parboiling babyback ribs

joegriller

Hi , can anyone tell me if you tried parboiling babyback ribs and finish on the Egg. A friend of mine only cook his ribs this way, haven't had them yet .  

ribmaster

the egg doesn't dry them out. It is not needed. wrap them in foil after two hours at 210 degrees.

stevesails

I used to cook my ribs that way then on a gasser. Do it car wash mikes way. Or 3-1-1. You won't be sorry. Boiling is faster. And some people may like them better. But there is no taste compared to only on the egg

Austex_Egger

Boiling???  Might as well just finish them in the oven and use a little liquid smoke...  Babyback ribs out of the egg are absolutely awesome, and easy.  The 3-1-1 method is almost fool-proof.  Challenge your friend to a cook-off.  Do your the right way, Car wash Mike or 3-1-1 and have him do his "boiled" ribs.  Have some folks over for a taste off.  There will be no comparison.

Squeezy

Parboiling removes much of the flavor and should be avoided at all costs ....

It's old school ... grandma use to cook that way and all meat had to have the shite cooked out of so you didn't get sick!  Anyone remember this too?

.... anyhow, after parboiling, you can make soup out of the stock ...

SmokeyPitt

I haven't had them this way either, but I have heard of the method.  I agree this was one trick to turn out decent ribs on a regular grill and it doesn't seem like it would be necessary on the egg.  I could be wrong...they might turn out great, but I would think it would just reduce the amount of time they have to soak up smoke.  Like Squeezy said it would also leech out some of the flavor of the meat.  

psalzer

I tried that once...never again they were terrible!

4Runner

psalzer - I have never tried.  What was your process?

Spoon

That's fauxBQ. Boiled meet loses a lot of the flavor in the process. I would rather do turbo ribs at 350 than boil, if I was short on time. IMHO.

gdenby

Parboiling is often a necessity when doing ribs on common metal grills. Likewise, pits that do lots of business, hundreds of slabs a day, may have to just to keep up with orders. However, with an Egg, it is completely unnecessary, and as already stated, will leech the flavor out.

I will admit to pressure-cooking slabs for 10 minutes prior to getting my 1st Egg. Doing that at least left me with a cup or so of concentrated stock that worked well as part of my mop sauce.

joegriller

Thanks for the feed back. I will let you guys know how they taste , he's cooking them tonight

joegriller

Hey  guys, i had his ribs last night, and they were GREAT . He  parboiled the ribs in apple cider and then put them on the grill

ChokeOnSmoke

Yuck!  Never parboil any meat. It completely changes the flavor and it just disgusting. Sure, you can probably mask the meat after parboiling with a bunch of BBQ sauce and they'll taste OK - but that's just wrong.  There's really no good reason to ever parboil any meat on any grill.

Kailas

Parboiling makes your ribs a BBQ Sauce delivery system only.

boston_stoker

 

Austin Egghead

If you are going to parboil the ribs,  why not save yourself the trouble and go to out to eat.  That is the way they are prepared and most chain restaurants.  

DominicMagestic

i can't believe this thread is on a bbq site - i just threw up in my mouth.

Shwiezzee

You'll spend eternity in hell. Don't do it. 

"Friends don't let friends boil ribs." 

The Shwiezz

Shwiezzee

You can do it. There was a competition last year on the other site of who could do the fastest ribs.  I think the fastest cooked them first in a pressure cooker and then finished them on the egg with BBQ sauce and lots of smoke. 

Hey, if you're in a hurry and need a hot rib injection, ya do what ya gots da do! AM I RIGHT??

SIR! Put down the pipe! LOL

) )

Spoon

Ha ha, he said hot rib injection. :P

ChokeOnSmoke

You can do it. There was a competition last year on the other site of who could do the fastest ribs.  I think the fastest cooked them first in a pressure cooker and then finished them on the egg with BBQ sauce and lots of smoke. 

Hey, if you're in a hurry and need a hot rib injection, ya do what ya gots da do! AM I RIGHT??

I know your kidding, right?

ChokeOnSmoke

Ha ha, he said hot rib injection. :P

Hilarious!

Squeezy

One of my favorite threads ... lots of laughs!  

AD18

Boiling = Sin

ribmaster

One sight I read said "if you boil ribs terrorist win." Fact is food flavor left in the water would be in the meat if not boiled. boiled meat taste bad to me. and boiling just a little only limits the damage. you may can make boilied ribs taste good but they could be so much better.

demo

What is 3-1-1 ?

ChokeOnSmoke

What is 3-1-1 ?

3 hours no foil, 1 hour wrapped in foil, last hour back on grid.

eggo

You can do it. There was a competition last year on the other site of who could do the fastest ribs.  I think the fastest cooked them first in a pressure cooker and then finished them on the egg with BBQ sauce and lots of smoke. 

Hey, if you're in a hurry and need a hot rib injection, ya do what ya gots da do! AM I RIGHT??

Depends if you want FAST ribs or delicious ribs.

4Runner

Agreed. I just go with 250.

psalzer

I par boiled once ..... once was enough...never again!

mustgrill

WOW at the replies? I have never heard of par boiling ribs of any kind? I have never cooked ribs on a gas grill but even then I don't think I would boil them. In fact I am doing up spares tonight, they are on as we type? No boiling here never!