1st attempt at ribs today. Beyond excited!

mrsurly · Mar 22, 2015

Hey everyone! So today is the big day for me. I get to break in my new Masterbuilt Pro Dual Fuel smoker AND I get a shot at doing St. Louis style ribs for the first time! I am cooking up 3 racks (unfortunately they had to be cut in half to accommodate the smoker) and doing them 3 different ways.

1st is with Meathead's Memphis Dust and a homemade KC style BBQ sauce

2nd is with a sweet chipotle rub I made and a sweet/spicy sauce (using the base of the KC sauce for all of them, just tweaking them as need be)

3rd is with Meathead's dust but during the foiling I am doing some brown sugar/honey and making the sauce a little sweeter for a finisher.

Topping everything off with fresh corn on the cob, potato salad and baked beans! Pics will be uploaded often of this endeavor so stay tuned. Hopefully everything will turn out with good results!

grillmonkey · Mar 22, 2015

Sounds like a good plan, I always like side-by-side comparisons.

empacee · Mar 22, 2015

We like pictures of just into the smoker too, raw meat doesnt offend us, if it did, we wouldnt be here. :-D

aceoky · Mar 22, 2015

I'm In!!!!!

mrsurly · Mar 22, 2015

Alright! Smoke is on! Sitting comfortably between 235-237. Got some nice TBS going. Here are some pics of what we are looking at.

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Mar 22, 2015

here is the homemade KC style sauce.

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Mar 22, 2015

Memphis dust on the left, sweet chipotle on the right

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Mar 22, 2015

ribs coated with the dust

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Mar 22, 2015

sweet chipotle ribs

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view of the inside

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Mar 22, 2015

low and slow....so they say

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Mar 22, 2015

no introduction needed.....

steuben1 · Mar 22, 2015

Looking great! Will be following this one today so pics are great.

aceoky · Mar 22, 2015

Looks great to me!

bcaruthers04 · Mar 22, 2015

So what time do you want us to come over with the beer?

beers-n-bbq · Mar 22, 2015

Im actually doing my first smoke today and it happens to be ribs as well...baby backs.

midrange · Mar 22, 2015

Make it 3 of us smoking ribs for the first time. First time smoking for me actually. I was so caught up in the moment, I forgot to snap a before pic.

Should be done in 30 mins......

I'll grab a pic when they come off, IF I can control myself and not dive into them.

kapdon · Mar 22, 2015

Looks like this might turn into a showdown, just kidding, good luck to all of you. Looking forward to final pictures MrSurly.

mrsurly · Mar 22, 2015

Time for the foil!

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Mar 22, 2015

one of the Memphis Dust ribs. Unfortunately I already wrapped the others that I did the butter, brown sugar and honey with. But they looked just as good :-)

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Mar 22, 2015

Sweet chipotle. Wrapped them with a little bit of Apple juice and a light sprinkle of the rub again. Gonna check them in 1 hour and see where we are at!

kapdon · Mar 22, 2015

Those are looking good

mrsurly · Mar 22, 2015

Crunch time now.

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b-one · Mar 22, 2015

Nice pull back on that one rack you can keep one hand clean! Don't forget sliced pics when there done!

midrange · Mar 22, 2015

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Mar 22, 2015

I had to eat first before I was gonna upload anything. LOL

They were cooked using the 3-2-1 method, at 230 degrees. No water in the water tray. Chips were added about every 45 mins during the first stage, once in the second stage, and once at the last. All 4 were spritzed with apple cider at each stage. Only one was wrapped as an experiment.

All 4 of the half slabs were coated in mustard prior to rubs. The first one from the left, has Three Little Pigs rub, the next one, and my favorite, has McCormicks Sweet and Smoky rub, the third has Rib Rack, and was the only one wrapped. When it was wrapped, we added apple cider, brown sugar, a drizzle of honey, and 4 pats of butter. The last only had salt and pepper on in the beginning. At the last hour, we covered it with Sweet Baby Rays.

As far as wrapping goes, we saw no difference in moistness in the wrapped ones over the others. About the only thing that was different was the lighter color, and a bit less of the smoky flavor. I don't think I'll mess with wrapping ribs again.

I think I'm gonna love this smoking thing.....

mrsurly · Mar 22, 2015

Alright. It is complete. The ribs have rested and have been cut.

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this is the Memphis dust rub.

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Mar 22, 2015

here is the sweet chipotle! Couldn't resist doing a quality assurance test on them and hot damn they are good! I can't wait to smoke my next pig/beef/chicken product! You guys are the best! Happy smoking and may your smoke always be thin and blue.

one eyed jack · Mar 22, 2015

FINE looking ribs Surly.

Point's

supercenterchef · Mar 23, 2015

So the other three just stayed in smoker, unwrapped for the whole six hours?

matchew · Mar 23, 2015

Love the side by side comparison. If you had to pick just one which would it be?

1st attempt at ribs today. Beyond excited!

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