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First cook on my XL BGE. Baby back ribs.
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KerrDog
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The ribs went 2.5 hours at 250 degrees. Wrapped them with homey and apple juice for another hour at 300. I brushed the sauce and let them cook 20 min each side direct heat. Looks great, good smoke ring but a little tough. Pleased with my first cook. I controlled the heat pretty well.
Any thoughts? I would love for them be more tender.
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Those do look very nice and juicy, but in these shots there's not a lot of pullback from the bone. Maybe they could have been cooked a bit longer? Did you give them the old bend test for doneness?Does look like a good first cook, congrats!B_BFinally back in the Badger State!
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I'm having the same problem. The meat is tender and the pull is perfect but the bark is tougher than I would like. Interested to hear what the board suggests.
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KerrDog said:The ribs went 2.5 hours at 250 degrees. Wrapped them with homey and apple juice for another hour at 300. I brushed the sauce and let them cook 20 min each side direct heat. Looks great, good smoke ring but a little tough. Pleased with my first cook. I controlled the heat pretty well. Any thoughts? I would love for them be more tender.
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I was having the same issue. All the feedback I was getting was saying that I wasn't cooking long enough. Looks like your total time was a little over 4 hours. They told me that at 250-275 they could go 5-6 hours. I did some yesterday total cook time was a little over 5 hours. They turned out much better. And I finally figured out what they meant with the bend test. Just keep trying. This forum can be a lot of help.
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Great info! Thanks to all. Looks like dead chickens tonight. Using my old recipie. I'll keep you posted.
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