18.5 WSM Smoker

southnjsmoke

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• Oct 25, 2016

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Hey guys. I am planning on having a bunch of people over this weekend and I wanted to do 4 racks of st.louis style ribs on my WSM. Does anyone know if I can get all four racks on there without having to stand them up using a rib rack? I've only ever done two rack before, one on the top and one on the bottom. This has been on my mind for a few days now. I'm going to be doing the 3-2-1 method

 

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• Oct 25, 2016

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I think you will have to trim to lay them all flat. You could coil them if you don't have a rib rack.
I like to trim a few bones off each rack,rub them,wrap in bacon and rub again. They make great snacks and are done when the bacon is in my experience.

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southnjsmoke

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b-one said:

I think you will have to trim to lay them all flat. You could coil them if you don't have a rib rack.
I like to trim a few bones off each rack,rub them,wrap in bacon and rub again. They make great snacks and are done when the bacon is in my experience.

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Thanks for the help.. Those look awesome. I may try that if I decide to trim them up.
The options I was originally thinking was either lay them flat and not trim them if I didn't have to, or trim them so they can fit, or get a rib rack but I wasn't sure if that would make them fit.
Do you think they could fit if I used a rib rack?

 

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I don't think a rack would get four whole racks on one grate.

 

southnjsmoke

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Yeah that might be a little tight. I may try two on the top and two on the bottom in rib racks if I don't trim them. It will probably be a game time decision