How many racks of ribs can I fit?

[bigboy]

On my weber smokey mountain 18.5? I'm having roughly 16 people over tomorrow and wanted to do ribs. I figured the best way to do this was with some rib racks but wasn't sure how many racks I could expect to fit on there.

Any help or other suggestions would be appreciated.

Thanks,

Ed

 

[chef willie]

You can roll them, connecting the ends with toothpicks. Then stack them very close to each other to fit more in. 16 people, approx. 1/2 rack per person = 8 racks or so? Should be do-able....Willie

 

[flash]

But you probably won't be able to wrap them in foil (if that is something you like to do) via the 3-2-1

 

[bigboy]

If I got some rib racks how many could I fit?

I usually just foil, let sit and then serve. I could always finish that in the oven I guess or stack them in the smoker.

 

[chef willie]

This would be a good time to try a 'no foil' smoke. Truthfully, when I first bought my master forge gasser a few years ago I bought a rib rack at the same time. Used it once and tossed it out....PITA, IMO. Uncooked ribs were bending, touching each other and I just did not have a good experience with it.