First time baby backs.

[baseballguy99]

I picked up some baby back ribs a few weeks back at the local butcher. Pulled them out of the freezer Wednesday morning and put them in the fridge to thaw. Thursday evening I rubbed them down with some "Three Little Pigs BBQ Rub".

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• baseballguy99
• Apr 21, 2017

Wrapped in foil and back in the fridge overnight. Pulled them out to rest while I warmed up the smoker and lit the AMNPS loaded with Corn Cob and Hickory.

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• baseballguy99
• Apr 21, 2017

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• baseballguy99
• Apr 21, 2017

My plan is to do the 2-2-1 method. Here they are just going into the smoker and some nice TBS.

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• baseballguy99
• Apr 21, 2017

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• baseballguy99
• Apr 21, 2017

Here they are at the 2 hour mark. Getting wrapped in foil with apple juice, butter, and a little bit of the rub.

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• baseballguy99
• Apr 21, 2017

MES has been holding steady at 235 with the IGRill2 reading 225-230.

Will try to get some pics before they get devoured!

 

[lancep]

Can't wait to see how they turn out for ya.

 

[baseballguy99]

I think they may have been in the foil just a bit too long! When I went to take them out of the foil...they just fell apart. 1 slab wasn't too bad, the other one fell into 3 pieces. Oh well lesson learned for next time. 2hrs in foil is too much.

 

[lancep]

That's always been the way it works for me. You can manage it if you're careful and just kind of roll it out the foil back onto the grate. That said, I usually smoke bbs for about three hours, until they start to bend, then wrap for an hour. Then sear over hot coals for about a minute. Most importantly, however, how did they taste?

Lance

 

[geezer]

Heh, at least we know they're tender. 

Ribs aren't hard, but even under exact conditions they'll turn out different each time. Yours sound like what my crew wants each time. I prefer mine a bit more firm, but it isn't a hill I'm willing to die on. 

 

[lancep]

Yup that's how my wife likes em. We compromise, I get em tender enough to want to fall off the bone but not actually do it. Wait a minute, that's how I like them.

And Lance takes the hill!

Also you try skipping the apple juice. Ribs, or anything for that matter, will render plenty of their own juices to braise in.

 

[baseballguy99]

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• baseballguy99
• Apr 21, 2017

Here they are just before 1 whole slab was demolished. We ate the one that was falling apart. SWMBO likes her falloff the bone tender. She said they were some of the best ribs she has ever eaten. I like mine a little more firm, but the flavor was spot on (maybe a little more rub next time). I had to sample the other slab and they were perfect! Had a little bite to them but the meat came clean off the bone! Even our 2 year old daughter was eating pieces of the meat.

 

[lancep]

They look great!! Points!!!

 

[amlong88]

Looks good! Points for first bbs.

 

[SmokinAl]

Point for an excellent first try at ribs!

Very well done!

Al