Latest experiment with turbo BB's

AZRP · November 2010

This is the fourth installment in trying to make good ribs fast. I've tried hottubbing and boiling in vac seal bags but tonight was different. I seasoned a rack of BBs with salt, cayenne, and mint. Then wrapped them in HDAF and put them on the Egg at 350 dome. I put them on an extended grid with a sheet of foil below them to make it an indirect cook. They cooked undisturbed for an hour.

After one hour they looked like this.

The heat got away from me and I ended up crisping them at 400-450. I turned them every 5 minutes and basted with apple juice and cider vinegar for twenty minutes.

Let them rest for 10 minutes and ate. These were my best turbo ribs so far. Slightly greasy but I think with sauce it wouldn't be noticed. It is the first of my experiments that Kim and I have finished all the ribs with no leftovers. A hour and a half total time. -RP

eenie meenie · November 2010

Randy, I find the turbo rib evolution interesting. You're really using your noggin!

Thanks for sharing your methods and the pics, the ribs certainly look good.

AZRP · November 2010

I'm going to keep trying until the on sale ribs run out, three more weeks. These were really good. -RP

Gator Bait · November 2010

Very interesting Randy, those are good looking ribs! I have been playing with ribs most of the summer looking for good, easy ribs. My personal experience has me thinking that baby back ribs like heat. I have tried temperatures from 190º to over 300º and am having better luck with temps over 250º and the best ones so far were 300º or a little higher. I have been having my best luck with thirdeyes EZBB ribs which is almost a mirror image of how you did these but not as high a temperature. Thanks for sharing the experiment.

Blair

JLOCKHART29 · November 2010

I have pretty much given up the low and slow way for the Turbo Mike ribs at about 2 1/2 hours. Really like your experiments so far. The concern with this cook is as you know I like a lot of smoke on my food. Did the pork pick much up at the end like this or did you try to get the smoke flavor? Eather way great job!