Hello,
I'd like to cook/smoke a rack of baby backs pork ribs today and approxiamtely 8 Italian sausages...Can I do both at the same time? Can someone recommend the times and temps I should use? also a dry rub?
Thanks for the help.
Welcome, Blue:
I see no reason why you couldn't smoke the Italian sausage with the ribs. Here's a couple of links for ribs. One is Iceman's method of cooking; the other is a summary of information I compiled (mostly from here)
Iceman's competition Ribs post:
http://forum.bradleysmoker.com/index.php?topic=4290.0
Summary:
http://forum.bradleysmoker.com/index.php?topic=5348.msg49957#msg49957
The recipe site has some great recipes for rubs and slathers: http://www.susanminor.org/
Good luck.
I'm assuming that the Italian sausage is fresh (not cured). If so make sure your smoker is at least 200°F. I can't give you any time frames, but the sausage will be done much faster then the ribs. The internal temperature of the sausage should be around 152°F fully cooked.