veloce, That's basically the way I did these. However, I just left them in the rack troughout the whole cook at around 225-230 no drip pan, mixture of hickory and apple wood for about 5 1/2 hours. Came out pretty good. Started spritzing with apple cider around 1 hour into the cook (Thanks Carwash). A lot of times I prefer not to even put sauce on mine. The mixture of Gate's and Blues Hog rub that I put on them in the beginning was something i did not want mask. Anyway,I will definately do it this way again. Some of the best ones yet.