Pork ribs on the SQ36

[sawhorseray]

On Saturday I watched the YouTube video of Aaron Franklin doing some pork ribs in his backyard on a offset smoker, so yesterday morning I fired up the SQ36 to do a rack of my own. I just got a remote dual probe thermometer from Thermapro and found that the gauge on my Q was about 30º off, it was reading 245º when the digital was reading 270º.

I trust the digital after having tested with a pot of boiling water, and it was nice to be able to watch TV and keep a eye on the smoker temp simultaneously. I made a rub of salt, pepper, onion & garlic powder, and paprika and applied it Saturday night so the rack could sit in the fridge rubbed overnight. Even tho the SQ36 is under the patio I got a umbrella and stand to make sure no direct sunlight hits the Q, the Arizona sun can have quite a effect on a offset smoker.

Once my bed of coals and oak wood were under control and at 270º I put the rack on the grill.

I sprayed the rack with a apple juice every 45 minutes or so until I hit the Stall at 166º, then took the ribs out and wrapped them in aluminum foil, gave them a good spray, back into the Q until the IT was 202º.

I brushed on a layer of Sweet Baby Ray's sauce, of course, and let the rack rest for 45 minutes. Perfect smoke ring and bite, slaw and tater salad.

I'm really happy with this stick burner, the smoke flavor can't be beat! RAY

 

[bregent]

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[sawhorseray]

Ah, thank you. I'll just try to delete the post. RAY

 

[sawhorseray]

That's about all I could do for now, I'll try to do better next time. RAY

 

[sawhorseray]

It's all clear to me now! Once I resize the pics they fit right in, piece of cake. On another note, making my own cole slaw and dressing now only tastes better than store bought, saves a little money too. RAY

 

[Hawging It]

Very nice. I like the color of the rub.

 

[gmc2003]

Nice looking ribs, Excellent job.

Point for sure
Chris