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Have some friends coming over Saturday, and I'm going to do 3 racks of spares. Just got word that an additional family is joining us, so I decided that perhaps we should add some beef to the mix!
Looks like this is 2 tri-tips, so I'm trying to decide whether to cook them both up or freeze...
How many in the family?
I say go with the whole packer. Forget the idea of smoking the day of. Start the night before. Forget the ribs.
When you hit an IT of 170 or so, separate the point. Cube it up, re-rub, sauce it for burnt ends, and toss it back on the smoker in a pan.
Let the flat go...
I liked the 3-2-1. I think I got better pull-back, which let the meat shrunk into a more compact but thicker shape. You can see in the pics that the foiled rack looks meatier than the unfoiled.
When I smoke the other pack, I'll do it again but try too select the thickest of the three slabs to...
Would love to get some thoughts from the experienced folks on here. My 3-2-1's (process and pics below) were experiencing MAJOR pullback when I unfoiled them. Still, I put them on for an hour more. Spares were about 3 lbs per slab, which I understand can be small for St. Louis cut, so I'm not...
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