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Spare Ribs anyone?
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flyerdoc
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Have not done slow cook ribs for ages and ages...and I don't even have a good reason why! We are having a big get together this weekend and I wanted to do some buy my better half suggested I do a test run. I'll be cooking up some baby backs on Saturday, but could not get a single "test" rack for workout purposes, so I went with a rack of spare ribs. Not as meaty and certainly more fat, but thought it would give me an idea of my skills.
So I did the pre rub night before. I caved and went with a commercial rub and let it sit overnight in saran wrap. Today I got it out and brought it to room temp before starting the egg and getting a good read on 250F. Then I placed the rack on a rib rack which was over an aluminum tray filled with a can of Foster's for some moisture. No tin foil tent though... not sure if i'm going to use one saturday but I degress... Oh, I did layer in some dry hickory wood for smokin'
Slow cooked for 7 hours at an average temp of 250F and brushed on some BBQ sauce at hour 6. I did not open the lid until hour 6 and then at hour 7 to remove the rack, here are the results:
I have to say, while there isn't a ton of meat on those bones, what was there WAS delicious. Disclaimer: I do not advise eating a rack of these before a fasting Blood Cholesterol test!
So I did the pre rub night before. I caved and went with a commercial rub and let it sit overnight in saran wrap. Today I got it out and brought it to room temp before starting the egg and getting a good read on 250F. Then I placed the rack on a rib rack which was over an aluminum tray filled with a can of Foster's for some moisture. No tin foil tent though... not sure if i'm going to use one saturday but I degress... Oh, I did layer in some dry hickory wood for smokin'
Slow cooked for 7 hours at an average temp of 250F and brushed on some BBQ sauce at hour 6. I did not open the lid until hour 6 and then at hour 7 to remove the rack, here are the results:
I have to say, while there isn't a ton of meat on those bones, what was there WAS delicious. Disclaimer: I do not advise eating a rack of these before a fasting Blood Cholesterol test!
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Make that sparE ribs, lol!
EDIT: ok figured out how to correct topic headline...
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Great looking ribs brother.
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Great cook- I find they take a little longer to get to the "pass the toothpick" test than BB's. When I buy spares I trim to St louis cut and use the flap meat as cook's treat or into a pot of beans. FWIW-Louisville; Rolling smoke in the neighbourhood. # 38 for the win. Life is too short for light/lite beer! Seems I'm livin in a transitional period.
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Hmmm, still have that flap meat (didn't realize it was called that!) in the fridge, its calling my name tonight I do believelousubcap said:Great cook- I find they take a little longer to get to the "pass the toothpick" test than BB's. When I buy spares I trim to St louis cut and use the flap meat as cook's treat or into a pot of beans. FWIW-
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Looks awesome!“There are three rules that I live by: never get less than twelve hours sleep; never play cards with a guy who has the same first name as a city; and never get involved with a woman with a tattoo of a dagger on her body.”
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OK, on to the second cook, this time with baby back, problem, needed to do 4 racks of ribs on a medium egg...solution:
tier them ribs...
This JUST all fit on the egg with that top tier really close to the top of the dome. I thought I might get some burnt areas but it all came out rather good. Maybe a little more cooked up there, but nothing burnt.
Ready to chow down!
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Congrats-with that approach you can work with anything. Banquet for sure. Way to adapt and get the job done.Louisville; Rolling smoke in the neighbourhood. # 38 for the win. Life is too short for light/lite beer! Seems I'm livin in a transitional period.
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Nice!
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After a week to think about it, I believe I prefer the spare ribs. I expected to enjoy the baby backs more, but them spares have me hooked. So I guess that means in a previous life I'm from Kansas and not Memphis?
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I'll save you a step. No need for the "room temp" foolishness.
Put them on cold. Better smoke ring (same smoke flavor tho), and less orchestration[social media disclaimer: irony and sarcasm may be used in some or all of user's posts; emoticon usage is intended to indicate moderately jocular social interaction; the comments toward users, their usernames, and the real people (living or dead) that they refer to are not intended to be adversarial in nature; those replying to this user are entering into a tacit agreement that they are real-life or social-media acquaintances and/or have agreed to or tacitly agreed to perpetrate occasional good-natured ribbing between and among themselves and others] -
That's interesting, I've never seen a suggestion for putting them on cold, ok, I'll try that. Anything for a better smoke ring, I wonder why it happens that way...Darby_Crenshaw said:I'll save you a step. No need for the "room temp" foolishness.
Put them on cold. Better smoke ring (same smoke flavor tho), and less orchestration
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Roasts and steaks, you want an even cook.
Barbecue? The thing is on for hours. Warming it up achieves nothing
a reminder too. Smoke ring had nothing to do with smoke flavor. It's just cosmetic
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This is akin to lipstick on a prostitute. It sure is appealing and pleasant to the eye. But it in no way represents the quality of the end product.Darby_Crenshaw said:Smoke ring had nothing to do with smoke flavor. It's just cosmeticLocation- Just "this side" of Biloxi, Ms.
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LOL, I really am learning something everyday here...so anyway, the question now is, although it is established that the smoke ring is eye candy, will it also attract prostitutes? If so I will have to make room for another rack...SGH said:
This is akin to lipstick on a prostitute. It sure is appealing and pleasant to the eye. But it in no way represents the quality of the end product.Darby_Crenshaw said:Smoke ring had nothing to do with smoke flavor. It's just cosmetic
so to speak.
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