Lifter meat on top of beef ribs??

[DCBEXTREME]

I buy these beef ribs from a local butcher and the top cap is dry compared to the marbled meat below it. On Instagram, etc I search beef ribs and I'm yet to see a picture of someone's smoked ribs with it on top.

Being a newbie smoker, am i to take this off and use it elsewhere and cook it another way?

 

[troutman]

I typically remove the fat cap to get bark formation on meat not fat. But that’s me. There’s a lot of internal fat in beef ribs so you won’t miss it.

By the way, yours look awesome!!!

 

[tropics]

Mine come pretty well trimmed,they smoke up real good.
Richie
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