St. Louis ribs from Costco

[huskyjw]

A few weeks back I bought 2 racks of St. Louis ribs from Costco.  I'm not a newbie at smoking meat....but far from a professional.

One rack I used the 3-2-1 method...but the other rack I decided to just leave 'em in and see what happens.

The 3-2-1 was what it always is....but I REALLY liked the ones that never touched the foil.  They had way better flavor.....the rub and spices were much more pronounced.  It even seemed "spicier" but I used the exact same rub on the two racks.  I did have two issues though. 

On both racks that ribs were really really dark....black and hard even...especially at the very ends....I just tossed the ones at the very ends though   I did use some granulated sugar and I'm wondering if that is what burned.....perhaps my thermometer is a bit off and running higher that I thought??  I tried to keep it at 250 or lower (per my thermometer)

Also....the ribs that weren't in the foil didn't bend when picked up with tongs.  They had been in for 6 hours.....should I have kept them in longer??  They still had great flavor and weren't tough at all.....in fact I liked the texture better.....they looked more "professional"  but they didn't bend like the 3-2-1 at all.

Oh....and I use a Great Outdoors Smoky Mountain Propane smoker.....for now. 

 

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[oldschoolbbq]

Yes, next time Q-view.

Here's a hint though , get some Turbinato Sugar , (Raw Sugar) , it does not burn as Refined Sugar does , but gives a nice Carmelization...and has a bit of a Molasas flavor...

Calibrate your Therm. and find the Hot spots in the Smoke Chamber. Get some more Spares and do it again... you'll see a diff.

Have fun and...

 

[Dutch]

Husky, I started out using the 3-2-1 method but I haven't used that method for several years, feedback from the family says they perfer the unfoiled ribs better. Like oldschool said-get some turbinado sugar and use that in place of granulated or brown sugar. Even in Tulsa Jeffs rub recipe I'll use turbinaded sugar.

 

[smokinhusker]

After reading lots of threads here, I've started using Turbinado Sugar with much better results.

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