Hello fellow SMF people !
It's been a while since I've posted so I'll make it worth your while, I have so much to tell and hopefully in an entertaining way LOL
Few weeks ago I smoked my first real rack of ribs, I did pretty well because the Mrs bought more and asked that I do it again. This time I took notes, photos, and all that good stuff.
My cousin told me of a recipe with Ketchup and Coke! Cook it, reduce, add more, continue the process for hours. I used the process but added other sauces and spices.
I removed the membrane, lathered up the racks with regular mustard, sprinkled my dry rub (recipe below), saran wrapped then put in the fridge for a day.
Dry Rub:
2 Tbsp Onion powder
2 Tbsp Garlic powder
1 Tbsp Chepotle powder
1 Tbsp Chinese 5 Spice
1 Tbsp Lemon pepper
1 Tbsp Curry powder
1 Tbsp Cajun powder
I did not use all of the dry rub on the ribs and saved about 1/4
Sauce:
2 Cups ketchup
2 Cups cola
1/2 Cup BBQ sauce (your choice)
1/2 Cup Diane sauce
About 10 drops of Franks Hot Sauce - (suit to your taste)
2 Tbsp Horse radish
I cooked the sauce (250 F) for about 2 hours, adding ketchup and coke when the sauce started to thicken up. An hour into the cooking process I added the last 1/4 of the dry rub. The sauce turned from red to brown. I kept it warm until I brushed it on the ribs.
Just as a reminder, this is my smoker
Because the door size - it's a little hard to get the hot coals in, so I tried something creative that sort of worked, see below.
This pipe helped get most coals into the circle :-(
So here is the sauce being cooked in electric pan. I would put the lid on from time to time.
I cooked the ribs like this for about 1 hour
Here are my coals ...
Here come the soaked wood chips, I like using this pot because it seems to give me smoke for a longer time
2 hours into the cooking, I dumped the rest of the chips onto the fire, added some sticks of oak, put the ribs on foil and started brushing (bathing LOL) the sauce onto the ribs.
I added foil to the top and cooked for another hour + 15mins.
After 3 hours 15 minutes of total cooking time, the ribs needed a rest LOL
I have to apologize because most people with manners would cut into the meat to take photos!
I was obviously distracted and forgot about photos, don't mind the bite marks hahaha
The ribs turned out great, I had a lot of fun and want to thank all of you who contributed to my success, too bad I could not share :-(
Take care
Dave in Canada
It's been a while since I've posted so I'll make it worth your while, I have so much to tell and hopefully in an entertaining way LOL
Few weeks ago I smoked my first real rack of ribs, I did pretty well because the Mrs bought more and asked that I do it again. This time I took notes, photos, and all that good stuff.
My cousin told me of a recipe with Ketchup and Coke! Cook it, reduce, add more, continue the process for hours. I used the process but added other sauces and spices.
I removed the membrane, lathered up the racks with regular mustard, sprinkled my dry rub (recipe below), saran wrapped then put in the fridge for a day.
Dry Rub:
2 Tbsp Onion powder
2 Tbsp Garlic powder
1 Tbsp Chepotle powder
1 Tbsp Chinese 5 Spice
1 Tbsp Lemon pepper
1 Tbsp Curry powder
1 Tbsp Cajun powder
I did not use all of the dry rub on the ribs and saved about 1/4
Sauce:
2 Cups ketchup
2 Cups cola
1/2 Cup BBQ sauce (your choice)
1/2 Cup Diane sauce
About 10 drops of Franks Hot Sauce - (suit to your taste)
2 Tbsp Horse radish
I cooked the sauce (250 F) for about 2 hours, adding ketchup and coke when the sauce started to thicken up. An hour into the cooking process I added the last 1/4 of the dry rub. The sauce turned from red to brown. I kept it warm until I brushed it on the ribs.
Just as a reminder, this is my smoker
Because the door size - it's a little hard to get the hot coals in, so I tried something creative that sort of worked, see below.
This pipe helped get most coals into the circle :-(
So here is the sauce being cooked in electric pan. I would put the lid on from time to time.
I cooked the ribs like this for about 1 hour
Here are my coals ...
Here come the soaked wood chips, I like using this pot because it seems to give me smoke for a longer time
2 hours into the cooking, I dumped the rest of the chips onto the fire, added some sticks of oak, put the ribs on foil and started brushing (bathing LOL) the sauce onto the ribs.
I added foil to the top and cooked for another hour + 15mins.
After 3 hours 15 minutes of total cooking time, the ribs needed a rest LOL
I have to apologize because most people with manners would cut into the meat to take photos!
I was obviously distracted and forgot about photos, don't mind the bite marks hahaha
The ribs turned out great, I had a lot of fun and want to thank all of you who contributed to my success, too bad I could not share :-(
Take care
Dave in Canada
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