I am in Spearfish, SD and a local butcher says he can order me some short ribs.  Is this the correct term for the big, meaty beef ribs?  Also what price per pound is would be reasonable for these?  The butcher said $3.50 per pound.

I usually pay $4.99 to 5.99/lb for plates of short ribs. They're not easy to find where I'm at for some reason. I'd ask if they are cut down or full 4-5 bone plates. Heck, any beef right now for $3.50 I'd probably just order some and try it.

dino ribs aka beef plate short ribs (I really hope I have that right) the big meaty ones, I'm pretty sure I'm spending $7.99 a lb and I only get to do them a few times a year due to the fact that you're paying $7.99 a lb for 4 bones. 

I just picked up some choice beef ribs at Costco yesterday for $4.75/lb.  I'm never quite sure if they are plate or chuck.  There are 4 bones which used to mean chuck, but I see now plate ribs being cut from ribs 5-8, so who knows. Either way, they are always great.

I also picked up a 12lb pack of choice flank steak. They had a bunch of bags that were mis-labelled as back ribs, for $2.79/lb

You could always show him this and ask which it is.  At $3.50/lb I would venture to guess they are back ribs.  Not a bad price if there is some meat on the bones...Chuck is usually $3-5 and Plate can be as much as $7-8




Plate Short Ribs



Chuck Short Ribs



Back Ribs

If you have a Sam's Club near you check them out. This is where I get my dinosaur bone beef ribs.

https://www.samsclub.com/p/case-sale-whole-beef-short-ribs-piece-count-varies-by-bag/prod17180007?xid=plp_product_1_1

 The dinosaur ribs are by far my favourite. Meaty, exceptional beef taste, and tender (by my standards). The others - not so much.

 The dinosaur ribs are by far my favourite. Meaty, exceptional beef taste, and tender (by my standards). The others - not so much.

But what are dino ribs? There is really no universally agreed upon definition. Some folks think only plate ribs should be called dino, while others call chuck ribs dino as well.

And as far as back ribs go, they're great if you can find them with meat on them - basically prime rib meat. But folks also call those dino ribs. So basically, a large beef rib from any cut can be called a dino rib.

Dino ribs.  Funny and from the Flintstones I'm sure.  The meat chart has no room for funny colloquialisms.

Beef plate ribs have a good 1 to 1.5" of meat on top of the bone.

Ask your butcher for beef back ribs with 2" of meat.  That's 2" of ribeye meat on the bones.  $$$

I recently bought what they called "Boneless Whole Chuck Short Ribs" at Costco business. I smoked on low for 3 hours, sous vid at 132° for 36 hours and seared after cooling for a bit. They had a great beef flavor and were fork tender. Raw, they looked similar to Bentley's picture above. Cost was around $8.50 per pound.

The only time I have seen a "Dino" rib live was Sparks Rib Fest and they were custom Back ribs.  Probably 3/4 to a pound of meat on each one and were $11 at the time.  And as noted, pretty much a rib eye on a bone.

I did some Angus short ribs over the holiday weekend on the Memphis. Ran at 200F for the first hour, then bumped to 250F. The smaller rack took a total of 6 hours while the larger ones took 7.

Mighty tasty looking. Job well done. 

Those do look great.  I need to find a place to buy them.  I would enjoy those with a lot of meat on the bone.

National Beefs Black Canyon brand, that is great beef!