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How long can you keep frozen ribs?

Hoops10
Hoops10 Posts: 35
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I have had some baby back ribs in my freezer for almost a year now.  My question is, are they still good?  Can I defrost them , smoke them and eat them?  Thanks.
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  • lousubcap
    lousubcap Posts: 33,988
    If still in the cryovac you are in great shape, so have at 'em.  If not cryovaed (sp?) give 'em a go as health-wise and continuously frozen no issues.  Now if you had a few freeze thaw cycles (loss of power) then it would depend on the duration of the outage.  FWIW-
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  • Hoops10
    Hoops10 Posts: 35
    They have never been frozen and then thawed. They have stayed frozen the entire time
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  • Fred19Flintstone
    Fred19Flintstone Posts: 8,173
    Like the question about how many licks it takes to get to the center of a Tootsie Pop, ribs never stay in my freezer that long.  How long do they last in the freezer?

    Flint, Michigan
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  • Foghorn
    Foghorn Posts: 10,071
    Like @lousubcap says, in a cryovac package they are good for many years.  If not, they can get some freezer burn, but they're still safe - they just may not be very good.

    XXL BGE, Karebecue, Klose BYC, Chargiller Akorn Kamado, Weber Smokey Mountain, Grand Turbo gasser, Weber Smoky Joe, and the wheelbarrow that my grandfather used to cook steaks from his cattle

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  • bgebrent
    bgebrent Posts: 19,636
    Did an SRF black brisket this weekend that was in a good freezer a year and a half.  It was fine.  Ribs should be no different so long as there’s been no freeze-thaw going on.





    Sandy Springs & Dawsonville Ga
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  • shtgunal3
    shtgunal3 Posts: 5,859
    Smoke ‘em if you’ve got ‘em. They’ll be fine.

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  • CigarCityEgger
    CigarCityEgger Posts: 2,109
    You’re good, I stock up when on sale and they last several months in the deep freezer (cryovac) with no issues. 
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  • nolaegghead
    nolaegghead Posts: 42,109
    As long as you can keep your freezer freezing....
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  • alaskanassasin
    alaskanassasin Posts: 8,199
    edited July 2019
    I ice age for a year minimum 
    South of Columbus, Ohio.


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  • northGAcock
    northGAcock Posts: 15,171
    lousubcap said:
    If still in the cryovac you are in great shape, so have at 'em.  If not cryovaed (sp?) give 'em a go as health-wise and continuously frozen no issues.  Now if you had a few freeze thaw cycles (loss of power) then it would depend on the duration of the outage.  FWIW-
    Spellin is hard som tines. 
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  • Hoops10
    Hoops10 Posts: 35
    Thanks for all the info fellas.  Can't wait to cook them up this 4th.
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