Birthday Baby Backs

It was time for the mother-in-law's birthday, so we were asked to do some smoking. Liked the idea of baby backs since they are always a hit with most people. Ended up with 6 racks. Decided to do the first 2 steps the night  before, then glaze and re-heat on the grill in the morning since the get together was at noon. Got them rubbed with a mix of leftover rubs, but mostly sweet. Into the smoker with pear and hickory for 2 hours.


Into a pan with hard cider, beer, and a wasabi terriyaki sauce (was cleaning out the fridge...). They actually took a little over 3 hours foiled in the pan to pass the bend test. Glad I checked them first! After they were cooked, I quartered them (portion control) and into the chill chest they went. Onto the grill in the morning and glazed with remnants of Jeff's sauce and SBR (Still cleaning out the fridge...)


They turned out to be a hit as anticipated. A hair on the dry side. This was the first set of ribs I did to have a bite to them instead of falling apart. Not sure what I think. But, the baby's don't have as much fat, so I don't think they would turn out the same as St Louis'. In the end, I used a 2-3.5-1 method. The 3.5 attributed to maybe batch foiling them in a pan instead of individually wrapping.