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Cooking in plastic

Duuane
Duuane Posts: 69
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Good evening everybody.....quick question, I have a friend who says that he cooks his ribs either wrapped in plastic wrap with foil around it, or he will seal the ribs in food saver bags, wrap the whole thing in foil, and cook them that way....anybody heard of this before....if so, good idea, bad idea???    tks
Franklinville, Western NY
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  • nolaegghead
    nolaegghead Posts: 42,109
    He's braising them.  You can do this with just foil or a crock pot.
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  • Thecoiman
    Thecoiman Posts: 134
    I don't see how you would get any smoke on the ribs. I think this would be like steaming the ribs. I would ask them why? Each to his own.
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  • nolaegghead
    nolaegghead Posts: 42,109
    No smoke if you have them sealed up.  Might as well use the oven.
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  • Duuane
    Duuane Posts: 69

    The smoke thing is exactly what I was thinking....Thought it might do something good that I was missing...guess not

     

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  • Zmokin
    Zmokin Posts: 1,938
    Mmm Mmm Good, melted Saran Wrap on ribs. :lol:
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  • Trixie_Belle
    Trixie_Belle Posts: 163
    In the smoking 101 class I took last month, I learned about steaming ribs.   No smoke on them though.  We steamed them in a dutch oven with the lid on...no plastic wrap.  I'd skip the plastic wrap for fear of it melting or giving off some toxic fumes.  
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  • SGH
    SGH Posts: 28,989
    Duuane said:
    Good evening everybody.....quick question, I have a friend who says that he cooks his ribs either wrapped in plastic wrap with foil around it, or he will seal the ribs in food saver bags, wrap the whole thing in foil, and cook them that way....anybody heard of this before....if so, good idea, bad idea???    tks
    I actually have a good friend that does this very thing. I dont understand it, but to each there own. Just my opinion but it totally ruins the texture to me. Not to mention not even a hint of smoke. It reminds me of Applebees ribs. Akin to mashed potatoes covered in sauce. Hey, but if he likes it, then so be it. But its not for me. I will take good clean oak smoke over Saran Wrap everyday of the week.

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  • SGH
    SGH Posts: 28,989
    Saran Wrap=

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