Beautiful spring day out here in Western North Carolina! I've got the week off, and was going to do these for lunch, but with running errands and yard work they wound up being more of an appetizer for dinner.
The set up: side burn in the basket with coshell, hickory, and apple woods
Was going to pull out my '83 red, but ever since I fixed this one up the '83 hasn't seen any love.
Ribs going on with a heavy coating of my homemade rub.
The dogs enjoying the weather
Ribs done after about 3 hours and twenty minutes, and several basting with my vinegar sauce. The kettle ran between 250 and 300 for most of the cook, I'm okay with that. I knew it was running hot, so I just made sure to keep an eye on the doneness. When the tooth pick when in easy I pulled them off.
Sent a buddy some pictures of open beers and ribs, and he headed on over. We were going to play some disk golf, but decided to just drink more beers. Wrapped the ribs up in foil, not a step I usually do, but they were done before he got here. Wrapped them in a towel and held in the oven for about an hour.
Sorry no more pictures, by the time we opened 'em up they didn't last very long. These might have been the best ribs I've ever made. Perfect bite (easily off the bone, but not mushy), great flavor (with or without sauce). I think the foil might have helped, might add this step into my cook now.
On deck tonight: rotisserie chicken
Friday night/Saturday: Brisket...
Stay tuned!
Topic: Ribs! (Read 1754 times)
