Just a Rib practice

[AustinPhillips]

Got a couple of St. Louis Racks and wanted to do a little practice for a competition in a few months.

Got them all trimmed up and removed the membrane and put on the rub and in the fridge for 12 hours.



On the smoker for about 4 hours 30 minutes. Probably should of done longer for the middle ribs to be completely done.



After saucing and letting it set.



Then building the box.



They were really good! Nice flavor, nice pull, nice smoke ring.

Overall I was happy, but there is always room for improvement.

Thanks for looking!

 

[Enrico Brandizzi]

Those bones look good and tasty but:
1) I can see only 5
2) the left one is demaged.

 

[AustinPhillips]

Those bones look good and tasty but:
1) I can see only 5
2) the left one is demaged.

There are 5 on the bottom, not the best angle for the picture, and yes unfortunately that was my mistake. The left one was not from the same section, the right one kept falling over. Need to practice on my cutting.

I should of left them on for about 30 more minutes for the middle ones to be where I needed them to be.

Thanks!!

 

[ChuckO]

Nice looking ribs, you going to do a show?

 

[Luke P]

I'm not familiar with competition rules or expectations. They look darn good to me! Keep trying... I'll take care of all your errors.

 

[Rich Dahl]

If those are practice ribs I think you've had enough practice, they look excellent.

 

[John Tate]

Look good to me, next time you are cooking give me a call and I will come round and do a taste test, you are only just down the road.

 

[AustinPhillips]

Look good to me, next time you are cooking give me a call and I will come round and do a taste test, you are only just down the road.

Sounds good John! Thank you!

 

[AustinPhillips]

I'm not familiar with competition rules or expectations. They look darn good to me! Keep trying... I'll take care of all your errors.

Thanks Luke! There are different sanctions which has their own rules. I primarily compete in FBA (Florida BBQ Association) contests. Will be doing a KCBS contest one day!

 

[Michael C.]

Ribs looks very tasty!!!! I see a winner here!!!!!

 

[Craig Alumbaugh]

They say practice makes perfect and those ribs pretty perfect. Send them my way and let me judge them for you.....lol......

 

[Bob Bass]

Nice looking Ribs, Austin. Wishing you BBQ Excellence at the FLA contest.

 

[Tim K]

Great looking ribs! Seems like you've about got the ribs mastered, now it's just a matter of fine tuning a few minor details. Again, they look awesome, and I imagine they tasted the same way!!
Great job,and good luck,
Tim

 

[Barb D]

I'm not familiar with competition rules or expectations. They look darn good to me! Keep trying... I'll take care of all your errors.

I'm with Luke always willing to help with the errors!

Austin fantastic job, those ribs are to die for. Good luck with the competition and let us know the out come. I'm sure you will be at the top with those ribs.

 

[AustinPhillips]

Thank you everyone for the compliments! And thanks to everyone on this forum! It's a family away from family for sure! I hope everyone here has a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!

 

[Cliff Bartlett]

Practice makes perfect! These look great. Good luck in your comp.