How to serve pre made ribs


 
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Rob Waxman

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Hi everyone,

Im smoking for quite a few people this weekend and I have to make about 6 racks of babybacks. I want to smoke the first set in the morning and the second in the afternoon...does anyone have any ideas of how to store and serve the first set so they can be served later that day? I dont want to risk them drying up when reheating.

Thanks!

Rob
 
Well, if you heat up a cooler with HOT HOT (I mean boiling) water, let it sit for 15-20 minutes then empty it and dry it out. While you're waiting, wrap those ribs in aluminum foil then wrap a blanket around them/pack a blanket in the cooler and place the "rib package" inside the cooler and close it up.

I only needed to do that once and when I unwrapped them 4 hr later, they were too hot to handle :mad: .Just make sure your rib package is leak-proof (use older blankets that you might need to wash later if they leak).

Make sure the cooler is packed tight to help retain the heat.

If you do it this way, I can almost guarantee you won't need to "re-heat" these.
 
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Len Dennis said:
Well, if you heat up a cooler with HOT HOT (I mean boiling) water...
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I believe you because what do I know? :rolleyes: :confused: But damn, I'd be afraid of melting my nice cooler if I poured in boiling water to make it hot. Are all coolers "rated" to permit the use of boiling water in them for this purpose?

I hope it's not a Yeti cooler. It would suck to damage one of those bad boys...
 
if it was me I'd cooked them through and then fire up the grill sauce them and warm them up for 10 minutes.
 
The hot cooler/faux Cambro works very well. Down here, I just open it up and leave it out in the sun for about a half-hour -- it gets plenty hot.

You can also coil the racks and fit 6 (3 per grate) in an 18.5 WSM and do them all at once.

Ribs_of_the_Beast by Jeff Hasselberger, on Flickr

Jeff
 
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As Steve W said we also make cooler corn with boiling hit water, however we have had coolers get a little wavy inside from the heat. Just make sure you use an old cooler you don't really care too much about. It didn't ruin the cooler by any stretch, but you can see that the plastic was close to melting.
 
If you're concerned, then just run hot water tap to fill it. I've not had an issue but I guess that some coolers may react differently. Maybe buy a cheapo foam cooler.
 
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Steve Whiting said:
I often pour boiling hot water in my Coleman cooler to make cooler corn ...
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With my apologies in advance to the OP for redirecting his thread, what exactly is "cooler corn" and how do you make it? I'm intrigued...

Thanks!

EDIT: Found this on YouTube. Very cool!

 
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Thanks Steve and Jeff! Saved me the time and effort looking that little Pearl of wisdom up!i will have to try that next time I want to do a big feed!
I'd always used a big granite ware "campfire coffee pot", it will hold about a dozen ears. You can pour out most of the water and the small bit left makes a little steam to keep the corn hot.
Then, use a smaller pot with a stick of butter and filled with hot water to dunk the ears in, easier than a stick and for a lot of people, much more economical too.
 
I often heat a couple of fire bricks and wrap them in a towel and put that in the cooler to keep the meat warm. If the time delay is too long I do not fully cook the ribs so when i reward them it finishes them instead of over cooking and drying them out
Mike
 
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