Beef Ribs in Electric Smoker

[jayce75]

Normally I do pork ribs but I found a good deal on some beef ribs today and picked them up. I have a Smoke Hollow Electric Smoker and for pork ribs I usually do 2-2-1. Would I do the same for beef ribs?

 

[tallbm]

Normally I do pork ribs but I found a good deal on some beef ribs today and picked them up. I have a Smoke Hollow Electric Smoker and for pork ribs I usually do 2-2-1. Would I do the same for beef ribs?

I'm no beef rib expert having done my first batch recently but I believe it is safe to say that cooking beef ribs is more like cooking a brisket rather than cooking pork ribs.

You can see my post on my beef rib smoke here: https://www.smokingmeatforums.com/threads/1st-time-beef-ribs-with-new-technique-and-qview.272619/

The cliff-notes for cooking beef ribs seem to be:

1. Cook to an IT (Internal Temperature of the meat) of about 198F and then start to probe/stab with a tooth pic all over. When tooth pic slides in with no resistance that indicates the ribs are done. If not then keep smoking until the IT gets higher and repeat the probing with the tooth pic. I found that my ribs were done at about 204F-205F (my brisket is also usually done around that temp as well)
2. The two meat sides of the beef ribs (not the bone sides) can overly crust or burn up on you. The approach to avoid this is usually to spritz the beef ribs so the ends don't dry out. After a few hours it is recommend to spritz the ribs about once an hour with water or apple juice, or whatever.
   I took a different approach where I used the beef rib membrane and pinned it over the meat ends with toothpics to protect the meat ends from overly crusting and burning up. It worked like a charm!
3. Treat these the same way you treat a brisket. If you wrap a brisket then do the same. If you don't wrap then do the same. etc. I let my briskets go unwrapped and did the same with my ribs. I also smoked exactly the same way.

That is basically it.
Let us know if you have any further questions. Thanks! :)

 

[motocrash]

Given they're thick ribs.

 

[Bearcarver]

Normally I do pork ribs but I found a good deal on some beef ribs today and picked them up. I have a Smoke Hollow Electric Smoker and for pork ribs I usually do 2-2-1. Would I do the same for beef ribs?

Here's a Step by Step on some extra Thick Beef Dino Ribs:
Smoked Beef Prime Rib Dinos (With Extra Meat)


Bear