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Internal temp for Spare Ribs

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okesmokie
okesmokie Posts: 150
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to get the best texture and yet get a tender rib and does anyone on the farm use the BBQ Guru to get that perfect temp?
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  • gdenby
    gdenby Posts: 6,239
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    The BBQ Guru is a fine tool. But all you need for A & A+ ribs is the bend test.
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  • lousubcap
    lousubcap Posts: 32,385
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    Bend test to around 90* or so with a full rack of ribs-if you cut them or equally as accurate in my opinion is the toothpick test-insert into the thickest rib meat and no resistance in or out = ready to eat.YMMV-
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  • RRP
    RRP Posts: 25,897
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    I don't bother using my Guru for ribs - more effort than benefit, but if you have a Thermapen you can check the meat between the bones! You'll find a reading between 198 and 202 will mean you have some mighty fine ribs! BTW I don't use the bend test simply because I always cut my rack in half to start with.
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  • Crimsongator
    Crimsongator Posts: 5,797
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    When the ribs bend to 90* and the meat just starts to tear, they ribs are near perfect!!!
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  • PA Dutch Egger
    PA Dutch Egger Posts: 128
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    If we having friends over use guru so I can visit without interrupting conversation,  if only wife and myself don't bother.  I will have to check temp next time I do ribs. 
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  • grege345
    grege345 Posts: 3,515
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    I think the guru probe would be to big and the heat from the bone would throw off the temp anyhow. However if you wanted to check temp with a food probe the temp would be in the 190's.
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  • RRP
    RRP Posts: 25,897
    edited April 2014
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    Just for kicks and giggles here is half of a rack of spares I egged tonight indirect, turbo at 350 for 2 hours with Mickey's Rub and then hit with 50/50 Blues Original & Tenn Red. While to some they may appear to be overdone they were not and I pulled them off when my Thermapen read 202 between the bones. I could show you a pile of bones, but here is a quick picture before the feast!
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  • caliking
    caliking Posts: 18,731
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    Bend test or toothpick test (if you cut the racks). No point in trying to measure the IT, as already stated above.

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    A happy BGE family in Houston, TX.
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  • QDude
    QDude Posts: 1,052
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    gdenby said:

    The BBQ Guru is a fine tool. But all you need for A & A+ ribs is the bend test.

    +1

    Northern Colorado Egghead since 2012.

    XL BGE and a KBQ.

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