- Jan 25, 2008
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Each piece of meat is different and will likely have its own characteristic but here lately it seems that my ribs have been hit or miss (more miss) IMO. I've went back and read the 3-2-1 article to see if had forgotten something but am not spotting it.
I'm using a Traeger 125 and when it comes to ribs I've always stuck with the babybacks. It seems I'm not not getting much pullback and certainly the kind I see post here and elsewhere. Generally the taste dead on for what I'm looking for but the tenderness can be spotty. Last time I'm sure that I pulled a couple of racks a little early feeling pressured by being late for the group we had over...so that identifies one of issues Pss Poor Planning on my part.
Today I'm trying out a couple of new rubs to me on a rack that I split in half. At the grate I've held temps right around 230+/- 10. Started at 7:20 with the cooker already on and warmed up. Meat wasn't room temperature but had been out of the frig. 10-15 minutes. At 11 I finally had a small amount of pullback maybe an 1/8 or 1/16 but they had the right look. Threw into some foil with apple juice because they looked right and will pull them out shortly to check. So any ideas why I'm not getting the pullback that some of you get? Generally I like them between the 5 to 6 hour mark.
Probably not explaining well, I guess that is why it is more art than science!
I'm using a Traeger 125 and when it comes to ribs I've always stuck with the babybacks. It seems I'm not not getting much pullback and certainly the kind I see post here and elsewhere. Generally the taste dead on for what I'm looking for but the tenderness can be spotty. Last time I'm sure that I pulled a couple of racks a little early feeling pressured by being late for the group we had over...so that identifies one of issues Pss Poor Planning on my part.
Today I'm trying out a couple of new rubs to me on a rack that I split in half. At the grate I've held temps right around 230+/- 10. Started at 7:20 with the cooker already on and warmed up. Meat wasn't room temperature but had been out of the frig. 10-15 minutes. At 11 I finally had a small amount of pullback maybe an 1/8 or 1/16 but they had the right look. Threw into some foil with apple juice because they looked right and will pull them out shortly to check. So any ideas why I'm not getting the pullback that some of you get? Generally I like them between the 5 to 6 hour mark.
Probably not explaining well, I guess that is why it is more art than science!