7 hour Baby Back on the Kettle

[ChuckO]

I had a craving for Ribs, so I invited the neighbors over. I made chicken for the ladies and the ribs for the guys. I didn’t get a picture after cutting it up, mostly because we destroyed it in a matter of minutes. I got some good progress pictures though. Next time I’m cooking two

 

[Brett-EDH]

That’s a 3.5 hour cook on the WSK. Hope you get it soon. Ribs look great too.

 

[ChrisGariepy]

Ohh my wish I was your neighbor

Looks great

 

[Michael C.]

great lookin'ribs!

 

[ChuckO]

That’s a 3.5 hour cook on the WSK. Hope you get it soon. Ribs look great too.

I plan to pay Mark shortly after the 1st of February and I'm looking for an excuse to come to the Bay Area. I'm very much looking forward to the WSK. Ribs and/or Tri Tip will likely be the first cook on it

 

[Kevin L (NKY)]

Nice looking cook Chuch, can not wait to see what that WSK brings in your hands.

 

[Bob Bailey]

Tasty looking ribs Chuck!

 

[JimK]

Looking good, Chuck? 7 hours? What was your cook temp?

 

[ChuckO]

Looking good, Chuck? 7 hours? What was your cook temp?

I was pretty successful and not dipping below 250 and not exceeding 275, I would say I averaged 260ish for the duration

I had to add a few charcoal twice; at around the three hour mark, one side of the snake died so I got it going, only to have both sides of the snake die (early) around the five hour mark. My mistake was using WinCo charcoal which I do like, but it's better suited for BBQing, not so much for Smoking / Snaking

 

[AndyK]

Good looking ribs Chuck,
Did the cold temp increase the time for these ribs?

 

[Ed P]

I was pretty successful and not dipping below 250 and not exceeding 275, I would say I averaged 260ish for the duration

I had to add a few charcoal twice; at around the three hour mark, one side of the snake died so I got it going, only to have both sides of the snake die (early) around the five hour mark. My mistake was using WinCo charcoal which I do like, but it's better suited for BBQing, not so much for Smoking / Snaking

Could also be the higher elevation with less oxygen available. You were practically at sea level (79') in Brentwood.

 

[ChuckO]

Good looking ribs Chuck,
Did the cold temp increase the time for these ribs?

I don't think so, I anticipated 6-7 hours, that's about how long it took on my WSM in the Bay Area. It was more work on the Kettle, partly because I didn't have good "snaking charcoal." It was a fun cook, and my neighbor liked the ribs a lot. We wiped that rack out in just a matter of minutes

 

[ChuckO]

Could also be the higher elevation with less oxygen available. You were practically at sea level (79') in Brentwood.

It is different at 4.1K compared to sea level. Charcoal burns faster but heat is harder to come by. The heat might be the result of it not being tanning weather up here, LOL

 

[JohnTak]

I had a craving for Ribs, so I invited the neighbors over. I made chicken for the ladies and the ribs for the guys. I didn’t get a picture after cutting it up, mostly because we destroyed it in a matter of minutes. I got some good progress pictures though. Next time I’m cooking two

I don’t think I would ever just cook one rack of ribs.

 

[ChuckO]

I don’t think I would ever just cook one rack of ribs.

If I had my 22" WSM I would have done more than one, but it's hard to do more than one on the Kettle, unless you use a rack or roll up the ribs. I'm not a fan of either of that

 

[AndyK]

I have several rib racks that have sat for years.
I finally needed them recently to feed a few people and when I cut the ribs in half they really didn’t fit the racks.
They started wanting to fall out so I used both grates (which I hate) on my 18” wsm.
I don’t care for rib racks and I would rather not use my lower grate unless I needed help for a big pork belly.

I’ve cooked plenty single racks of ribs because two wouldn’t fit.

 

[Anthony Spitzer]

I just did a couple of racks of spareribs on my 22 in. kettle. I put an 18 inch grate on two charcoal baskets sitting on the cooking grate. That put one rack above the other and the smaller 18 inch grate fits in the upper part of the lid. Switched them top to bottom midway through the cook.