Nothing wrong with elk ribs. If I get a calf, or an adult elk close to the road, I save the ribs.
Here's some elk calf ribs off the chest. (They would be spareribs on a hog.)
Pulled the flap up (like the piece on the bottom right) and trimmed the "hidden" fat away and then added some rib rub and a little vegetable oil:
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v226/wyogoob/Cooking%20from%209-6-10/CalfRibs_a_sm.jpg)
Hickory smoked at 210° for 6 hrs:
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Medium rare a this stage. I may add some BBQ sauce and cook a little longer, but they are not all that bad just like this:
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I finished the ribs in the oven; basted in BBQ sauce for 4 hours at 195°. What little wild game fat I didn't trim away, melted off. Before serving, I brushed on a fresh slobbering of hickory-flavored BBQ sauce and warmed them up in the microwave. Served them with fresh squash and home-made coleslaw.
They are smokey, fall-off-the-bone, fantastic!
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Some more ribs off another elk:
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Took the ribs in the photo above out of the freezer and cooked them in the smoker.
Smear oil on the ribs and add a little rub.
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Cook at 200° for about 4 hours, a couple pans of sawdust is plenty of smoke. Then add your favorite BBQ sauce. Cover in foil and cook for another 3 hours.
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They're really good. Give it a try this hunting season.
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Good looking ribs. :) what's the drink?
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I like it!! Going on a cow elk hunt this December in New Mexico. I think I might have the meat processor wrap the ribs for me this time. I ususally just get all the meat processed without any bones in it.
Art
Some good looking ribs there wyogoob
Quote from: mikecorn.1 on August 17, 2012, 05:39:32 AM
Good looking ribs. :) what's the drink?
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Thanks. The drink is just water and lime.
Quote from: wyogoob on August 17, 2012, 06:54:02 AM
Quote from: mikecorn.1 on August 17, 2012, 05:39:32 AM
Good looking ribs. :) what's the drink?
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Thanks. The drink is just water and lime.
Add a little sugar and you have some lime aid ;D
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