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Title: My Best BB Ribs Ever.
Post by: okie smokie on March 17, 2021, 08:29:08 PM
3 lb baby backs from Costco. 3 Guys smokin rib rub.. A standard brown sugar, salt, pepper, chili powder, onion powder, paprika combo. Smoked at 220 for 3 hours, water spritzed a couple of times, Then wrapped with brown sugar, honey, Tiger sauce, and apple juice. NO Butter this time. IMO not needed. Then 2hrs at 225*.  Then painted with Baby Ray's Honey BBQ Sauce, and back into the 225* pit naked on the foil for 40 min.  They were perfect for flavor, texture (easily pulled off the bone with completely naked bone, and were rendered almost free of any fat. I saved the juice from the wrap and poured off the fat.. Basted the ribs before eating with the juice, and put a little into the ziplock for the left overs. I may be stuck on BB's from here on.
Here they are bottom side after 3 hrs smoke at 220*.
(https://i.imgur.com/Qd8Pn88l.jpg)
Just unwrapped and painted, ready to go back on;
(https://i.imgur.com/xmqhrfXl.jpg)
Just taken off the grill and cut
(https://i.imgur.com/q02rQlwl.jpg)
Plated: Great low carb meal with fresh green beans, sliced tomatoes, and Mandarin Oranges
(https://i.imgur.com/nhL1rOJl.jpg)
Title: Re: My Best BB Ribs Ever.
Post by: Bar-B-Lew on March 17, 2021, 09:00:52 PM
look great

I csn't wait to cook again in May
Title: Re: My Best BB Ribs Ever.
Post by: okie smokie on March 18, 2021, 07:38:01 AM
Why the wait?
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Post by: urnmor on March 18, 2021, 08:20:52 AM
iOS great
Title: Re: My Best BB Ribs Ever.
Post by: BigDave83 on March 18, 2021, 08:35:09 AM
Those look great. I have only wrapped ribs a couple of times, I am lazy so it was to much messing around. But there is a difference in texture between wrapped and not wrapped to me.

 I picked up about a 3# slab of BB ribs at Aldis yesterday. thinking of tossing them in the SV for 24 hours and then, ice and put them in the smoker on Sunday if the weather is decent I will use the little GMG if not the electric Cookshack will get the job as I can use it in the garage under a range hood.
Title: Re: My Best BB Ribs Ever.
Post by: Bar-B-Lew on March 18, 2021, 09:19:50 AM
Why the wait?

I have to do some maintenance on my grills that I don't feel like doing right now and I am going out of town for April.
Title: Re: My Best BB Ribs Ever.
Post by: okie smokie on March 18, 2021, 11:35:24 AM
I just did my Spring cleaning of the 380 and 590. Did not try to get all the black off the inside (not nec. IMO) but grates are clean and ash removed. I don't polish the SS on the exterior as I am proud to show they are used often.
Hope you get your pits up and running soon as planned.
Title: Re: My Best BB Ribs Ever.
Post by: 02ebz06 on March 18, 2021, 11:46:19 AM
I just did my Spring cleaning of the 380 and 590. Did not try to get all the black off the inside (not nec. IMO) but grates are clean and ash removed. I don't polish the SS on the exterior as I am proud to show they are used often.
Hope you get your pits up and running soon as planned.

When I vacuum the ashes out of my grill, I vacuum the inside of the of the hood as well.
Smoke builds up on it and starts to flake off, so I need to vacuum it. Doesn't look too appetizing on a piece of chicken or a loaf of bread.
Title: Re: My Best BB Ribs Ever.
Post by: okie smokie on March 18, 2021, 11:47:41 AM
I just did my Spring cleaning of the 380 and 590. Did not try to get all the black off the inside (not nec. IMO) but grates are clean and ash removed. I don't polish the SS on the exterior as I am proud to show they are used often.
Hope you get your pits up and running soon as planned.

