Labor Day Baby Backs

[oldsmokerdude]

Wanted to smoke some spare ribs over the holiday weekend, but the wife intervened and I ended up smoking three racks of back ribs. Not my favorite because not a lot of meat there, but these sure did turn out nicely.

1. Dry-brined the ribs for about two hours with about half tsp Kosher salt per pound
2. Trimmed those bad boys up so they look pretty
3. Liberally applied a modified version of Jeff's rub
4. Into the smoke at 225 with hickory
5. After 4.5 hours they are nearly done. Coated with some house BBQ sauce and left in smoker for about 30 more minutes.
6. 5 hours they are perfect. On to the grill for a couple minutes to finish caramelizing the sauce.
7. Final product
   

Wife ate a full rack before dinner!! They were very good; just a slight tug to get the meat off the bone, very juicy, and super flavorful. Even have some left over for lunch today!!!

 

[bmudd14474]

Those look dang good. Great job.

 

[RiversideSm0ker]

A whole rack as an appetizer? Sounds like consuming mass quantities to me. Well they look great.

George

 

[Smoke23]

Those ribs sure do look good from here!

 

[gmc2003]

Nice color and some pull back. Good Job on those ribs.

Point for sure.

Chris

 

[SmokinAl]

Those are some fantastic looking ribs!
Nice job!
BTW, I moved this to the pork section!
Al

 

[oldsmokerdude]

BTW, I moved this to the pork section

Thanks, Al. BTW, where did I originally post it?

 

[SmokinAl]

Thanks, Al. BTW, where did I originally post it?

In beef, I bet alcohol was involved!
Al

 

[oldsmokerdude]

I bet alcohol was involved!

LOL I can neither confirm nor deny the underlying reason for my faux pas.