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Title: Best Rib Method
Post by: sundawg on July 06, 2011, 10:24:00 AM
Reading all this is amazing, but I find different techniques. For smoking Pork Back Ribs, what is best? 3-2-1; 2-2-1 or 2-1-1? I find them all mentioned but what would be the preferred method?
Title: Re: Best Rib Method
Post by: GusRobin on July 06, 2011, 10:48:51 AM
I do babybacks 3-1-1 others do it without any foiling. Its all a matter of experimenting and do what ends up tasting best for your particular preferences. The only thing you don't do it boil them before you cook them as some idiots people of different views recommend
Title: Re: Best Rib Method
Post by: muebe on July 06, 2011, 11:01:10 AM
Quote from: GusRobin on July 06, 2011, 10:48:51 AM
I do babybacks 3-1-1 others do it without any foiling. Its all a matter of experimenting and do what ends up tasting best for your particular preferences. The only thing you don't do it boil them before you cook them as some idiots people of different views recommend

Boil the ribs?!?! What!!!!! (http://serve.mysmiley.net/mad/mad0217.gif)
Title: Re: Best Rib Method
Post by: Tenpoint5 on July 06, 2011, 11:50:37 AM
Here is a link to get you started. It works. From there you can branch out and do what you have to do to make your ribs Yours!!

http://forum.bradleysmoker.com/index.php?topic=10182.0
Title: Re: Best Rib Method
Post by: sundawg on July 06, 2011, 12:02:34 PM
Thanks for the input. Very much appreciated. Sundawg
Title: Re: Best Rib Method
Post by: GusRobin on July 06, 2011, 02:43:52 PM
Quote from: muebe on July 06, 2011, 11:01:10 AM
Boil the ribs?!?! What!!!!!

Yes I have actually read recipes where the auther says to boil the ribs in hot water "to absorb the flavor within the meat." Now I don't know where he lives but my water doesn't come with any flavor to absorb into the meat and if it did we would call the water dept and have them fix it. Usually you boil something to get flavor to the liquid (think soup)
Title: Re: Best Rib Method
Post by: SamuelG on July 06, 2011, 04:30:27 PM
Ooops!  I have it all wrong.

I smoke until ready.... Then foil for an hour... then the ribs perform a magical disappearance act.

Foil

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Title: Re: Best Rib Method
Post by: TedEbear on July 07, 2011, 10:19:09 AM
I hate to say this but I've gotten my best results on baby back ribs without my Bradley.  I seal them tightly in foil with about 2/3 cup of apple juice per slab in a roasting pan in my oven at 275* for 3 hours. Then one more hour bare on the grill while I make some Vermont Pig Candy glaze from the drippings for the final 10-15 minutes. 

They turn out veeeery tender and tasty.   My Bradley baby back ribs turn out pretty well but they tend to be a little tougher.  Some people like 'em that way.  I prefer the fall-off-the-bone ones.
Title: Re: Best Rib Method
Post by: GusRobin on July 07, 2011, 11:38:39 AM
Quote from: TedEbear on July 07, 2011, 10:19:09 AM
I hate to say this but I've gotten my best results on baby back ribs without my Bradley. 

Doesn't matter where you do them as long as you like them.
Title: Re: Best Rib Method
Post by: mow_delon on July 07, 2011, 05:46:47 PM
TedEbear if your ribs are tough out of the bradley, you are not cooking them long enough.  Add an hour or two and tender will come.