Help my Cousin's Husband with his ribs? ....Propane smoker....


 

Clint

TVWBB Olympian
Hey, I cook ribs so infrequently but they always turn out great, I've cooked them twice that I remember over gas (on a gas bbq) and I didn't know much back then...

He didn't like how his turned out - looks like there was good pullback, anyone else want to take a stab at his ribs? The smoker is pretty new to him (charbroil 600), I don't know if he'll join here now, later, or not at all, but I know how helpful everyone here's been to me.

7.5 hours @ around 250F, spritzed w/ apple juice, rubbed w/ a mustard base, nice pullback, I think, but he said crispy (he removed the membrane)

what's the normal "done" tests? Tear test, tug, lift w/ tongs & hope they don't fall apart, probe?

From his facebook post: please help if you can

Joe L: "So it was nice and tender but the black crust was a little dried and hard. I might have cooked too hot or used too much mustard for my rub?"

he said this was ~2.5 hours before they were done
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Here they are rubbed:
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7.5hrs @250 seems like a lot. Hard to tell, but are these StL cut spares?
I figure 4ish hours for my ribs at 250-275.
Did he use any BBQ sauce while the ribs were in the pit, or just spritzed with AJ?
 
They were cooked twice as long as needed. 4-5 hr max and at 250, unless he was using an accurate thermometer (which he probably wasn't), the temps were higher than his believed-to-be 250, were too high as well.

Never had "pork jerky" before.
 

 

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