Pork Spares (St Louis SV & Weber)

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Bearcarver

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Pork Spares (St Louis * SV & Weber)

I couldn’t believe it, we finally had these for under $3, at $1.99 per pound. I was shocked!

Mrs Bear wanted them FOTB, and No Smoke, so that’s easy enough, I pulled off the membrane, cut them in half, put a Rub on them, Vacuum packed them & put them in the fridge over night.
Then I put them in my SV rack & into my Sous Vide Supreme @ 160°.
Then 24 hours later I removed them from my SV, opened the bags, removed & patted dry, and saved the juices.
Then I put them on my Weber “Q” & flipped them over a couple times, brushing a little sauce on in between flips.

They were FOTB, and very juicy. I didn’t need the juices I saved, and Mrs Bear loved them.
I wanted some smoke on mine, so I got out the Smoking gun & some Hickory Dust, however I only put a little smoke on, because I had to do it in the kitchen, because the table I use outside on my deck had a foot of fresh snow on it.
So I didn’t hear any complaints about the smoke in the house, because that’s the price she had to pay for not wanting any smoke on her ribs!!!

I had a few Rib Sammies with smoke on them too, and they were Much better than any McRibs!!

Thanks for stopping by,

Bear

One Rack of St Louis Pork Spares:
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Lowest price I've seen around here for years---$1.99:
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Removed Membrane, rubbed, and Ready:
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Vacuum Packed & Racked for SV @ 160° for 24 hours:
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Onto my Weber "Q" & sauced:
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Flipped & sauced a couple times:
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Done & separated:
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Bear's first helping:
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Put these on a small plate that will fit in my Smoke Chamber:
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You can see the Small plate of Ribs in the chamber, ready for smoke:
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Now you can see the smoke filling the chamber:
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First of my "Smoked" Rib Sammies, smoked with the Smoking Gun:
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Looks good !! that smoke gun is great when it's to cold or bad to get outside to use your smoker

Great job

Gary
 
Looks awesome Bear. I am trying my first attempt tomorrow at St. Louis style ribs on the Woodwind, thinking of doing the 3-2-1 method. I am also very intrigued about this smoking gun you have, I have never seen anything like that before.

Have you ever had any issues with your Weber Q in cold weather? I have the Q 2200 and if its below 35 I cant get anything more than a light blue flame and the grill wont get about 200. No idea what the issue is.
 
Looks great! Thats a GREAT price! Porks butts here are always 1.99 a lb. Spare ribs are usually 4$ or more. 12-15 bucks a rack. I'd have bought the whole freezer worth at that price!

I did some ribs this way once, Wife and I weren't too impressed. Very tender and juicy, but lacked a lot in the flavor dept. Just wasn't near as good as traditional. I'm going to try them again though and cool them down, then try to get more bark back on them with the grill. I don't think I grilled them long enough since I was worried about them drying out.

One more question...have you tried SV ribs without taking the membrane off? I'm wondering if its necessary to remove it when you SV since most other tendons and such get broken down over a long cook.
 
They look delicious Bear!
Nicely done!
I picked up 5 racks of STL's a couple of weeks ago for $1.99 lb.
That's about the lowest I've seen them at in years!
Al
 
Those are some tasty looking ribs Bear. Odd you mention that 1.99 is super low. I live in So Cal where everything costs an arm and a leg and quite often Spareribs are 1.99 a pound. Now that's the untrimmed, so if you want St Louis you have to do it yourself. When they go on sale locally they are generally 1.77 a pound. Easter, Memorial Day, 4th, and Labor Day are all good bets for the 1.77 sale. I'd say stock up while you can because when it comes to ribs you just can't been Spareribs in my opinion. Man, you guys are going to force me to get some ribs now. There have been way too many of these awesome posts lately lol.

George
 
Looks awesome Bear. I am trying my first attempt tomorrow at St. Louis style ribs on the Woodwind, thinking of doing the 3-2-1 method. I am also very intrigued about this smoking gun you have, I have never seen anything like that before.

