All I wanted was a small package of baby backs for me and the wife, two racks would be plenty. So I stopped at Costco on my way home from work last night. They usually have 2 and 3 pack slabs ready to go. Well they were sold out and only had 3 packs of spare ribs or the already seasoned ones. I got the smallest pack they had, just over 9 lbs.
I brought them home and cleaned them up a little. Membrane came right off without a struggle.
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Rubbed them all up with lamberts sweet rub o'mine from my secret Santa
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Since there were 3 of these big boys, the 22 WSM got the call. No problem, I got a bunch of things to do today anyway so I can set it and forget it.
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Chugging away
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Okay, okay, . . . . . is it lunch-time yet???
BD
looks great! make sure to share the finished pic.
Oh I will. Everyone here is going to experience my dilemma. Lots of ribs for 2 people. This was 1 hour in
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About done, passed the bend test, saucing 2 racks up cause the wife likes them sauced and I don't mind.
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Looks great!
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Over cooked just a little.
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Plate shot.
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Where's the dilemma ??? I see one rack for her, two for you ... dump the rice and yellow kernels. At least one six-pack of Extra Stout Ale. SJ
Hummmm, now I see the problem ... to keep a couple of ribs for a late night taste or plow full steam ahead. Good dilemma to have in my opinion :)
Great looking bones ! ! ! !
BD
Yeah I also don't see the dilemma...
Ribs look great!
Thanks guys. The only real dilemma was I wanted to use my OTG but they didn't have the 2 packs of baby backs so I had to run the 22 WSM.
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Is that butter I see on your rice? Filipino heresy
But I do love to eat rice with my ribs. Wipes the grease off the fingers. I eat with my hands
Why yes it is. Whipped salted butter.
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I cook 3 racks all the time on my 22 with a rack..They come out great. 3 racks are my limit on the kettle. I just cant come to buy the WSM and I had my eye on a deal for a few weeks..lol
I came to a KETTLE website and now I kind of want a WSM :)
Yeah I know I could have used racks, I prefer not to use them, also I don't mind using the WSM especially when I got other things to do and won't be around for most of the cook.
Austin87, get one if you can. You can never have too many options for cooking.
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@iCARRY - I understand your delemma. Smart and Final has Spare ribs on sale for $1.47 right now. I wanted to pick up one rack to do on New Years Eve to come off the grill around midnight for a late night snack for everyone. I got to Smart and Final and couldn't beleive how big a rack of pork spare ribs were. I guess maybe I have never seen a rack of spare ribs before?? I didn't think I'd be able to time that big hunk of meat right for it to be ready at or shortly after midnight so I went with a pack of pork back ribs. In the end it was the right decision especially since they came off at 11:45pm and were ready to eat after the ball dropped, but I am definitely interested in do some big ass spare ribs. How long did they end up taking?
I pulled them off at 6.5 hours. They were a little over cooked. Not too bad though. Probably perfect at 6 hours. Temp never went over 239, no water in the pan, no wrap. Just cooked straight through.
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