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Title: Baby back ribs this weekend - experiment and success
Post by: wafisherman on March 24, 2014, 10:24:53 AM: So last week I thawed out some baby back ribs with the intention of spending some time making the perfect smoked baby back ribs. Well, the weekend got out of hand and I found myself realizing that by Sunday at 4:30pm and I had not had a chance to get to them.

Since I needed to cook them as they were thawed and I wouldn’t have time to focus on them the next week, I decided to take a risk and try to have them ready to eat by 6:30 or so.

Here is what I did:

These are fresh ribs from a young hog butchered just over a month ago. I could tell they were tender and hoped that they would not just get tough and chewy if I don’t cook them long enough.

Here is what I did:

Rubbed down with a dry rub I quickly put together.
Wrapped tightly in foil and placed in large casserole dish.
Put in oven at 350 for an hour.
Reduced heat to 250 for 45 minutes.
For the last 15 mins, I removed from oven and slathered in BBQ sauce. Noticed bones were already ready to just pull free with little effort. Good sign!
Put back in oven uncovered and turned on the broiler in my gas oven to High.
Once the sauce started to brown really well (about 5 mins), flipped them and repeated on the other side.

Now I LOVE smokey tender ribs. But these things were so moist, tender, and full of flavor that it was just amazing. I ate way to much. My wife, who will usually pick at a rib or 2 and just kinda shrug never really enjoying ribs of any kind like I do, took a set of about 5 ribs to nibble from before putting them away in the fridge – well almost. They never made it to the fridge. I looked over a few mins later and all the bones were clean and shiny and she looked like Gollum who finally found his ‘precious’! :chuckle: :chuckle:
Title: Re: Baby back ribs this weekend - experiment and success
Post by: Band on March 24, 2014, 12:12:22 PM: If there is a god, every meal in heaven will include a generous helping of ribs and there will be no way to gain weight by eating them. :)
Title: Re: Baby back ribs this weekend - experiment and success
Post by: combs338 on March 24, 2014, 12:15:51 PM: :yeah:
Title: Re: Baby back ribs this weekend - experiment and success
Post by: vandeman17 on March 24, 2014, 12:43:06 PM: Quote from: Band on March 24, 2014, 12:12:22 PM
If there is a god, every meal in heaven will include a generous helping of ribs and there will be no way to gain weight by eating them. :)

If there is floss involved then I am game :chuckle:
Title: Re: Baby back ribs this weekend - experiment and success
Post by: Boss .300 winmag on March 24, 2014, 12:51:42 PM: yep thats the classic way to get good eating ribs without the time spent smoking them. :tup: sometimes you just have to do what you gotta do. :chuckle:
Title: Re: Baby back ribs this weekend - experiment and success
Post by: wafisherman on March 24, 2014, 01:29:12 PM: Considering how good these turned out and how little time I put into them, it will likely be my goto approach going forward.

And no floss was needed. Super tender and juicy. Closer to chicken wings than stringy rib meat like you find sometimes.
Title: Re: Baby back ribs this weekend - experiment and success
Post by: HUNTINCOUPLE on March 24, 2014, 01:29:50 PM: That's possibly the number one way of cooking ribs that wins contests. :tup: