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A little help - beef ribs

dinosaurjnr
dinosaurjnr Posts: 11
in Beef
Cooking two 6 lbs beef rib slabs, only be on for 4.5 hours already probing at 190-200 and look done. Is that possible? I expected a 6-7 hour cook if not longer. Appreciate the help. Also this was for dinner, do I just wrap and put in a cooler for a few hours? Thanks. 
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  • dinosaurjnr
    dinosaurjnr Posts: 11
    edited May 2018
    Dome temp was 275 +/-, grate usually run about 30-40 lower for me. 
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  • etherdome
    etherdome Posts: 471
    I did two yesterday that took 5 1/2 to 6 hours at 250. Also, I’ve always had better luck probing laterally from the thick meaty side, as opposed to straight down .  Otherwise the probe ends up in fat pockets that read higher.  Visually I’d say they had more to go as mine always contract more off the bone  than that. 
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  • lousubcap
    lousubcap Posts: 32,318
    Toothpick test for the win-never fails.  Never have temped a rib cook so no help there-but I would guess 205-210*F (+/-)  based on chuck roast behavior.  FWIW-  
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  • Mattman3969
    Mattman3969 Posts: 10,457
    Forget about the temp, how do they probe?  Plate ribs are generally probing like buttah around 210-215°.  Yours look like they need some more time. 

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  • The Cen-Tex Smoker
    The Cen-Tex Smoker Posts: 22,958
    The bones are hotter than the meat. Hard to temp ribs accurately. When that probe slides in like butter they are ready. Ignore the temp, use the force. 
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  • dinosaurjnr
    dinosaurjnr Posts: 11
    Appreciate the comments, seems like it might need more time. New to the probe test, will see how it works out. These seem to have a decent amount of fat so thermometer isn’t the best.
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  • DoubleEgger
    DoubleEgger Posts: 17,168
    That probe looks like it’s in pretty deep. I suspect it’s on the bone. 
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  • dinosaurjnr
    dinosaurjnr Posts: 11
    I don’t think it was in bone, but based on comments this is headed back on. Guessing needs another hour or so.
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