First Pork Butt and Second go at Beef Ribs

[Justin Kimak]

Hey everyone, I'm still learning on this but wanted some feedback on my first pork butt and second go at some beef ribs (first was not very successful).

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The butt tasted great and was very tender. It was an 7.5 hour cook at dome temp of 285. I only used coarse pepper and salt as my rub this time but I would like to try a true rub next time to get a good bark outside. Any recommendations would be greatly appreciated!

The ribs tasted pretty good but I am struggling with getting the meat to almost fall off of the bone. I put a rub on about an hour prior to the cook. My grill temp was settled at 265 and stayed for the entire duration of the smoke. I left the ribs on there for 3 hours exactly. Meat was juicy and had decent flavor but not quite tender enough to fall apart. One thing I did notice was the ribs on the lower cooking rack seemed a little bit more tender than the upper cooking rack. I'm sure that has to do with the cooking temperature of those being closer to the coals.


Let me know your thoughts on the pictures as well as recommendations for improving.

Thanks guys!

 

[James H]

Great looking cook!!!! Makes me hungry for butt and ribs!

 

[Steve Cleveland]

ribs look super good, I have been wanting beef ribs for a while.

 

[Dave O (Alaska)]

Both meats look great, I usually cook my beef ribs around 4 hours @ 250.

 

[Tony R]

Food looks good.
I do my beef ribs @ 225 doing the 3-2-1 method.

 

[S Wagner]

Looks good to me. As others have mentioned, you may have needed a bit more time with the ribs if you wanted them to be a bit more tender. Did you use water in the pan, or just foil and leave empty?

 

[Frank H]

It all looks excellent. I like a bit of chew to my ribs....I mean , I want all the meat to come off the bone , but I don't mind a little effort to it.hard to beat the flavor of a smoked beef rib.

 

[Tim Mulvihill]

Food looks good.
I do my beef ribs @ 225 doing the 3-2-1 method.

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Beef ribs need a lot of time to get tender.

 

[Bill - Bigbill]

Looks great to me. Pictures are awesome.

 

[Justin Kimak]

Looks good to me. As others have mentioned, you may have needed a bit more time with the ribs if you wanted them to be a bit more tender. Did you use water in the pan, or just foil and leave empty?

I foiled and left empty.

 

[Justin Kimak]

Thanks for all of the feedback! Any suggestions for a good rub on the pork butt next time??

 

[S.Six]

Thanks for all of the feedback! Any suggestions for a good rub on the pork butt next time??

For pork butt and pork ribs I really like to use 2 parts "Bad Byron's butt rub" and 1 part brown sugar. I think the sugar helps to give it a nice dark bark.

 

[Bobby P]

Everything looks great Justin.