Good Day for Ribs

[Seboke]

Is there really a bad day for ribs?

With the freezer empty of cooked ribs, and 2 cases in reserve, I'm thinking' "What better way to spend a Sunday, smoking and the swimming pool (over 90 in Tampa Sunday...)?

Here's half the spoils...


Reunited with the other half, trimmed up and ready to get a good rubbin'


Rub applied... I tried a new rib rub this time instead of the "general pork" rub. Pretty much the same, minus chili powder, adding mustard powder and basil. Pretty sure I have found my new rib rub!


Into the BBT (Big Black Tank)



2.5 hours into the smoke, fixin to foil.


Didn't give any extra time after the foil since I was freezing most of the racks...



The one pic all day that turned out fuzzy: The money shot...

[WaysideRanch]

Thats how ya do it!!!!!!!!! Nice smoke Seboke. Finger lickin'.

[davidmcg]

Wow, 90, swimming pool and the jackpot of ribs. It had to have been a great day. A few sows out there gave their best for that feast. You done good.

[cowgirl]

Nice looking ribs!! Sounds like a great way to spend the day!

[grothe]

Is there really a bad day for ribs?

Never!!

Great looking ribs Seboke....

[Capt Dan]

Dozen at a time, the only way to go! I like your plan too, out of foil, into freezer. I bet they will be good when warmed back up.

[Kingudaroad]

Wow thats a lot of ribs!! Super nice!

[Kyote]

Dozen at a time, the only way to go! I like your plan too, out of foil, into freezer. I bet they will be good when warmed back up.

what the capt said. but I don't understand the foil thing..so you cook em for 2.5 hours then foil for ?time then from foil to freezer?

am I thinking correctly?

[Seboke]

what the capt said. but I don't understand the foil thing..so you cook em for 2.5 hours then foil for ?time then from foil to freezer?

am I thinking correctly?

With that big ol' stick burner, I won't fire it up to smoke only a rack or two, so I jump on bulk ribs when I find em on sale and cook a dozen if thats all I got going. Now I ain't gonna eat a dozen racks o ribs, so I vac seal them and pull out a rack or two when they call to me.

The foiling thing is part of the 3-2-1 method for smoking ribs: 3 hours of smoke, 2 hours of foil, and one more hour of smoke. In the foil stage, you splash a bit of liquid and wrap em up tight. My chosen liquid is a 3:1 mix of apple juice and Captain Morgan. This is where they essentially braise. The liquid "steams" and all the moisture stays in the foil pouch, making the meat fall right off the bones. The last hour firms them back up a bit.

The 3-2-1 is a general guideline. Trimmed up racks I'll go around 2.5 hours. Babybacks can usually get by with something like 2.5-1.5-.5, but the general guideline is put em to the foil when the bone pulls back about 1/4 inch. When I'm vac-packing and freezing, I'll forgo the last hour. I can get the firmness back when I reheat on the grill or under the broiler. Or not... If the racks are simply falling apart on you, slice the ribs very gently with a very sharp knife or you will just mash them to the consistency of pulled pork with a mess of bones mixed in.

Hope this helps ya Kyote.

[craig chamberlain]

Great job on the ribs Seboke, I really like your Lang 84.

Craig

[doctor phreak]

great idea for later use....i need to do this on my longhorn....it takes so much to get it started just for a rack or 2

[roadrunr]

everyday above ground is a good day for ribs...

[Slanted88]

That is gettin after it!

[Kyote]

With that big ol' stick burner, I won't fire it up to smoke only a rack or two, so I jump on bulk ribs when I find em on sale and cook a dozen if thats all I got going. Now I ain't gonna eat a dozen racks o ribs, so I vac seal them and pull out a rack or two when they call to me.

The foiling thing is part of the 3-2-1 method for smoking ribs: 3 hours of smoke, 2 hours of foil, and one more hour of smoke. In the foil stage, you splash a bit of liquid and wrap em up tight. My chosen liquid is a 3:1 mix of apple juice and Captain Morgan. This is where they essentially braise. The liquid "steams" and all the moisture stays in the foil pouch, making the meat fall right off the bones. The last hour firms them back up a bit.

The 3-2-1 is a general guideline. Trimmed up racks I'll go around 2.5 hours. Babybacks can usually get by with something like 2.5-1.5-.5, but the general guideline is put em to the foil when the bone pulls back about 1/4 inch. When I'm vac-packing and freezing, I'll forgo the last hour. I can get the firmness back when I reheat on the grill or under the broiler. Or not... If the racks are simply falling apart on you, slice the ribs very gently with a very sharp knife or you will just mash them to the consistency of pulled pork with a mess of bones mixed in.

Hope this helps ya Kyote.

Yes, it helps alot. thank you..

[Seboke]

Yes, it helps alot. thank you..

My pleasure Bro!