Hi

So I was mandated to cook ribs today for 20 people at a party. I figure I can cook 4-5 slabs at once in my WSM but will need to throw more on. Party starts around 3-4pm. Will get things going around 11 to throw on the ribs at noon so the first slabs will come off around 4ish. 1st off, will I have enough life in my charcoal left to throw on 4 more slabs around 4pm or will I have to take the WSM apart and go through the whole process again of lighting up one chimney, dumping, then a full chimney of unlit coals + wood?
Also, will wrapping up the ribs in foil and throwing them in a cooler be OK if we don't end up eating the first batch until 6pm?

THANKS!!!!!

Andrew, I cooked nine slabs of spares a while back in my wsm. I cooked 4.5 on each grate in racks and they turned out fine. Only four were trimmed St. Louis style. If doing again though, I'd only do seven, and I'd roll and skewer three on the bottom rack. The ends of slabs on the bottom rack tend to cook too fast.

Yeah, wrapping ribs to hold in foil is fine, but they will continue to cook, so take that into consideration so they're not all falling apart when you unwrap.

Andrew hope this helps, stack the ribs in 2 stacks, every 30-45 mins take the bottom rib and move to the top, keep doing that till all the ribs have being rotated from bottom to top

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Originally posted by Noe:
Andrew hope this helps, stack the ribs in 2 stacks, every 30-45 mins take the bottom rib and move to the top, keep doing that till all the ribs have being rotated from bottom to top

Even Weber says that everytime you take the lid off, you need to add fifteen minutes of cooking time. I'm not saying you can't cook ribs like this, it's just gonna take A WHILE....and you let all the pit moisture out everytime you open it.

Have you not heard? IF YOU'RE LOOKIN', YOU'RE NOT COOKIN'!!