Johnny Trigg Style Ribs with Jeff's Rub & Sauce

[rubrchickenhead]

No better way to spend a President's Day than to make some good ol' as-seen-on-tv American BBQ. I've only heard of Johnny Trigg style ribs from reading here at SMF, but I decided to give his basic recipe a try on some St. Louis spares. I did a 2-2-1 cook at 250 degrees. I have smoke blowing during the first 2 hours and the final hour for a total of 3 hrs with smoke.

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• rubrchickenhead
• Feb 18, 2013

I started things out with a coating of Jeff's rib rub, like so many other slabs of meat . . .

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• rubrchickenhead
• Feb 18, 2013

Here are the ribs after 2 hours of smoke with mesquite/cherry blend and 2 hours wrapped in foil with dark brown sugar, honey, tiger sauce, and unsalted butter (instead of parkay, no trans fat wanted) on each side of the ribs. 

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• rubrchickenhead
• Feb 18, 2013

After 20 minutes out of the foil I covered with Jeff's BBQ sauce and this pic is 20 minutes later right before I covered with sauce a second time.

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• rubrchickenhead
• Feb 18, 2013

Here it is after 2 coats of bbq sauce had cooked for total of 5 hrs on the bbq.

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• rubrchickenhead
• Feb 18, 2013

Johnny Trigg style ribs may be rich, but I see why he wins all those competitions and has been featured on the television set, these were killer! I will definitely make ribs this way again, the tiger sauce is an awesome touch. Everyone enjoyed them, although they are sweet the flavor from the tiger sauce and Jeff's bbq balances things out pretty well.

 

[kathrynn]

Love love love ribs!  Good smoke! 

 

[smokefever]

Great looking ribs!!!  I personally havent tried the Trigg ribs yet, but am sure I will do so this year.  Tiger sauce is an absolute MUST have!!!  The sweet notes you get with that first taste, followed by that hint of heat at the end is pure bliss!  By the looks of them, they had the perfect amount of tug to them, very nicely done  

 

[dirtsailor2003]

Your ribs look fantastic!!!!

 

[pgsmoker64]

Beautiful ribs!!!

Great job!

Bill

 

[vtmecheng]

Ribs look beautiful.  I have never tried the Johnny Trigg style.  Do you find that between the rub, stuff in the foil, and the BBQ sauce any of the pork and smoke flavor still come through?  I have wondered if you can really get much flavor beyond all the "toppings" with ribs cooked like this.

 

[chef willie]

Look xlnt...doing ribs Thurs so thx for the inspiration

 

[pgsmoker64]

Ribs look beautiful.  I have never tried the Johnny Trigg style.  Do you find that between the rub, stuff in the foil, and the BBQ sauce any of the pork and smoke flavor still come through?  I have wondered if you can really get much flavor beyond all the "toppings" with ribs cooked like this.

Hey VT,

I've tried this before and you still get the pork flavor, but I would only recommend it for those that like sweet ribs.

Bill

 

[bruno994]

Hey VT,

I've tried this before and you still get the pork flavor, but I would only recommend it for those that like sweet ribs.

Bill

 

[hagisan]

Looks great!  Thanks for sharing and making me hungry!

 

[rubrchickenhead]

Ribs look beautiful.  I have never tried the Johnny Trigg style.  Do you find that between the rub, stuff in the foil, and the BBQ sauce any of the pork and smoke flavor still come through?  I have wondered if you can really get much flavor beyond all the "toppings" with ribs cooked like this.

That's a fair question with this method, but the smoked pork flavor on these was unmistakable. They are very sweet ribs make no mistake, but the sauce does have savory qualities of its own. Jeff's rub & sauce seemed to combine well with the extra fat and sweet. I think next time I use this method I will grab spare ribs and give them another hour of smoke with a 3-2-1 cook.

 

[zahlgren]

Those look great!

 

[noshrimp]

Nice ribs, great pics. I'm hungry.

Noshrimp

 

[jp61]

 Great job!!!

 

[smokeusum]

Deja vu, all over again.

 

[frosty]

Gracious, those look fantastic!!!

 

[austin-b]

Does the Tiger sauce have a strong vinegar taste to it? When I make ribs, I'll wrap them in foil with the brown sugar, parkay butter, and honey, but I've left out the Tiger sauce because I can't eat something with a strong vinegar taste.

Thanks,

Austin

 

[rubrchickenhead]

Does the Tiger sauce have a strong vinegar taste to it? When I make ribs, I'll wrap them in foil with the brown sugar, parkay butter, and honey, but I've left out the Tiger sauce because I can't eat something with a strong vinegar taste.

Thanks,

Austin

The first ingredient listed on the bottle of Tiger Sauce is in fact vinegar. It has a strong vinegar smell and vinegar taste, but I didn't notice much vinegar taste in the final product. I also believed I used less tiger sauce than others do when making trigg style ribs, and next time I will probably add more. I think with the rub, bbq sauce, and other foil ingredients you can use tiger sauce to add that nice red color and the sweet-heat flavor it brings without a "strong" vinegar quality. I'd say give it a try and use sparingly, but I like vinegar . . .

 

[bigr314]

Love the way the look. Will try this method next time I do Ribs.

 

[rubrchickenhead]

 
Love the way the look. Will try this method next time I do Ribs.

it's worth a try, I love the extra sweet and that tiger sauce