Happy 4th / 250th anniversary! Reverse sear smoke and char ribs.

[jond36]

Happy 4th to all! I am grateful and thankful for our freedom, and the ability to share my Independence Day meal.

First, I had 3 racks of St Louis cut spare ribs at about 3lbs a rack. I removed the membrane on the back.

Second, a nice rub. I used a Disney rub recipe and left out the salt. Apple wood chunk for the light smoke flavor.

I then added the ribs to the smoke. It held 275 to 285 for 4.5 hrs. No foil.

I pulled the ribs at 182 degrees IT for a quick sauce and char on the Weber grill. Not as good as charcoal but still a good flavor.

Bonus:
Wife made a jello cake (or poke cake to some). Essentially a cake with liquid jello in straw sized holes with cool whip and fruit on top.

Enjoy and God bless America!

 

[chopsaw]

Nice cook , and I love the cake like that . Good stuff .
I do the gas grill finish too . Works great .
Looks like you have BB's to me .

 

[yankee2bbq]

All looks very good!

 

[Rafter H BBQ]

Amazing looking ribs and absolutely love that cake! Very nicely done!

 

[jond36]

Nice cook , and I love the cake like that . Good stuff .
I do the gas grill finish too . Works great .
Looks like you have BB's to me .

Thank you! I thought they were back ribs! They sold them for 2.75 a lb as St. Louis cut. I picked up 5 racks because they looked lean like back ribs to me. Thanks for confirming.

 

[chopsaw]

They sold them for 2.75 a lb as St. Louis cut.

I suspected they were mis-labled . Good price for those .

 

[jond36]

I suspected they were mis-labled . Good price for those .

In California too. Everything seems like at least a dollar more here.

 

[Jim_C]

Great looking ribs. You must've been feeding an army. Congrats to your wife on a great looking cake. A lot of work, but I'll be the results are worth it. Nice job.