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First Baby Back rib smoke

1Zach1
1Zach1 Posts: 1
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Hello all! New to the forum, and newish to the Big Green Egg. I first had my hand last Thanksgiving after my brother in law bought a XL BGE and we smoked the turkey on it. This summer bought ourselves a L BGE. Did 3 hours on smoke, 2 wrapped, ~45min back on with sauce. I think they came out great but I learned a few things for next time.

I used Cherry and Almond, feel like I should have used Hickory and Cherry or Almond to give more a smoke pop, was a bit too subtle for what I was going for. 
I think next time I'll go 3 hours on smoke and 1.25-1.5 hours wrapped, these were just slightly too tender. 
I need to smoke more stuff!
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  • tikigriller
    tikigriller Posts: 1,389

    Looks like a heck of a smoke ring to me!  From what I have learned, you probably have as much smoke as your are going to get, as you only instill smoke in the beginning of the cook.  After that, it is just about cooking slow and nothing more.

    I want to take a bite of those to be sure though myself!  As far as the too tender part..don't wrap.  The wrap is what creates the tender/fall off the bone effect as it is steaming in the foil.

    All this being said...I have been doing the Egg for a month and half now and that is all, so my advice comes from what I have learned here and achieved myself on my Rib cooks thus far, so I am sure others will chime in as well....

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  • YEMTrey
    YEMTrey Posts: 6,835
    Careful with the smoke.  During the cook you become desensitized to it from being around it. That's why food you reheat days later tastes much more smokier.
    And yes, the foiling results in the fall of the bone issue.
    Steve 
    XL, Mini Max, and a 22" Blackstone in Cincinnati, Ohio
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  • Hans61
    Hans61 Posts: 3,901
    nice rack
    “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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  • Hans61
    Hans61 Posts: 3,901

    “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.”
    Coach Finstock Teen Wolf
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  • RedSkip
    RedSkip Posts: 1,400
    Yum
    Large BGE - McDonald, PA
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  • feef706
    feef706 Posts: 853
    I like apple and pecan wood for my pork cooks, great looking cook there, mix it up and see what you like.

    Yemtray may have a good point, I've noticed things tasted more smokey days after, assumed it was just from being contained in Tupperware but typically the morning after a good low and slow my hands still smell like smoke so I don't doubt I was desensitized the night of, also usually plenty of adult beverages consumed throughout the day...
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  • Hawg Fan
    Hawg Fan Posts: 1,517
    Welcome to to the forum.  That's a great looking first post.  Keep posting; we like pictures.

    Any road will take you there if you don't know where you're going.

    Terry

    Rockwall, TX
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  • YukonRon
    YukonRon Posts: 17,261
    Great images you have shared, they appear to be delicious. Smoky ribs are always delicious, and a fave at my house. Well done, 5 stars.
    "Knowledge is Good" - Emil Faber

    XL and MM
    Louisville, Kentucky
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  • PSC
    PSC Posts: 148
    love racks...
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  • bhedges1987
    bhedges1987 Posts: 3,201
    Looks spot on!

    Kansas City, Missouri
    Large Egg
    Mini Egg

    "All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given to us" - Gandalf


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