Home made (sorta kinda) rib rack for about $5 - works too !

[crusty ol salt]

Necessity is the mother of invention, as they say. You done good with this project. Both the rack and ribs look dead on. Reminds me, I need another rack for my ECB, really have to maximize space with that little bot. Can you link me to, or otherwise provide me with your Chinese rib rub recipe. I do like some Chinese ribs on occasion.

way to think outside the box on the one and the ribs look good too.

here is a link to alex's chinese rib rub in case you missed his post
http://www.smoked-meat.com/forum/sho...771#post288771

[barkonbutts]

okay please forgive me on this question. What is the benefit of using a rib rack verses just letting the ribs lay on the grate? More space yes but is there a benefit to cooking them on the rack ? Thanks

[WALLE]

Given' ya for ingenuity, CA - but mostly for those kick ass ribs!!

[tadowdaddy]

Nice work Alex! from me for the wonderful looking ribs!!!

[HawgHeaven]

Very nice bit of a kit sir Alex!! Ribs look great as well!!

[crusty ol salt]

okay please forgive me on this question. What is the benefit of using a rib rack verses just letting the ribs lay on the grate? More space yes but is there a benefit to cooking them on the rack ? Thanks

mostly a space issue. on my char-griller smokin pro i can do three racks of st louie style layin on the grill surface. with a rack i can double that amount

[Gunslinger]

Well for a start you'd all be driving on the correct side of the road, we'd have the same dictionary and rednecks would just be people with a bad suntan :-)

[barkonbutts]

mostly a space issue. on my char-griller smokin pro i can do three racks of st louie style layin on the grill surface. with a rack i can double that amount

Great thanks. Just wanted to make sure I was not missing out on something. Well keep that in mind if I need to loadem up some day!! Thanks again!

[Richtee]

Great thanks. Just wanted to make sure I was not missing out on something. Well keep that in mind if I need to loadem up some day!! Thanks again!

They ARE harder to mop..and they are not conducive to competition ribs as it's very easy to mess up the "barq" using them... but for backyard ribs...great things to have!

[curious aardvark]

okay please forgive me on this question. What is the benefit of using a rib rack verses just letting the ribs lay on the grate? More space yes but is there a benefit to cooking them on the rack ? Thanks

Space is a big part of it. Particularly for me. Using the outlaw offset I pretty much only have the left hand side for cooking (technically with the heat shield I can use the top right cooling rack for things that don't mind heat:- chicken and abts and sausages work great up there.)
But 4 racks of ribs in the rack takes up less space than 2 racks flat on the grills. Plus I'm pretty sure I can do 12 racks of ribs with rib-racks and still have space around them for abts.

But the ribs definitely cook quicker and more evenly (I did turn them upside down about half way through). Standing upright more of the surface area is exposed to smoke and heat as opposed to lying flat.
Plus it's very easy handling, you don't touch the ribs themselves, so don't rub any of the rub off (lmao which is pretty much the opposite of what rich said - nothing changes much round here ) .
To move four racks of ribs around you just grab the rib-rack and move once.

I'm a convert :-)

Thanks for comments and points

[Richtee]

(lmao which is pretty much the opposite of what rich said - nothing changes much round here ) .
To move four racks of ribs around you just grab the rib-rack and move once.

You will get an un-even barq, and if not careful, scrape the tops. Well, with the rack I use anyway. It's made for the WSM, so it's "tighter" than yours is. That said... I did take a first at a burn last year using it. Apparently the taste was good enough to overcome the blemished barq...

[crusty ol salt]

They ARE harder to mop..and they are not conducive to competition ribs as it's very easy to mess up the "barq" using them... but for backyard ribs...great things to have!

who needs to mop just spritz them bad boys

[Richtee]

who needs to mop just spritz them bad boys

My mop has chunks... CBP, red pepper, etc...

And I'm too manly to..err.. "spritz" anything Squirt, spray, etc..OK fine. NEVER "spritz".

[curious aardvark]

lol next time I'll just wrap the whole thing in foil - much easier

[Crewdawg52]

So living in england, I can't just walk into a shop and buy bbq or smoking supplies and kit. There are no shops like bass pro - or even wallmart.
Outside of 'the season' there is nothing in any shop remotely bbq related.
Until I joined you lot - I didn't even know I needed/wanted/had-to-have all this kit

Great job on the rib rack Have ya ever thought about moving

My mop has chunks... CBP, red pepper, etc...

And I'm too manly to..err.. "spritz" anything Squirt, spray, etc..OK fine. NEVER "spritz".

That's like me saying I would NEVERride in a pink car when the Mrs had her Mary Kay Cadillac. But I would ride in a "rose beige" car