Have you ever had any issues with your Weber Q in cold weather? I have the Q 2200 and if its below 35 I cant get anything more than a light blue flame and the grill wont get about 200. No idea what the issue is.

Thank You Geebs!
I would check 2 things:
One is if there are any spider nests in the gas pipes.
The other is---Turn the gas bottle valve on slightly. Then get your flames on. Then turn the gas valve all the way up, but do it very slowly.

Bear


Looks good !! that smoke gun is great when it's to cold or bad to get outside to use your smoker
Great job

Gary

Thank You Gary!!
Yeah, I want to try more smoke with the gun, but I gotta wait until it's nicer out.
And Thanks for the Like.

Bear
 
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Nice looking ribs Bear. I've never used the meat for a sammie. Food for thought.

Point for sure.

Chris
 
Have you ever had any issues with your Weber Q in cold weather? I have the Q 2200 and if its below 35 I cant get anything more than a light blue flame and the grill wont get about 200. No idea what the issue is.

Geebs, in the winter you may also want to put your tank in direct sunlight. Propane will flow better when it's warmer.

Chris
 
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Ribs look great nice job!

That smoke gun is pretty cool where do you go about getting something like that?


Thank You!!
I don't know where my Son got me this one for Christmas.
They are all over the internet---Mostly for about $100.
Can't wait for decent weather, so I can hit it with more smoke than I've been trying.

Bear
 
Looks great! Thats a GREAT price! Porks butts here are always 1.99 a lb. Spare ribs are usually 4$ or more. 12-15 bucks a rack. I'd have bought the whole freezer worth at that price!

I did some ribs this way once, Wife and I weren't too impressed. Very tender and juicy, but lacked a lot in the flavor dept. Just wasn't near as good as traditional. I'm going to try them again though and cool them down, then try to get more bark back on them with the grill. I don't think I grilled them long enough since I was worried about them drying out.

One more question...have you tried SV ribs without taking the membrane off? I'm wondering if its necessary to remove it when you SV since most other tendons and such get broken down over a long cook.


Thanks!
I'm kinda stuck with SV for some things, because Mrs Bear doesn't want Smoke on hers. That's why I'm working on my Smoking Gun use.

I left the Membrane on one time, and it broke down in pieces, so I couldn't peel it off. It was a very disgusting texture.
Thus I always remove it first, no matter how I make it.

Bear
 
They look delicious Bear!
Nicely done!
I picked up 5 racks of STL's a couple of weeks ago for $1.99 lb.
That's about the lowest I've seen them at in years!
Al


Thank You Al !!
That must have been a Fluke, both having $1.99 Spares!!
And Thanks for the Like.

Bear
 
Those are some tasty looking ribs Bear. Odd you mention that 1.99 is super low. I live in So Cal where everything costs an arm and a leg and quite often Spareribs are 1.99 a pound. Now that's the untrimmed, so if you want St Louis you have to do it yourself. When they go on sale locally they are generally 1.77 a pound. Easter, Memorial Day, 4th, and Labor Day are all good bets for the 1.77 sale. I'd say stock up while you can because when it comes to ribs you just can't been Spareribs in my opinion. Man, you guys are going to force me to get some ribs now. There have been way too many of these awesome posts lately lol.

George


Thank You George!!
Around here the St Louis cut is usually 50 cents more per pound than the whole Pork Spares.
However I like the untrimmed Spares best, because they are juicier, especially when I cure them & make "Bacon-on-a-Stick" out of them. Boy are they ever tasty!!

Bear
 
Good looking ribs Bear. I'm like gnatboy911, in that I have tried ribs SV but just wasn't that impressed with them, compared with ribs from my Big Joe. I am lucky, in that my wife loves smoke flavor as much as I do, so I don't have your problems. I also never thought about making sandwiches with the rib meat, I'll have to try that.
 
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