the time and do it right. I picked up some pre-seasoned St. Louis (pork) ribs from Costco (I do have rubs and sauces I could've used, but Costco's rubs tend to be delicious). I had done some research and learned, from a fat southern guy on YouTube (fat southern guys tend to be experts on BBQ), to use the 3-2-1 formula - 3 hours uncovered, 2 hours covered, and 1 more hour uncovered. During the uncovered phases, I sprayed the ribs with a concoction of apple juice, pineapple juice, and red wine every 45 minutes, to keep them moist. My Weber grill doesn't have nearly as much space as the fat southern guy's monster smoker did, so I had to cut the racks in half before putting them on the grill. After adjusting the temp down to the low-and-slow range of 225-250 degrees F, I put the ribs, meat side up, on the grill - only occasionally returning to spray the ribs. After cooking the ribs, uncovered, for 3 hours, I took them inside to cover them up. I spread a sheet of aluminum foil and coated it with some butter, brown sugar, and honey. The ribs then went on top of the sweet stuff, meat side down, and were wrapped in the aluminum foil. I put them back on the grill - still meat side down - and left them alone for two hours. When I came back, the sweet stuff inside the aluminum foil had liquefied and managed to find holes in the aluminum foil, through which they were dripping out the bottom of the grill - much to the dogs' delight. I unwrapped the ribs and put them, meat side up, back on the grill. I gave the rest of the sweet stuff to the mutts, which they happily lapped up. I brushed the ribs with Sweet Baby Ray's BBQ sauce and left them alone for a little while. The ribs had just been unwrapped and basted in BBQ sauce. At this point, they had about an hour to go. After about an hour, the ribs were finally done. After a brief rest from the grill, I sliced into them to see how they looked inside. They looked great, and they tasted even better. The flavor combination of the smoke, rub, and sauce was delicious. They weren't fall-off-the-bone, but they were easy to bite and chew - which was exactly what I wanted. The final result. Thanks for reading!

To make it worse, the rest of the park is being torn down, too. Today's weather forecast is 85 degrees and 90% humidity.

Phat

Arizona: Desert Storm California: Twisted Colossus Ohio: Maverick Pennsylvania: Phantom's Revenge

Please someone with one of those purchased RMC shirts, go to SFMM in the next two days and sneak around the back of the park to stir up more controversy. I have one. Maybe I'll make a trip down to the park tomorrow with a clipboard and tape measure, and sneak around Adrenaline Alley. Look for me in the next Park Bros. video.

I'd buy one.

Hangtime would like a word with you.

Add me to the list of Backlot Stunt Coaster fans. I'd be happy with any of the rumored coasters that have surfaced so far, but at the same time, I like how there hasn't been any substantial evidence for any of them (ie., track sightings, RMC employees sneaking around the back of the park, etc.), which is keeping everyone guessing.

If she was in the restroom with her phone and couldn't see, maybe she should've closed Twitter and used her phone for something more useful like, say, a flashlight?

One of CP's Twitter followers is having a crappy day.

Even if the ride was 20 years old, there's no excuse for vandalizing other people's property.

Boomerang @ Six Flags Discovery Kingdom

^^ Thanks for the pics. I have yet to ride a dive machine with a tunnel, so I'm really digging that head-chopper tunnel.

No official date has been announced, but it's typically on August 30/31. But it sounds like SFA has some kind of announcement to make on 8/16, given a mysterious sign that appeared near Apocalypse.

Ziz. I see we have a new word filter. Yukon Striker looks great! I definitely need to plan a trip up north one of these years. CW is really building up a solid coaster collection.

^ Thanks! SFMM usually gets packed around Thanksgiving, but that's because everyone and their brother comes to L.A. for Thanksgiving. It'll be nice to get a break from the crowds and traffic.

Or they're theming it to Terminator, like SFMM's Apocalypse used to be.

Hey, y'all! I might be in San Antonio for Thanksgiving, so I'll probably sneak in a visit to SFFT, if that's the case. Has anybody gone during that week? How bad do crowds typically get? I'm willing to get Flash Pass for myself, if necessary, but I'll probably have some relatives tagging along who will not want to pay for FP.

A 400-foot-tall disappointment. Why do people deliberately start wildfires?

I've already got plans that Sunday, but my squad and I will be at Knott's on Saturday.

This park could definitely use another airtime machine, IMO. It already has its share of looping coasters.

Tat-SUUUUUU!!!

Are write-in votes allowed? I want "Super Speed Cool Cool Bear".