Small rack on the Ninja


 
LMichaels

LMichaels

TVWBB 2-Star Olympian
OK, got a small rack (3 or 4 bones) of baby backs on the Ninja for this evening's supper. Smoke is rolling nicely, I am using one of the built in temp probes and gonna bring them to an indicated 195 or so. Then I'll probe them and check tenderness.

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OK, I have to be honest here. It did an incredible job. I double checked the Ninja temp probe accuracy against my TPro Lightning. On the nose. No smoke ring and I think it's because they don't burn fuel to make smoke. Simply ignite pellets in a separate chamber and circulate it with a fan. So it's not generating heat. (which is why this thing is capable of truly "cold" smoking. But the kitchen smelled like a genuine smoke house, the ribs were incredibly smokey as well. I cooked them to an indicated 192 deg, pulled them and allowed to rest for about 10 min.
Ribs were juicy, flavorful and perfect tug off the bone tender.


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You are echoing what my Wife says about its rib cooks. Not that I feel differently, but she raves about them.

Makes me wonder how she really felt about all the times I made them on other cookers since 2015 :unsure:
 
Well, while it did a wonderful job, I'm not declaring it "better" than anything else. Just "different". I can't say much else about it. If it was summer time, believe me I'm firing up one of the pits for a variety of reasons. But honestly this thing "killed it". And continues to amaze me with it's abilities
 
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