RIBS for the 4th ......Please help

[smoke an Fire]

Hey All,

Newbie here... ;D

After reading the forums for a couple of days I decided to go ahead and dip into my retirement fund an buy the Digital 4 rack smoker. :o

I'm going to try a selection of ribs for the 4th but I want to smoke them on Sat or Sun and then fire up the grill on the 4th to heat them up.

Whats the best way to do this? I have a couple racks of baby backs / some boneless pork ribs / country spare ribs. Can i put all of this in the smoker at one time and " Set it and forget it "

I was thinking about dry rubbing them the night before then 3 hours of hickory smoke and then spray them with apple juice, wrap them in foil and through them back in the smoker for 2 hours.

Please help a newbie noob.

[goalieboy29]

Welcome Brother,

Great decision to buy the Bradley!

I think you're plan is the most popular method so far. I have had my rig for a year and was never truly satisfied with my ribs. I tried the method that was suggested by numerous members and it is the same as yours; Coat ribs in mustard (optional) and then your favorite rub. Cover and rest overnight. I take'em out an hour b4 cooking. I get the smoker to 250 or so and put the ribs in the middle rack. Having just got a Maverick remote thermometer I can easily keep the temp between 195 and 230.
I use 3-4 hours worth of apple pucks. I spray with a mix of Jack Daniel, apple juice and maple syrup, (Canadian eh?)When smoking is done I take 'em out, slather 'em in BBQ sauce (optional),wrap in foil and put bak in smoker for 2 or so hours. GUARNTEED< they will be the most tender, succulent ribs ever....

Anticipate your accolades now!

Have fun and all the best for July 4.

Goalieboy

[icerat4]

I do my ribs as followed.Rub down the night before.4 hours of alder at temps of 200-210.Spaying apple juice after the first hour.And then every hour up til smoke is done.In the 3rd hour i put the sweetbabys rays on.then at the 4 hour mark i put them in foil wrap.Then in the over for 3-4 hours .And that fall off the bone meat when done.LOW and slow.None of my stuff in the bradley when its a pork product goes abouve 220 never.Chicken meatloaf etc no problem.BUTT not pork ;D.

[acords]

I do my ribs as followed.Rub down the night before.4 hours of alder at temps of 200-210.Spaying apple juice after the first hour.And then every hour up til smoke is done.In the 3rd hour i put the sweetbabys rays on.then at the 4 hour mark i put them in foil wrap.Then in the over for 3-4 hours .And that fall off the bone meat when done.LOW and slow.None of my stuff in the bradley when its a pork product goes abouve 220 never.Chicken meatloaf etc no problem.BUTT not pork ;D.

This is pretty much how I do ribs.  I can't get invited anywhere now without someone asking if I can bring a rack or 2

[asa]

smoke an Fire -
Welcome to the forum. I realize that by now, you've probably already smoked your ribs for the Fourth. But for next time, if you want to try making up your own rub, I have posted mine here in the past 2 weeks or so. Here is a link you can try:  http://forum.bradleysmoker.com/index.php?topic=3409.msg31111#msg31111
If that doesn't work, search on the word "barkaboo" without the quotation marks. It is a rub for which I've received excellent reviews, most recently this past week.

I've been smoking ribs for about 4 hours, but 3 would probably do as well. After smoking, I wrap them in foil with a little sauce and then continue cooking them for several more hours (4 should do it, but I've gone much longer too, but at a lower temperature). You can do that in the BS or in your oven at an air temp of around 180 or so (probably varies from 170-185). I find they are hard to stick a probe into, so go more by time. And you can probe with an instant when you want to.

Good luck,
     Art