Couple'a Racks A'Ribs


 
MattP

MattP

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We're having some friends and their kids over for dinner tonight, so I've got two racks of St. Louis style spares going on the WSM.

Rubbed both racks with some brown sugar and Sweet Rub O' Mine, and let them sit in the fridge for about 90 minutes. This is a shot as they came out, immediately before going on the smoker.
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Had to sort of curve them to help get them to fit on the 18.5" cooking surface. I do have a Weber Roast/Rib Holder, which I intended to use, but I discovered it was too large to use on the top rack with the dome all the way on. I think I could have squeezed it down onto the lower cooking rack if needed, which would have been my backup, had I not been able to curve the ribs enough to fit on the top.
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Dinner's around 6:00, my intent is to have these smoke for about five hours. I'll take some update pictures when they've hit the two hour mark.
 
Here we are at two hours:
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Temp has been holding steady between 215 and 230 so far. It's quite amazing how much easier it is to keep temps down on your WSM after you've done a good ten plus jobs!
 
Checking in at four hours.
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I just bumped the temp up to 250 in hopes of maybe speeding up the cook a little bit, guests will be showing up for dinner soon and I don't want to keep them waiting too long.
 
Don't forget bbq is done when its done... Don't rush it too much. Looking good so far.
 
Final shots. Pulled after five and a half hours, poking with a toothpick showed them to be a good tenderness. I didn't foil at all during the cook.
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Didn't get any plated shots unfortunately-- I got busy dishing up the food for our guests and couldn't wait to dig in myself!

These were the best ribs I have done to date (fourth attempt). They were very tender, but not mushy. Nice smoke ring. The bones came out easily, but they didn't just fall out if you picked up part of the meat. Great without sauce, just as great with a little bit of Sweet Baby Ray's. I think the combo of the brown sugar along with the Sweet Rub O' Mine was a good choice-- a good melding of flavors. Very pleased with this cook!
 
Those are some mighty fine great looking spare ribs!!!!! Wiping the drool off of my mouth! Great job!!!!!!
 
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