Pork and beef ribs on the smoker

[motolife313]

Went to winco and picked them up. Was debating on doing the beef ribs sence they seem like mainly bones and not much meat but they were only 4.14$. Washed everything off and put on some salt pepper and garlic powder and tossed them on my smoker middle shelf. Using cherry, apple, oak and just tossed a piece of walnut on

 

[one eyed jack]

I have smoked beef ribs that had been trimmed just about that close. They will have good flavor but you will probably be happy that you've got the pork ribs to fill out the wrinkles in your belly.

Cool looking smoker. Home built? Point for the smoker.

 

[motolife313]

Thanks man! Yes i built it myself. Everything tig welded. I got good deals on all the metal too and it still costed me around 1400$ 2 4x10 sheets of 1/8 stainless for 2 bucks a pound then went back for the secound few months later and it was like 1.68 a pound. The sheet it right at 200 pounds so pretty good there.

 

[one eyed jack]

Pretty work Brother. They don't give those materials away, do they?

Are you burning wood, or charcoal, or both?

 

[motolife313]

Ya seems like anything and everything cost a arm and leg nowadays. I've only burned wood in here that I've got myself with my chainsaw and in my little Toyota pickup. Got 7 different kinds of wood. Made my own spliter to to speed up the process. This is a threaded screw spliter. Did all the machining myself and pressed in some big open bearings into that 3.5" tube. The handles slide right out

 

[one eyed jack]

That's pretty sharp. Point for ingenuity.

 

[motolife313]

 

[motolife313]

Beef ribs weren't really doing it for me, last time I'll get them until I can find some thick ones. The pork ribs came out great tho. Smoked them at 250 and took about 5 hours.

 

[motolife313]

Pulled the beef ribs here

 

[motolife313]

 

[SonnyE]

Pen and Pasture.
Pork and Beef in the same batch.
Looks great!
I'm curious about your Screw Splitter. Never saw one of those before, but it looks like it works genius.
Is the point kind of threaded? Does it just screw into the wood until it breaks apart?
Great bit of engineering in that. Lots of points!

 

[one eyed jack]

That's a heck of a smoke ring you got on the ribs.

Looks like your splitter works first class.

 

[SmokinAl]

Your ribs look fantastic!
That's a great looking meal!
Congrats on making the carousel!
Al

 

[gmc2003]

Moto, fine looking ribs you got going there. My old metal shop class in JH made a wood splitter similar to yours. Except they made it so it connected to the rear wheel of a car.

Point for sure.

Chris

 

[tropics]

Nice job on the splitter & Smoker. Ribs look good beef ribs I like braised
Richie

 

[motolife313]

Sonny e the point is same angle and thread pitch as rest of the screw. It's a hardened tip I bought off eBay from a production spliter they used to make back in the day. Yes the screw pulls in the wood and forces it to break. It spins at 356 max rpm but for some easy wood like cherry or alder I can split wood at idle. Apple and oak is different story lol

 

[yankee2bbq]

Great looking ribs!

And I agree with the others, you are talented; nice smoker and wood splitter!

 

[SonnyE]

Sonny e the point is same angle and thread pitch as rest of the screw. It's a hardened tip I bought off eBay from a production spliter they used to make back in the day. Yes the screw pulls in the wood and forces it to break. It spins at 356 max rpm but for some easy wood like cherry or alder I can split wood at idle. Apple and oak is different story lol

Well Shucks, I guess I'm about the only one who hadn't heard of a screw splitter then...

 

[swinefan]

Beef ribs cut like that don't have much meat but man are they tasty...I make them all the time and pull the meat to top rice or steamed vegetables.