Restaurant Depot St. Louis ribs cook - pic heavy

JethroVA

Bought 11.6 lbs of St. Louis from RD @ $2.94 a lb.  Very nice ribs.  Each pack holds two racks. By comparison Food Lion had a sale this week at $2.99/lb.     Removed the silver skin and hit both sides with good coating of coffee rub. (one part each garlic, black pepper, salt, plus 2 parts each brown sugar, instant coffee, and ancho.) I like to use an old one-pound spice container as a shaker.  Works very well for that purpose. 
Here they are ready to go in fridge.  Left them in the fridge for 5 hours.  Forgot to take photo of the post-fridge but you could tell that the rub was being absorbed a bit.  I cut them in half for easier handling and foiling. I only have one rib rack so I ended up using my homemade raised grid (adds a second cooking tier) to handle this many

On at 250* for three hours bone side down.  Then I foiled with a little apple juice bone side up and sealed well in the foil.  Back on for one hour.  Then took out of foil and basted with Sweet Baby Ray's.  Back on for one hour.  Cranked the heat up to 300* to help caramelize the sauce.  Total 5 hours.  Results: family says awesome.  Nice smoke, great spice flavor without being too hot spicy for the wife and daughter.   

Tinyfish

I'll go for some of that. 

logchief

Looks damn tasty, I actually putting on some RD St. Louis's this afternoon.

slovelad

Is there any way to get in restaurant depo without owning a store ? I would love to go... But I heard you have to get a special membership 

Ladeback69

Looks good, I like RD's ribs.

JethroVA

@slovelad the two ways I know to join RD are to have a business license for any business or to join an organization such as the Kansas City BBQ Society.  I am fortunate to have a good friend who owns a restaurant. 

logchief

slovelad said:

Is there any way to get in restaurant depo without owning a store ? I would love to go... But I heard you have to get a special membership 

Join the Kansas City BBQ Society, costs $29 and you get access to RD.  They just opened an RD here and that's where I finally found the whole short ribs, but I'm not totally sold yet.  

This is a brand new store and don't have the same selection that the big ones back East do.  I'm not sure about the grading of their "Superior Angus Beef", but the short rib I got sure were delicious and found some good deals on butts for a $1.09 per lb.

slovelad

logchief said:

slovelad said:

Is there any way to get in restaurant depo without owning a store ? I would love to go... But I heard you have to get a special membership 

Join the Kansas City BBQ Society, costs $29 and you get access to RD.  They just opened an RD here and that's where I finally found the whole short ribs, but I'm not totally sold yet.  

This is a brand new store and don't have the same selection that the big ones back East do.  I'm not sure about the grading of their "Superior Angus Beef", but the short rib I got sure were delicious and found some good deals on butts for a $1.09 per lb.

Thanks! I will look into that, any other perks to being a member at RD?

GATraveller

The sight of those ribs are making me seriously consider joining RD. 

Cookbook_Chip

That looks great!  @JethroVA I didn't know we had a RD in RVA.  Do you have to be a member or something to shop there?

GATraveller

Cookbook_Chip said:

That looks great!  @JethroVA I didn't know we had a RD in RVA.  Do you have to be a member or something to shop there?

Yes.  Easiest way is to join the Kansas City BBQ Assoc. 

Cookbook_Chip

Kewl - thanks!

Mosca

I get decent meat here at local groceries, and the nearest RD store is about 60 miles away. Is the quality/price good enough to justify $30 and the distance?

blind99

good looking ribs!

@slovelad @mosca RD is fun to check out but the only reasons I can see for going regularly would be: 1. they carry whole packer briskets and 2. if you cook for big groups and need big quantities of cheap meat.

it's also a good place to stock up and cooking utensil basics, and they have butcher paper if you want to paper wrap a brisket.

if you go, bring a coat.  meat and cheese and stuff is in a huge cooler room.

tfhanson

Ok, looked at the KCBBQ Assoc site and this is the wording.  

• One-day shopping pass at any Restaurant Depot location when you present your KCBS membership card.

is that a one time thing or does that mean, you just show up at RD and present your card and you get in?

HeavyG

tfhanson said:

Ok, looked at the KCBBQ Assoc site and this is the wording.  

• One-day shopping pass at any Restaurant Depot location when you present your KCBS membership card.

is that a one time thing or does that mean, you just show up at RD and present your card and you get in?

It's usable as often as you want.

tfhanson

HeavyG said:

tfhanson said:

Ok, looked at the KCBBQ Assoc site and this is the wording.  

• One-day shopping pass at any Restaurant Depot location when you present your KCBS membership card.

is that a one time thing or does that mean, you just show up at RD and present your card and you get in?

It's usable as often as you want.

Thanks.  Can you get full packers there?