When I vacuum the ashes out of my grill, I vacuum the inside of the of the hood as well.
Smoke builds up on it and starts to flake off, so I need to vacuum it. Doesn't look too appetizing on a piece of chicken or a loaf of bread.
I do the same after wiping it off first.
Title: Re: My Best BB Ribs Ever.
Post by: Canadian John on March 18, 2021, 11:56:19 AM
 
  Nice cook Okie - can't beat success !!!!
Title: Re: My Best BB Ribs Ever.
Post by: okie smokie on March 18, 2021, 12:06:42 PM

  Nice cook Okie - can't beas success !!!!
Thanks John,  Big difference to me was addition of a bit more Tiger sauce. and omission of the butter (or margarine). I think the butter just makes the end product greasier, which is not needed. Butter added to beef is OK for flavor but not needed for pork. Another pleasant surprise is that juices produced with the wrap and braising has a delightful flavor and using as a baste before serving (fat removed first) is a plus.  Try it!
Title: Re: My Best BB Ribs Ever.
Post by: hughver on February 23, 2023, 11:09:44 AM
Incoming company this weekend and I decided that I'd try BB ribs again. This time I'm going to use Okie's method and forego my normal sous vide technique. I'll still vacuum pack and freeze when done and use sous vide to thaw/reheat. It's cool here in the valley of the sun (44°F ) and the Traeger is having problems holding 225°. I have it set to 240° but the grill probes are reading 207° and 198°.
Title: Re: My Best BB Ribs Ever.
Post by: hughver on February 23, 2023, 12:20:17 PM
I know that this an old post but given my smoker problems, does anyone know what the IT should be when I wrap in foil?
Title: Re: My Best BB Ribs Ever.
Post by: 02ebz06 on February 23, 2023, 12:45:15 PM
I've been wrapping at 165-170.
Kept them nice and moist.
Title: Re: My Best BB Ribs Ever.
Post by: hughver on February 23, 2023, 01:30:55 PM
Thanks Okie, I pulled them at 163-175°, depending on where I measured them, thick or thin part of the rack. All three are now in the oven at 230° each double wrapped in foil with about 3/4 cup of apple juice and beef broth. I'll check the IT after two hours.
Title: Re: My Best BB Ribs Ever.
Post by: 02ebz06 on February 23, 2023, 02:14:50 PM
If you were referring to my post, you're welcome, but I'm not Okie.   ;D
Title: Re: My Best BB Ribs Ever.
Post by: hughver on February 23, 2023, 02:57:15 PM
Sorry, senior moment.
Title: Re: My Best BB Ribs Ever.
Post by: okie smokie on February 23, 2023, 04:42:20 PM
Hope your results are great.  I have since switched to St. Louis Spares and now cook at 275* for 4 hrs total. Doing Meat Church rubbed, ribs for dinner tonight. Had them on at 2PM, and will wrap at 5PM with couple ounces of apple juice, tiger sauce, butter and lesser amount of brown sugar (we are going keto lately). Then off at near 6PM and will either sauce at the table, or if not overdone will sauce and back on until sauce is set. We like em either way. With canned succotash veggies on the side. Simple mostly meat diet. Pics to follow. Note: my only c/o Prairie Fresh is that their St. Louis Style often are not trimmed correctly. Had to remove chine and riblets again today. Some good meat there, but I would rather not have to buy it to get St. Louis ribs! I wrote them a letter!! Same problem with Costco ribs. I guess the producer, does not want to discard trimmings that they can charge you for even if you are not going to use them...
Title: Re: My Best BB Ribs Ever.
Post by: okie smokie on February 23, 2023, 08:46:57 PM
They came out great! Fall off the bone, great flavor, etc.
(https://i.imgur.com/USSE1oil.jpg)
Title: Re: My Best BB Ribs Ever.
Post by: reubenray on February 24, 2023, 06:23:21 AM
Those look great.  St. Louis style are my favorite, but finding them is just about impossible.  I have been doing a modified Fast Eddie method for my ribs, but my wife wants me to do the messy 3-2-1 method the next time.
Title: Re: My Best BB Ribs Ever.
Post by: hughver on February 24, 2023, 11:36:13 AM
Hope your results are great.

Finishing in the oven took more than an hour at 220°. But after 1 1/2 hours they were very good, IT was 193-198°. I will sauce some of them on Sunday before serving and leave the rest naked.