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alamar

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St. Clair Shores, MI

• Jun 24, 2008

• #1

I did some St. Louis Style ribs a couple of weeks ago. I used the 3-2-1 method. While I used this successfully on the whole slabs before, the St. Louis Style was a little drier. Seeing that after trimming the slabs the resemble baby backs, would it be better to use the 2-2-1 method for St. Louis style to keep them moist?

 

gooose53

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• Jun 24, 2008

• #2

Did you put any apple juice (or other liquid) in when you foiled?

 

richtee

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Aug 12, 2007

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N. Oakland County, MI

• Jun 24, 2008

• #3

The 321 method needs a little modification with tight trimmed ribs, or babies. Last St. Looies I did were closer to 2.5-1.5-.5

Warning! I no longer time my ribs... I just "know"- but that was a close ratio there.

 

nick

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Apr 28, 2008

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Louisiana

• Jun 24, 2008

• #4

I agree with Rich... when I trimmed my spares down the actual rack is really flat and not too thick. I treated them like BB's and even those cooked a lil less than 5 hours. As for the skirt and the sternum, that stayed on longer with the sternum taking a lil longer than the skirt.

 

alamar

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St. Clair Shores, MI

• Jun 24, 2008

• #5

Yes there was plenty of mop used (mix of apple juice, pineapple juice and bourbon). The skirt turned out perfect. OK Next time I will cut the trimmed ribs down to near a 2-2-1 timing.

Thanks