Just a Simple Rack of Ribs

[MJB05615]

Beautiful Ribs, Mike!!
Nice Job!
Great Color!
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Bear

Thanks John, they were very good, and with the new hotter cook temps always comes out this good. Thanks for the like, very appreciated.

 

[MJB05615]

Yeap! Looks nice and tasty....

Thanks bud. They were, and juicy too. Glad I happened on this hotter method. Thanks for the like.

 

[MJB05615]

Looks great! They would not last on my plate for long. How long did you smoke at that temp? any wrapping or spritzing? Did you reverse sear or just straight off the smoker?

thx Cliff

Thanks Cliff. All smoked on my MES, no wrapping or Spritz. I added more rub with about an hour left on the cook. I cooked them at 240 pit temp for 3.5 hours. IT was 189-195 mostly. To be able to get that great look from the MES is more than I can hope. Thanks for the like.

 

[MJB05615]

Those ribs look fantastic!
I made the same mistake as you. Last weekend I fired up my Lang for some spares. It hadn’t been run in months & so I cleaned it out real well, then started a huge fire in the firebox to get everything sterilized & ready to use again. Well it was sitting at 400 degrees when I put the ribs on. I let the fire die down, but for the most part it was running at 350. The ribs only took about 3 hours to get to 200 IT, which is how my wife & Grandson like them. They said they were the best ribs I have ever made. Hot & fast ribs!
Who would have thought?
Al

Thanks Al. Yes, some of the best things are "Happy Accidents", right? I've done some in the past with 200IT, but were a little too done. Now our Sweet Spot is 190-195' IT. Thanks for the like.

 

[MJB05615]

Nice!
I've always smoked them at higher temps because I've never had a cooker that would do low temps.
They come out just fine and take less time.
Lately I've been cutting the rack in half leaving one dry and saucing the other.
Somehow they all get eaten....

Thanks SM, we've been cutting in half too and it's been good. I was toying with the idea of 2 different flavors on each half. Might be worth a try. I'm sure they'll all get eaten eiother way, lol. Thanks for the like.

 

[MJB05615]

Those looks great Mike. Nice color and bark ! What temp/time did you use ?

Thanks 912. Cooked at 240 pit temp for about 3.5 hours once it came up to pit temp. Thanks for the like.

 

[MJB05615]

masssmoke cornman kruizer Thanks for the likes Guys, very appreciated.

 

[Fueling Around]

Nice
Did 3 racks in the pellet pooper 2 weeks ago.
Got the temperamental thing to hold temperature under 225° for a 8 hour cook, which is amazing long for basically a smoke fryer convection cooker..
I use a long tube of hickory pellets for flavor and a short tube of cherry just for the color.
I mix about 20% oak pellets in the cherry to keep them lit.

I have done ribs in a lot of temp and time. Fast has never worked for me.
My wife likes baking in the oven and finishing in a sauce slurry.

 

[MJB05615]

Thanks FA. I've done a lot of different methods over the years as well. I used to cook very low and very slow, like 6-7 hours at 215'. Then I'd finish on the Grill to get a little char on them, except one time I looked away from the Grill for a couple minutes, and they flamed up and were ruined. Of course that was when my MIL was over so we never heard the end of it, lol. Before I started smoking I've done them in the oven and they were OK. Thanks for the like.

 

[Texas Cookin']

Great looking color on those ribs!

 

[MJB05615]

Great looking color on those ribs!

Thanks TC, the color is from a combination of Jeff's original Rub and mostly Cherry wood and a little Hickory mixed in. Thanks for the like.