WOW - look at that BURN!
(kidding kidding!) It looks sooooo tastey
How do you get your meat to pull from the bones that much? I've cooked a lot of ribs in my life - but never had that much shrink. Yours looks so delish!
3-2-1
(2-2-1 in this case.... 2-2-1 for loin backs, as below, 3-3-1 are whats above.)
take your ribs... remove membrane cut down t a st. louis cut, season as you do......
set your smoker to 225 indirect, hickory and apple hardwood.......
smoke 3 hours spray every half hour with 1/2 cider vinegar, and apple juice....
after 3 hours, take aluminum foil and wrap ribs in it, pour a litte orange blossom honey and some apple juice, just a little and wrap it up...
cook 225 for 2 hours... (but this is a little touchy, i peek at 1.5, if i see pull back i stop there......
final hour.....
take out of foil, and put back on the smoker........ take your favorite bbq sauce, add clarified juices from the foil, and a little honey, and baste.....
baste every so often for the final hour until a nice glaze forms....
at the same time fire up a gas grill (optional) to high..... after an hour.... (time at this point is just a guideline)....... you know when they are done when you stick tongs from the side and lift and the ribs bend easy but do not break......
take the ribs and place on a searing hot grill for abot 15-30 secs a side.......
remove.... let rest 15 mins, then slice......
Ah - another question. My store that I usually get ribs from has started selling them ONLY frozen in a 3-pack. The racks are piled up together and then frozen into one package. While it makes them a little bit cheaper I've yet to trust buying 3 stacked packs of frozen ribs without being able to flex and look at them all individually.
3 packs are a scam... unless they are under 1.99 a lb make the butcher open the pack, what you look for is "shiners".....
Shiners, are ribs on the top section that have the bone showing through.....
3 packs are usually a good looking rack with crap underneath it........
I'll buy a good a 3 pack if the top rib rack looks good and the cost is 1.99.... anything higher than that, i make them break it up and choose....
WWYD? I really don't want to spring for 3 racks to find out that they're bad racks, you know - At first I thought it would be only temporary, but it's been several months and they've yet to stock fresh ribs - I'm about ready to complain about it.
always, i mean always take your meat to the rib counter, they will open em up....... especially if they are over 1.99 a lb......
last year our local supermarket had ribs for 99 a lb in 3 packs.... I spent 200 bucks. it all depends....
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