Where Do Ribs Come From?

pops6927

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• Feb 2, 2017

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Just made a new Instructional Article to help decipher where do all the different cuts of ribs come from:

http://www.smokingmeatforums.com/a/differences-between-spareribs-st-louis-ribs-babyback-ribs

Hope it helps!

 

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SmokinAl

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• Feb 2, 2017

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That is a great explanation Pops!

Thank you for posting it!

Al

 

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• Feb 2, 2017

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Thx. Pops, As I would call myself a new meat cutter, I was taught to butcher game by a butcher and then we started raising pigs and was taught to butcher pigs. I know there are a few different versions to cutting swine but all I have seen seem to be similar. I did not know the differences in the rib cuts. Thx again. 

 

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What I am still not clear when I butcher a pig is where is the demarcation line between backs and spares.