Spares on the Mini Max

JohnInCarolina

Second cook for me on the lil' dude.  My last cook (way back in July of 2014) on my large featured a set of spares.  Man I missed these!

So I had to try them on the Mini Max.  I picked up two racks of spares from a local meat market (Keller's) here in ABQ.  These spares were pretty big - not really trimmed at all.  I had to cut them into thirds (roughly) and layer them at first to get things started:

These were coated with that AlbuKirby rub I picked up - stuff is pretty good.  After about an hour at 225, I used some wooden skewers to string them together and stand them up, a-la @cazzy's technique on his small. Man what a pain in the ass that is!  I'm pretty sure I scared the neighbors here with all the cursing.  

Anyway, I foiled an hour later with some sauce and kicked up the temp a bit to 250 (dome) for two more hours.  Unfortunately they got a little burned.   Here are some of the ones that weren't as charred after they came out of the foil and had a bit of sauce:

There was a lot more pullback on the set that was burned a bit - just didn't get a chance to take a pic.  By the way, the sauce I used is this stuff:

Never heard of it before, but the stuff is GOOD!  I'd be more explicit about how good it is but I don't want to hurt anybody's feelings with all the f-bombs.  By the way, censoring posts is un-American, you jerkwads.

I was pretty bummed when I saw that I'd burned some of them a bit much, but man these came out pretty awesome.  Wife thought they were the best I've made.  Obligatory @cazzy wannabe shot:

NOM NOM NOM!!!

cookingdude555

Nice job, looks good.

cazzy

You even got the nom nom nom in there.

cazzy

You had already go too far with the whole skewer thing so I didn't want to tell you at that time. With only two racks...skewers aren't really needed. I just lean them over each other to get em done. Lol

Evisioning you messing with them is kinda hilarious.

JohnInCarolina

cazzy said:

You had already go too far with the whole skewer thing so I didn't want to tell you at that time. With only two racks...skewers aren't really needed. I just lean them over each other. To get em done. Lol Evisioning you messing with it is kinda hilarious.

Sure, except that you halved yours and they were those Costco spares that are a good bit smaller.  Trust me, I tried leaning these bad boys on their own - wasn't going to happen.  They just weren't cooking evenly at all.  

cazzy

Either way...they looking flipping great man. Looked like a success to me! However, your wife was prolly just being nice since that was the first rib she's had in 6 months.

JohnInCarolina

cazzy said:

 However, your wife was prolly just being nice since that was the first rib she's had in 6 months.

cazzy

JohnInCarolina said:

cazzy said:

 However, your wife was prolly just being nice since that was the first rib she's had in 6 months.

Beside, you're a race car driver now.  Leave this cooking stuff for your servants.  

cazzy

I'm disappointed you weren't wearing your driving gloves in the sauce pic.  I know you wear **** driving gloves.    )

JohnInCarolina

cazzy said:

I'm disappointed you weren't wearing your driving gloves in the sauce pic.  I know you wear **** driving gloves.    )

Dude... I'm not the one who aspires to drive a Beamer.   You're confused.  

cazzy

JohnInCarolina said:

cazzy said:

I'm disappointed you weren't wearing your driving gloves in the sauce pic.  I know you wear **** driving gloves.    )

You appear to have me confused with someone who aspires to drive a Beamer.  No.  

No, I appear to have you confused with the bald guy driving the Audi in Transporter 2.     :P

JohnInCarolina

cazzy said:

JohnInCarolina said:

cazzy said:

I'm disappointed you weren't wearing your driving gloves in the sauce pic.  I know you wear **** driving gloves.    )

You appear to have me confused with someone who aspires to drive a Beamer.  No.  

No, I appear to have you confused with the bald guy driving the Audi in Transporter 2.    :P

I do like those movies.... 

jhl192

That appears to be a BB rib orgy on the Mini Max! Nice cook!

NPHuskerFL

Very nice JIC! Great eats for sure. I haven't tried ribs on the MM quite yet. All in time.

Mickey

Man those look good. You do know Cazzy can't cook. He posts old VI pics that was lifted by VI from the old forum.

AUCE

Beddy kniiiiice

Fred19Flintstone

Nice job John in Carolquerque!

