- Apr 25, 2016
- 13
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This afternoon/evening I commenced with smoking my second rack of BBs in the last two weekends. My first try was an unabashed failure. The rub last weekend was awful so I purchased Jeff's Original Rub in hopes of redeeming myself...
The made the rub and coated the rack with the rub and mustard as directed to on Saturday evening. Using the 2-2-1 method I primed the smoker at 225 at noon, filled the chip tray with half apply and half hickory chips, and put the meat in. At 2 pm I wrapped the ribs in foil with a mixture of apple cider and rub and returned it to the smoker. At 4 pm I removed the foil and back in the smoker it went for another hour. The MES smoked pretty heavy the first hour then a lighter and steadier smoke the rest of the way. I added the woodchip mixture at 2 and 3:30 or so. There was never a time when there wasn't some smoke billowing out. The chips were soaked at 11 and drained just before noon.
They came out about five and we ate about 5:15 or so. The results:
Although Jeff's rub was a significant improvement over last week we still felt it could have been a little sweeter, so we've decided to add a little bit more brown sugar with the next batch of rub I make. Does anyone else have suggestions on how to modify Jeff's recipe, or what can help to make them a tinier bit sweeter?
Also, though I don't like fall-off-the-bone ribs I felt these were just a bit chewy. Suggestions? I thought the wrapping would help, but it didn't help enough.
Would I have been better off getting spare ribs then BBs?
I'm sure I'll have other questions too in a bit, still going through the CQI in my head.
Thanks, Nick
The made the rub and coated the rack with the rub and mustard as directed to on Saturday evening. Using the 2-2-1 method I primed the smoker at 225 at noon, filled the chip tray with half apply and half hickory chips, and put the meat in. At 2 pm I wrapped the ribs in foil with a mixture of apple cider and rub and returned it to the smoker. At 4 pm I removed the foil and back in the smoker it went for another hour. The MES smoked pretty heavy the first hour then a lighter and steadier smoke the rest of the way. I added the woodchip mixture at 2 and 3:30 or so. There was never a time when there wasn't some smoke billowing out. The chips were soaked at 11 and drained just before noon.
They came out about five and we ate about 5:15 or so. The results:
Although Jeff's rub was a significant improvement over last week we still felt it could have been a little sweeter, so we've decided to add a little bit more brown sugar with the next batch of rub I make. Does anyone else have suggestions on how to modify Jeff's recipe, or what can help to make them a tinier bit sweeter?
Also, though I don't like fall-off-the-bone ribs I felt these were just a bit chewy. Suggestions? I thought the wrapping would help, but it didn't help enough.
Would I have been better off getting spare ribs then BBs?
I'm sure I'll have other questions too in a bit, still going through the CQI in my head.
Thanks, Nick