Billy Surf
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I have a 14" smokey mountain and have cooked many butts that turned out perfectly. I also have done a few briskets that were pretty good and some fish and sausage. Only once, about 6 months ago, I cooked pork spare ribs that turned out great. I followed the Franklin BBQ video. I wish i had taken notes because I cooked ribs again last week and the ones on the bottom rack were burnt! Not good burned, but chewy caramelized sugar burnt. The top rack turned out ok. I think I know what happened but wanted to confirm and get other thoughts.
Here's what I did:
Trimmed off breastbone and skirt -removed membrane
Olive oil and applied a rub evenly
Rub:
Salt pepper (2 parts pepper to 1 part salt)
Little bit of onion powder, garlic powder, paprika for color and chili powder
I sprayed cider vinegar on them and sauced them about 2 hours in with Rufus Teague Whiskey maple (I think this was my problem - high sugar content), cooked another 20 minutes then wrapped them and cooked for 3 more.
I THINK I should not put on BBQ sauce next time, just cider vinegar. Also, I can never get the temp above 225-250 when i have a full smoker. I did use the water pan 1/2 full and minion method with regular Kingsford. I let the coals get hot for 20 minutes before pouring on unlit coals.
Thoughts? I really appreciate your time reading this, btw!
Tomorrow, I'm giving it another go!
Here's what I did:
Trimmed off breastbone and skirt -removed membrane
Olive oil and applied a rub evenly
Rub:
Salt pepper (2 parts pepper to 1 part salt)
Little bit of onion powder, garlic powder, paprika for color and chili powder
I sprayed cider vinegar on them and sauced them about 2 hours in with Rufus Teague Whiskey maple (I think this was my problem - high sugar content), cooked another 20 minutes then wrapped them and cooked for 3 more.
I THINK I should not put on BBQ sauce next time, just cider vinegar. Also, I can never get the temp above 225-250 when i have a full smoker. I did use the water pan 1/2 full and minion method with regular Kingsford. I let the coals get hot for 20 minutes before pouring on unlit coals.
Thoughts? I really appreciate your time reading this, btw!
Tomorrow, I'm giving it another go!