Ribs

[Infalable]

I received some of Icemans sauce yesterday. Yum. I believe local law dictates that ribs must be smoked immediately upon receipt. After ribs are cooked I will FTC with a bit of apple juice. I want to grill a bit when applying sauce. Do I grill after the FTC or before? Thanks.

[Gizmo]

After unless you plan to take the ribs to falling off the bone tender with which they will not stand up to moving on and off the grill.
I think the Law also states that it is permissible to eat/drink Iceman's sauce straight out of the jar. :D

[Infalable]

I tried some immediately. Yum. I have three racks going today - with rubs from Iceman, Swamp Venom, and from Rudy's in Texas. Smokin' tomorrow.

[Wildcat]

I like to FTC my ribs with apple juice then apply Iceman's sauce and onto a charcoal grill.  Smoke, sauce, and charcoal flavors all together makes a mighty fine meal IMHO. :) ;)

[Infalable]

Does anyone ever boat ribs?

[LilSmoker]

Hi Infalable, some people do boat ribs, just like lots of other recipes, there are many methods and techniques for getting the required result when smoking/cooking ribs.

Some smoke in the BS for 4 hours, then dowse with apple juice, foil and place in a regular oven for 2 hours +.
Some smoke/cook for around 6 hours in the BS, spraying with apple juice and rotating racks every 2 hours etc.
Some like to smoke/cook in the BS for around 5-6 hours, then sauce and finish on the grill etc.

So many variations and experimenting, just the other week, i did some ribs for 6 hours in the bradley, they were cooked and ready to eat, but we weren't quite ready, so i put them in the crock pot with some bbq sauce for an hour, and they were awesome! so tender and moist, so i've added this method to my list  ;D

I'm at the stage now where i'm happy with my BS ribs, although there's always room for improvement, they seem to get better every time ;)

If you do boat, i would say don't go too high on the temp, because there isn't much thick meat on ribs, and you'll start to boil out the flavour and goodness ;)

Hope this helps...........LilSmoker

[Infalable]

What a day. Started smoking about 9ish. An hour later the elctric lines fried and we were out of power for three hours. I put the ribs on my gas Weber. Ran outa gas. I figured this was a bust by now. Got the Juice back on about 1:15. I FTCd about an hour then put sauce on ribs and backed at 500 for 5 minutes. The ribs were teriffic. This was why I bought a smoker. The ribs were exactly how I envisioned. I used Ice,an's sauce and other bands in various combos. Looks like I am finally getting the hand of this. I think I crossed to the other side, I am one of ya'all now. 

[West Coast Kansan]

That's Great Infalable!  :D Where there is a will there is a way  ;D aint it fun  ;)

[Wildcat]

Great job, especially with all the challenges! :) ;)

[Infalable]

Yea, I was bummed. I have smoked ribs and brisket before. They were very good, but not as tender as I had hoped. This was what I hoped for. Maybe I have actually learned something.

[coyote]

VICTORY is so swweeeeeeeeeeeeeet! 8) WTG Infalable :)

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