Well aged rib tips


 
Larry D.

Larry D.

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While looking for something else in the freezer this morning, I found a bag of frozen rib trimmings dated 7/28/07. So I thought, what the heck, I'll cook them. They're on now, over lump with a couple of chunks of hickory. I'm hoping for the best, but if they're inedible I do have home-grown tomatoes and the fixin's for BLT's to fall back on.
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Sounds pretty good. I would rather be at home with my smoker too. I don't know why these dang hospitals expect someone to be here 24/7
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I can't decide between a high temp brisket, or some spares tomorrow.
 
Maybe I should have called this thread "Ribs in the Rain". Thanks to a thunderstorm that quickly rolled in, the WSM is cooking away in a deluge. I just had time to put a plastic bag over my Polder thermometer. Maybe I should start frying some bacon, I may be eating BLTs after all.
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Well? How did the rib trimmings turn out? Do you think leaving them in the freezer for so long hurt the meat?
 
They turned out pretty well, all things considered. I used Wolfe Rub on the meat, then put a coating of Sweet Baby Ray's sauce on for the last 20 minutes of cooking. Some of the pieces were a lot smaller/thinner than others, so they got a little bit overcooked, but I'm eating them anyway. The meat didn't seem to have suffered from a year in the freezer. I was surprised to find almost no water in the bottom of the WSM when I took it apart to clean it out - I guess the seal between the lid and body (that layer that builds up after a few uses) keeps water out as well as it keeps smoke in.

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Good to hear that the meat didn't suffer after a year in the freezer.

Man, I feel like I'm looking at a picture of my house. Kettle, WSM on a drip pan, even the metal garbage can. I guess if we all weren't a little alike, we wouldn't have ended up on TVWBB.
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I need to pick up a mini metal trash can like that. I've been using the empty briquette bags for ash collection, up till now. When they get 3/4 full, I toss them.

I've got the same drip pan though, gives a measure of security. I don't want oil stains on my deck.
 
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