First pork ribs.

[Jocool]

One thing I have never attemted is pork ribs. I thought it was about time I tried.

I had 5 racks to do, (I never do shit by halves) for my family of 4. So I rubbed them down with various rubs and rolled them so they would all fit in the kettle.



I had the kettle fired up as I put the ribs aside to come up to room temp, and then set them in there with some plum wood to smoke away. And in the mean time, I had some corn brining in it's husks for a few hours while waiting for the ribs.



After the ribs had shrunk a little,  I unrolled them and let them get a full serving of smoke. In hindsight I probably didn't need to roll them. Oh well.....


At about 5.5 hours I prepped a second kettle and got the corn and turds going on a low and slow.


And shortly after is when I started saucing the ribs.


About an hour and a half, or thereabouts, we were ready to rock and roll. I took the ribs and turds of, and left the corn on for a little longer on direct to get a bit of colour.

I carved up the ribs and served them with a simple home made slaw using yoghurt instead of mayo for a slightly healthier choice.



We ate well last night! I hope you enjoy.

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[kendoll]

Sweet! Looks like they turned out great Joe!

Was that a 22" kettle?

Ken

[1buckie]

  Good Show all the way, mate !!!!!!


1st time pork ribs.....really?


Looks like you  got it down right outta the gate !!!!

[Jocool]

Was that a 22" kettle?

Ken

Yes, all 22's. If you're referring to the fact that I rolled them, I probably could have gotten away without rolling them but I wasn't sure.

  Good Show all the way, mate !!!!!!


1st time pork ribs.....really?


Looks like you  got it down right outta the gate !!!!

Yep... First time for pork. They were OK, but I think they were a touch dry.

[Jocool]

Shit. I gotta learn to take better pictures.

[kendoll]

Yes, all 22's. If you're referring to the fact that I rolled them, I probably could have gotten away without rolling them but I wasn't sure.

Cool. I love doing ribs. Did you foil them at all?

I would highly recommend checking out Costco and Nicholson & Saville for your next lot of ribs too, they sell some nice big ones.

You will definately need to roll them to get 5 on.



Ken

[jcnaz]

I love ribs and those look great!

[Prof.]

beautiful ribs compliments and nice setup! I see that you used the smokenator right? What do you think about it? I the other day I built an aluminum and I'm doing to make a stainless steel ..the pan with the water you have not used? even a terra cotta saucer? excuse me for asking too many questions and thank you very much

[Jocool]

Prof, mine is made of alloy as well. I didn't use a water pan as it was suggested to me that it really wasn't big enough to do any good. But I will give it a go to see if it makes a difference.

[Prof.]

Thanks Jocool, I intend to use it without water pan and without clay heater diffusor..I'd rather leave it free or at most with a rectangular clay heater diffusor! This is the result .. picked up this morning!


Stainless steel 0,118 inch...