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Help: I need to speed up my ribs!

mb99zz
mb99zz Posts: 183
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I totally intended to do a 3-2-1 method on baby backs today. They've been cooking indirect and unfoiled for about an hour now at 225 dome temp. Family plans have accelerated things beyond my control and I need to shorten this cook. We love the fall off the bone texture. So, I was thinking about maybe foiling soon and bumping the heat to 300 for a couple of hours and then unfoiled indirect until tender (at 300). Thoughts????
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  • gdenby
    gdenby Posts: 6,239
    That should do it. FWIW, while 225F will do the job, it will take forever. 250 - 275 is better. I don't "turbo" cook ribs often, but the temp can go as high as 350. 300 and foil will really speed things up. The flavor might not be as intense, and the texture a little mushy, but quite edible.
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  • bigphil
    bigphil Posts: 1,390
    you could cook them at 265 grid for 3 hours then about 30/60 minutes wrapped in foil till when you lift the foil it wants to fold in half then remove and sauce back on the grill to set it  
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  • smokeyj
    smokeyj Posts: 340
    300 degrees should take around three hours or so.do the bend test or probe.
    They should be nice and tender if u want even more tender wrap for an hour in foil. I find its not needed. Try both ways see what you like better.
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  • mb99zz
    mb99zz Posts: 183
    edited June 2013
    Thanks all! I ended up doing about 2 hrs at 225 non-foiled and indirect. Then I bumped up the heat to 300 and foiled with apple juice for about two more hours. The ribs were extremely tender at that point. I finished by removing the foil, basting some BBQ sauce, and putting them back on for about 30 minutes with a fresh chunk of apple wood. I also dropped the temp a bit at this point (265). That firmed them up a bit but they were still very tender.

    Everyone loved them. Thanks again. If I had stuck it out at 225 dev for the whole cook, the wife would have killed me :). Everything worked out!
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  • danv23
    danv23 Posts: 953
    Use 275 dome. Way easier and way better results. Be sure to calibrate that Thermo!

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  • TexanOfTheNorth
    TexanOfTheNorth Posts: 3,951
    FWIW, I did 2 racks last night, raised/indirect at 255 for 4 hours. They came out "pull off the bone" perfect. No wrapping or saucing.
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  • WalrusBBQ
    WalrusBBQ Posts: 153
    Man I love ribs

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