Jeepster47

@JohnInCarolina ... great cook, but man you made me laugh.  I cooked one rack on a large the same day as your cook ... cut the rack in half, positioned it carefully so the pieces weren't touching, and all ends were over the drip pan or plate setter.  You cook two racks on a MM and the spread looks like a pileup on the expressway. But, damn the finished product looks great. 

cazzy

Jeepster47 said:

@JohnInCarolina ... great cook, but man you made me laugh.  I cooked one rack on a large the same day as your cook ... cut the rack in half, positioned it carefully so the pieces weren't touching, and all ends were over the drip pan or plate setter.  You cook two racks on a MM and the spread looks like a pileup on the expressway. But, damn the finished product looks great. 

Just two... )

Jeepster47

@cazzy ... damn, now I peed my pants.

Okay, series now.  How do you get them to cook evenly?  Constantly rotating? I know smoke is involved, just hope mirrors aren't.

SmokeyPitt

They look great.  Just a thought- you might consider cutting them St Louis style to make it a little easier to fit and arrange them.   Looking at the 2nd pic it seems you could have fit the trimmings inside of your rib teepee. 

cazzy

Jeepster47 said:

@cazzy ... damn, now I peed my pants.

Okay, series now.  How do you get them to cook evenly?  Constantly rotating? I know smoke is involved, just hope mirrors aren't.

That was how they were for the first hour so they could stiffen up a bit.  After that, they were skewered:

I did rotate them after a few hours.  

Jeepster47

@cazzy ... thank you sir, that's a great idea ... will file that away for later.

Let's see ... hmmm. How about naming it after Grampa Goldberg - "Rube's Rib Rack" - no, the method isn't complicated enough.  How about giving it a southern twist - "Redneck Rib Rack"  - no, might be looked upon in a negative light.  Okay, how about - "MacGyver's Meat Master" - no, someone will head to the gutter with that name.  Got it ... perfect label to file it under - "Cazzy's Crazy Crutch" ... that's it ... done!

Ozzie_Isaac

I did not realize how competitive eggers are. Seriously, 1st it was how long and low could you go, then how hot and fast, and now who can do a whole hog on a MM.

As an aside, or actually on topic ... those ribs look great JIC!

cazzy

Ozzie_Isaac said:

I did not realize how competitive eggers are. Seriously, 1st it was how long and low could you go, then how hot and fast, and now who can do a whole hog on a MM. As an aside, or actually on topic ... those ribs look great JIC!

Stick around and get to know us, then you'll understand.  This isn't a pissing contest, this is me just busting a friend's balls.  A lot of us communicate off the forum.  

JohnInCarolina

Ozzie_Isaac said:

I did not realize how competitive eggers are. Seriously, 1st it was how long and low could you go, then how hot and fast, and now who can do a whole hog on a MM.

As an aside, or actually on topic ... those ribs look great JIC!

You should see what it's like in the gay pool league @cazzy runs. Those guys get pretty angry with all those sticks and balls flying around.

tarheelmatt

JohnInCarolina said:

I did not realize how competitive eggers are. Seriously, 1st it was how long and low could you go, then how hot and fast, and now who can do a whole hog on a MM. As an aside, or actually on topic ... those ribs look great JIC!

You should see what it's like in the gay pool league @cazzy runs. Those guys get pretty angry with all those sticks and balls flying around.

I heard they really "stand behind" one another in that league.... 

cazzy

JohnInCarolina said:

Ozzie_Isaac said:

I did not realize how competitive eggers are. Seriously, 1st it was how long and low could you go, then how hot and fast, and now who can do a whole hog on a MM.

As an aside, or actually on topic ... those ribs look great JIC!

You should see what it's like in the gay pool league @cazzy runs. Those guys get pretty angry with all those sticks and balls flying around.

John's wife loans us his balls when we're missing some cue balls. The guys love it!

Ozzie_Isaac

Geez, you guys are rough. A guy tries something new one time!

NPHuskerFL

#-o ) @cazzy‌ is correct. Ball bustin comes with the territory here.

Ozzie_Isaac

Ball bustin is fun .... its ball deflating where I draw the line!