Smoked Baby Back Ribs 3-2-1 method

WAHOO_EGGER_CVILLE

Made my first batch of smoked baby back ribs using the 3-2-1 method and it was unbelievable.  I followed the recipe for both the rub and the bar b q sauce from http://www.biggreenegg.com/features/smoked-spare-ribs and it was lights out good.  I highly recommend this recipe if you enjoy ribs as much as I.  

Create the rub, apply, and let rest in refrigerator over night.  

Set Egg for indirect cooking at 245 degrees.  Its always great to be outside grilling in Gods Country, Charlottesville Virginia!

Apply smoking chips (I used combination of cherry and apple) And smoke for 3 hours. I cooked two racks of ribs.  When i split the ribs down the middle the were too short to stand in the v-rack.  I created a foil bridge to hold each slab of ribs up vertically.

After smoking for 3 hours wrap ribs in foil and cook for another two with prescribed liquid in each wrapped slab of ribs.


Once ribs have cooked for another 2 two hours uncover and baste with Bar b q sauce.





After last hour of cooking remove and serve!!



I enjoyed every part of the recipe from making the rub, to making the bar b q sauce, to seeing my wife's face light up when she bit into the first bite.  This recipe is a keeper and will be shared and used again.

dmchicago

+1 on the wine.

WAHOO_EGGER_CVILLE

@dmchicago It was almost as good as the ribs 

bgebrent

+2 on the wine.  Ribs look great!

Tinyfish

Nice plate of food.

Mosca

Anyone here ever just done 5-6 hours on the Egg @ 225* without the foil wrap? They come out pretty good that way, too. I always wrapped, and then one day I discovered I had about 4" of foil left, so I just let 'em go. You have to keep an eye on them for the last hour or so, check for the bend at around 5 hours. Sometimes they take another hour, sometimes it's 15 minutes.

littlerascal56

Been doing the 3-2-1 for a long time on my Traeger pellet grill.  I am ready to try them unwrapped like #Mosca recommends on the XL egg. Would simplify cooking a lot, and  they might not fall off the bone as I remove them from the grill.

Tspud1

littlerascal56 said:

Been doing the 3-2-1 for a long time on my Traeger pellet grill.  I am ready to try them unwrapped like #Mosca recommends on the XL egg. Would simplify cooking a lot, and  they might not fall off the bone as I remove them from the grill.

I find them mushy or too fall off the bone with the 3-2-1 method. Fall off the bone gets you deduction in points by some judges in competition

YukonRon

I am a rib eating fool. Made them both ways, and each time there were no prisoners. Love the Stag's Leap too. Never had to re cork the bottle.

MrWilliams

Mosca said:

Anyone here ever just done 5-6 hours on the Egg @ 225* without the foil wrap? They come out pretty good that way, too. I always wrapped, and then one day I discovered I had about 4" of foil left, so I just let 'em go. You have to keep an eye on them for the last hour or so, check for the bend at around 5 hours. Sometimes they take another hour, sometimes it's 15 minutes.

I do them that way 90% of the time.  For spares i find it take closer to 6 hours at 225 if i don't foil.  But thats me and I've not calibrated my thermometer.

YYZegger

+3 on the wine!  Ribs look great also!