- Aug 28, 2017
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Hi All,
Just got my MES 30" smoker a couple weeks ago and did some chicken wings and St Louis ribs using Jeff Phillips rubs and bbq sauce. Chicken wings came out great and were a big hit and the St Louis ribs came out very good, as well. I used the 3-2-1 method on the ribs with some maple wood chips. As I said, the ribs were very good (and tender)- but not fall off the bone and I'm wondering what else I can do to get them to be a little more tender so that they do fall off the bone. One thing I'm wondering about is, during the foil process, I wrapped them a little tight. The only reason I did this is to ensure they fit between the racks. Could I have smothered them a little bit by doing this? I would have liked to have 'tented' the foil a little bit to allow for the air to circulate inside the foil but there just wasn't any room (I did 4 racks of ribs - cut in half - two half racks of ribs on each cooking rack).
Any thoughts would be appreciated!
Thanks everyone.
Tim(CT).
Just got my MES 30" smoker a couple weeks ago and did some chicken wings and St Louis ribs using Jeff Phillips rubs and bbq sauce. Chicken wings came out great and were a big hit and the St Louis ribs came out very good, as well. I used the 3-2-1 method on the ribs with some maple wood chips. As I said, the ribs were very good (and tender)- but not fall off the bone and I'm wondering what else I can do to get them to be a little more tender so that they do fall off the bone. One thing I'm wondering about is, during the foil process, I wrapped them a little tight. The only reason I did this is to ensure they fit between the racks. Could I have smothered them a little bit by doing this? I would have liked to have 'tented' the foil a little bit to allow for the air to circulate inside the foil but there just wasn't any room (I did 4 racks of ribs - cut in half - two half racks of ribs on each cooking rack).
Any thoughts would be appreciated!
Thanks everyone.
Tim(CT).