Sunday's 8 Racks (and 2 Spatch . . .)

HendersonTRKing

So we went to a holiday gift swap back in December and my contribution was a St. Louis 2 pack with a jar of Dizzy Dust . . . plus a card that promised I'd egg 'em for the lucky winner.  My Rib Gift got traded around all night and, after lots of beverages and laughter, SWMBO and I had invited a bunch of people over for what we were calling RibFest 2015 -- Sunday 1/25.  Seemed like a good idea at the time.

Over the last few weeks, that "bunch of people" magically turned into 21 and SWMBO's laughter faded into the practiced eye roll of a spouse who patiently knows it's happened again.  

I've never egged more than 4 racks, so I'm kind of flying by the seat of my pants after reading all of the forum's "how many racks" posts.  Anyway, I just got 8 on -- 2 down and 6 up in an inverted vee roasting rack.  The ribs sat wrapped in rub over night (a combo job based on the Dizzy Dust gift and supplemented with a bunch of "hamsters" I had around -- gotta use those 1/4 bottles for something).  I'm planning on my usual 225-250 for 5-6 hours, cherry and pecan chunks, no foil but maybe a spritz if I get concerned about them drying out.   

Guests arrive around 4 and I'm hoping to have them off about then.  FTC and maybe finish 4 racks with sauce on the grill.  That'll be while the 2 spatched chickens are resting, because SWMBO was worried we won't have sufficient proteins to feed the horde and I've got 2 birds all rubbed up in the fridge.  

We'll see how this goes . . . with any luck, I'll send some pix along the way.  On the pro side, the egg hasn't let me down yet and the forum has been a huge help.  I'm either going to make some egg converts of the group that's coming over at 4 or not be so bold in my invites in the future.  

Cheers, all.

theyolksonyou

Go big or go home! Wait, you are home.... :-?

Turk2011

I'll be waiting on the results. You should get a commission from your local dealer when you pull this off !

noregard

Good job, I'm sure it'll be great.  If you're anything like me you'll be the only one who sees any fault in the finished product, everyone else will be too busy inhaling food.  Is that a large?

grege345

Very cool. I guess my invite got lost.

SmokeyPitt

Cool setup!  You have that large packed full.  

HendersonTRKing

Well, at about 1:30, I had some droopy-a$$ ribs.  Guests come around 4 and the plan was to eat around 5 or 5:30, so I'm going to bump the temp to a semi-turbo and see what that does for me.  

johnmitchell

Man o Man no messing around here...This is the real thing..Good luck and enjoy..

caliking

Yeah man! I can tell this is gonna be a great party

HendersonTRKing

Nah -- not asking the LBGE to do to much.

Jeremiah

8 racks. Outstanding.

hapster

Bravo!!! Heck of a cook right there! Looks good!

Gman2

Good luck!!!

henapple

The man....

HendersonTRKing

So. Many. Ribs.

Eggingaround

Outstanding cook!

minniemoh

What a FEAST!!! Great day on the egg. Well done. 

theyolksonyou

That's a whole bunch of saucy goodness right there.

KiterTodd

Damn those plates ribs look awesome!
Thanks for the finish pictures.

HendersonTRKing

Well, that was the most ambitious cook I ever attempted.  

For the record, 8 racks is too many to do comfortably on a large (at least for me . . . too much anxiety).  Rather than FTC and try to get them back on the egg to firm up, I foiled and "held" them on the gasser for about an hour, then de-foiled, sauced and firmed them up while the chickens finished.  FWIW, too, it was just too many ribs for 20 people (12 adults and 8 kids showed up). But everyone went home with some leftovers, which was nice.

SkinnyV

Reminds me of some guys at an egg fest cook. They literally had ribs wrapped and stacked in the large.

Was easily 8 racks maybe more, I questioned it and the guys promised they would turn out. I never tasted em but they did turn out at the least as they were gone.