- Apr 16, 2012
- 7
- 10
Hi everyone!
So I'm having some trouble getting ribs done right. This would be my 5th attempt and out of those 5 I've had half a success so 0.5/5 is not looking good :/
I'll explain everything I do and hopefully someone can show me what I'm doing wrong and impart some wisdom
So I have a 18.5" WSM with a foiled water pan with water in it.
I have a wind barrier and a maverick therm probe at grate level to tell me the temps.
I took my spare ribs and cut them for the most part st. louis cut, took off the back membrane, slathered mustard, wiped off a bit, added dry rub. I cut the full rack into 3 pieces so maybe 3-4 bones per rib.
I did the minion method and got my smoker going in the 225 range. Throughout the cook it probably went from 210-240 but mostly in the 220-235 range.
I spritz with Apple juice/oil mixture every 30-45 mins.
I did the 3-2-1 and foiled the ribs with apple juice. Total cook time was pretty much 6 hours.
I put sauce on at the end only for maybe 30-45 mins.
Ok so here are my problems.
1. It's not fall off the bone.. in fact it's almost still tough. It's fully cooked I'm pretty sure and it tastes ok (maybe a bit too smoky if anything) but it's not really juicy/tender/fall off the bone. I did the bone seperating test but they don't really seperate easily if at all. I took them off for fear of burning and darkening too much which brings me to my next point...
2. It's very dark almost burned even before I put sauce on it.
If anyone has any suggestions on what I can do to improve or if I'm doing something wrong it would be great. It's getting so frustrating not being able to do this properly. I wanted to try to master ribs before I moved on to brisket/burnt ends but at this rate I don't think I'll get there before summer ends :/
HELP!
So I'm having some trouble getting ribs done right. This would be my 5th attempt and out of those 5 I've had half a success so 0.5/5 is not looking good :/
I'll explain everything I do and hopefully someone can show me what I'm doing wrong and impart some wisdom
So I have a 18.5" WSM with a foiled water pan with water in it.
I have a wind barrier and a maverick therm probe at grate level to tell me the temps.
I took my spare ribs and cut them for the most part st. louis cut, took off the back membrane, slathered mustard, wiped off a bit, added dry rub. I cut the full rack into 3 pieces so maybe 3-4 bones per rib.
I did the minion method and got my smoker going in the 225 range. Throughout the cook it probably went from 210-240 but mostly in the 220-235 range.
I spritz with Apple juice/oil mixture every 30-45 mins.
I did the 3-2-1 and foiled the ribs with apple juice. Total cook time was pretty much 6 hours.
I put sauce on at the end only for maybe 30-45 mins.
Ok so here are my problems.
1. It's not fall off the bone.. in fact it's almost still tough. It's fully cooked I'm pretty sure and it tastes ok (maybe a bit too smoky if anything) but it's not really juicy/tender/fall off the bone. I did the bone seperating test but they don't really seperate easily if at all. I took them off for fear of burning and darkening too much which brings me to my next point...
2. It's very dark almost burned even before I put sauce on it.
If anyone has any suggestions on what I can do to improve or if I'm doing something wrong it would be great. It's getting so frustrating not being able to do this properly. I wanted to try to master ribs before I moved on to brisket/burnt ends but at this rate I don't think I'll get there before summer ends :/
HELP!