Thank you daveomak and chili! Daveomak, that story sounds crazy. Damn rats... i fight them away from my chickens' food on a continual basis.
CHILI stay safe up there today! I was in Orange Beach for a concert a few months ago when that fake hurricane came through. Everything got cancelled.... but this one looks like the real deal! Cat 4 isn't good.
I think I'm going to mainly follow Chili's
Bodacious Beef Ribs recipe, but use some of the rub ingredients from Daveomak. His family prefers sweet over spicy, so a little sugar sounds nice. I believe my ribs were repacked by the butcher because the cryo is not marked and does not look like factory packaging. I believe they usually come in 2 packs, and this is 1 slab.
What do you guys think will be my total cook time? Obviously I'll check temp, but generally speaking so I can time the cook properly?
With regards to fivetrick's suggestions on how I behave myself and that I should slap together some "best ribs"... to be plain, my friends and the meat deserve better than that. I'm quite aware of shiva traditions and did not need you putting me down as if my gesture was selfish and meaningless because I insist on doing my absolute best with these ribs. To the contrary, I think my extra effort shows love and compassion. This is a $50 cut of beef and if nothing else the beef deserves my respect and efforts. That includes reaching out to the experts.
Again, his family has ate with my family before. He has had my beef ribs years ago. I'm sure he doesn't expect me to use a smoker I haven't cooked pork in before and/or kidnap a Rabbi to bless my big orange insulated gloves. While shiva and kosher are very clearly defined, in practice, real world people practice these traditions in different ways and different degrees of strictness. For example, he and I have to work together Sunday for the Dolphins game and I'm sure he'll break shiva after Saturday which is only 6 days... not shiva (7). I've also ate stadium food with him, because honestly we don't have much of a choice working long days. However, I've also watched him go hungry because there was only pork or beef with cheese on it... and he won't mix dairy and meat together. One day, even the salad had bacon bits on it. Poor guy... I'm not sure how people do "no bacon".
thanks again, time to get rubbing.
