Frozen ribs

[JLinza]

My youngest son has the flu, so I stayed home with him today. I got bored and got the itch to cook something but everything I had was frozen. I remembered reading a post from @SmokinAl about doing ribs from frozen. I had a rack from a pig we had butchered in the freezer. I figured no better time to give this a try... and that's what I did...

I hit em with a rub I got in the Christmas gift exchange... thanks Justin @yankee2bbq .

I put these on at 225º because I had nothing but time to kill today.

Bite shot

Overall I was pretty impressed how well that worked. They turned out pretty darn good. Thanks for the education @SmokinAl .

 

[Brokenhandle]

Ribs look great! Love that bite pic... perfect!

Ryan

 

[Astralogics]

Oof, that's a good looking bite through! Lovely plate ya got there, can you send me one too?

 

[yankee2bbq]

Heck ya! Them ribs look good! Heck, everything on that plate looks good!

Hope your little man feels better soon .
Take care!

 

[SmokinEdge]

Glad you tried it. Looks great.
I don’t hesitate to cook thin meats from frozen and do it often enough. They might even be a bit better sometimes than conventional.

 

[texomakid]

That's solid. Nice looking ribs. Love the pics

 

[Fueling Around]

Nothing better than a smoked meat meal on fine china.
Beans and potato salad are my favorite sides.

Happy your ribs survived the freezer wrapped in paper.
That final cut shot is why I peel the membrane. Just don't care for it.

 

[JLinza]

Ribs look great! Love that bite pic... perfect!

Ryan

Thanks Ryan.

Oof, that's a good looking bite through! Lovely plate ya got there, can you send me one too?

Thanks, I would but the kids demolished that rack lol

Heck ya! Them ribs look good! Heck, everything on that plate looks good!

Hope your little man feels better soon .
Take care!

Thanks Justin, that rub you sent was pretty darn good too.

Glad you tried it. Looks great.
I don’t hesitate to cook thin meats from frozen and do it often enough. They might even be a bit better sometimes than conventional.

Thanks Eric, I won't be shying away from frozen ribs like I was before. That's for sure.

That's solid. Nice looking ribs. Love the pics

Thank you

Nothing better than a smoked meat meal on fine china.
Beans and potato salad are my favorite sides.

Happy your ribs survived the freezer wrapped in paper.
That final cut shot is why I peel the membrane. Just don't care for it.

Thanks, my plan was to burn the membrane off on a hot grill. But I'm so used to peeling it before the cook that I totally forgot this time.

 

[jcam222]

Looks great! I have tons of ribs in the freezer. It's on my list to try sometime since Al did it.

 

[Redicans]

Awesome looking Ribs and Meal!! I can see a nice low temp working for that. How long was the cook? I like the ease of that, Haha!

 

[BrianGSDTexoma]

Good looking ribs.

 

[gmc2003]

Looks real good John. Nice bite thru

Point for sure
Chris

 

[DRKsmoking]

Great looking plate of food John
I would never say no to ribs, and from frozen works for me also.

David

 

[normanaj]

Those look great.

Never done them from frozen before but after reading @SmokinAl post about doing them that way it's great to know that option is out there.

 

[chopsaw]

Nice work on those , and the meal . Sides are perfect for ribs .
Hope the youngster feels better .

 

[SmokinAl]

Your ribs look delicious !
It’s great to be able to have ribs on the spur of the moment!
I have done this several times since, & the only drawback I can see is you can’t do any pre-trimming. On the plus side, I think the ribs retain more moisture when cooking from frozen!
Al

 

[millerbuilds]

Great job, those ribs look great, love the color.

Nice work!!

- Jason

 

[JLinza]

Looks great! I have tons of ribs in the freezer. It's on my list to try sometime since Al did it.

Thanks, definitely came in handy for a quick fix.

Awesome looking Ribs and Meal!! I can see a nice low temp working for that. How long was the cook? I like the ease of that, Haha!

Thanks, the cook time didn't really change much. Took about 5¹/² hours. If I would have ran at 250 probably would be around 4.

Good looking ribs.

Thanks

Looks real good John. Nice bite thru

Point for sure
Chris

Thanks Chris

Great looking plate of food John
I would never say no to ribs, and from frozen works for me also.

David

Thank you David

Those look great.

Never done them from frozen before but after reading @SmokinAl post about doing them that way it's great to know that option is out there.

Thanks, yes definitely a nice tool to have on the belt.

Nice work on those , and the meal . Sides are perfect for ribs .
Hope the youngster feels better .

Thanks chop

Your ribs look delicious !
It’s great to be able to have ribs on the spur of the moment!
I have done this several times since, & the only drawback I can see is you can’t do any pre-trimming. On the plus side, I think the ribs retain more moisture when cooking from frozen!
Al

Thanks again Al, it's definitely handy for sure

Great job, those ribs look great, love the color.

Nice work!!

- Jason

Thanks Jason

 

[sandyut]

Those look amazing! Sure dont look like the ones I buy at the store. The plate is making me hungry! Great work!

 

[JLinza]

Those look amazing! Sure dont look like the ones I buy at the store. The plate is making me hungry! Great work!

Thanks David, they were smaller, coming from a local-ish butcher. But they were good.