Smoked BBQ Ribs Workshop

Master fall-off-the-bone ribs on a real smoker — and leave with repeatable techniques you’ll use forever!

🔥 Workshop highlights (hands-on)

This is not a watch-and-leave demo. You’ll be involved in the core steps, and you’ll eat what we make.

We’ll cover:

  • Choosing the right ribs: Duroc x Normal pork
  • Trimming and preparing the racks (what matters, what doesn’t)
  • Seasoning: rub recipe, salt levels, building layers
  • Sauces & finishing: when to sauce, glaze, and how to balance flavor
  • The Smoker: Overview of how a Pellet smoker works
  • Smoking process: spritzing, wrapping, probing, resting
  • Tasting and troubleshooting: dialing in tenderness, bark, and moisture
🪵 Equipment & Wood

In this workshop you’ll learn how to operate the latest and greatest Smoker from Traeger©, model Ironwood XL.

For fuel, we’ll use Apple wood pellets by GRILLSCHMECKER

🏠 What you’ll walk away with

By the end, you’ll be able to confidently:

  • Produce American-style smoked ribs
  • Understand smoking theory basics (temps, airflow, time vs tenderness)
  • Use rubs and sauces with intention
  • Plan a full cook with a clear timeline you can reuse
  • Understand the use of a smoker for your future grill parties

Agenda

  1. Welcome & Reception
  2. Introduction to the ingredients (cuts, quality, how to shop)
  3. Trimming the ribs
  4. Seasoning, rubs & sauces (profiles + technique)
  5. Pellet smoker equipment & ignition (setup, temperature control)
  6. While it smokes: Snacks & Smoking theory basics (Q&A + technique talk), overview of other grilling styles
  7. Tasting the final products (ribs + side dish)
  8. Closing

The Instructor

Born and raised in Brazil, Bruno De Renzo has been around grills since childhood — learning the joy of BBQ the classic way: outdoors, with family, and a fire going. Today, he’s known for his enthusiasm and clear teaching style, helping people understand how BBQ works so they can reproduce great results at home. He’s passionate about all styles of preparing animal proteins over fire and smoke, from weeknight cooks to long, slow smokes that turn into a full experience. In May 2025, he founded Get a Grill to remove the “equipment barrier” and make experimenting with different grilling styles easy and accessible for everyone.

FAQ

 Yes — it’s designed to be hands-on. You’ll actively take part in key steps like trimming, seasoning, and understanding the smoking process, not just watch a demo. Of course, I’ll guide you throughout so you always know what to do and why.

 Nope — you can show up empty-handed. We provide everything you need (ingredients, tools, rubs, sauces, and equipment).
If you want to bring an apron, a notebook, or a small container for leftovers, feel free — but it’s totally optional.

For sure! If we have leftovers (and usually we do), you’re welcome to take some home so you can proudly show off to your family & friends.

Our cancellation and refund policy follows the AGB (Terms & Conditions) on this page. In short: full refunds are possible up to 7 days before the workshop. After that, refunds aren’t available.

Yes — ticket transfers are allowed, according to the AGB. Just let us know in advance so we can register the new participant properly.

The workshop is mostly indoors (prep, trimming, seasoning, theory, tasting). The pellet smoker will be outside under a tent/cover, so rain isn’t an issue. We run the workshop rain or shine.

The workshop is primarily in English.
The instructor can also help in basic German when needed, and participants often help each other out in German if something isn’t clear. Bonus: the instructor also speaks Portuguese and Spanish.

Yes! You can purchase a gift voucher via the Geschenkgutscheine menu. Simply choose a voucher in your desired amount — it will be applied as a discount on the invoice when the recipient books the workshop.