Post Oak St Louis Ribs

[Retired Spook]

I haven't smoked ribs in quite a while and I wanted to test some of last fall's post oak so I bought a slab of Natural St. Louis style ribs and smoked them for 5-hours and they came out mighty tasty!!!

SPOG and this is after in the smoker for a little bit.

Nice thin blue smoke from that 12% moisture post oak.

A little ways along taking on some color.

A nice extra treat that I love - smoked Johnsonville hot Italian sausages - man these are good and they were cooked perfect. Smoking them really kicks up the hot pepper heat! I could eat all 5 of these easy!

Nice even temps across the smoker (man it is dusty here in Texas the smoker needs a bath!).

And here are the ribs finished - passed the bend test perfect - moist, falling apart (backyard ribs not competition ribs), and taste great!

Post oak smoked St Louis ribs by RS.

 

[thirdeye]

Looks good. Did those happen to be Prairie Fresh brand?

 

[babydoc]

I haven't smoked ribs in quite a while and I wanted to test some of last fall's post oak so I bought a slab of Natural St. Louis style ribs and smoked them for 5-hours and they came out mighty tasty!!!

SPOG and this is after in the smoker for a little bit.
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Nice thin blue smoke from that 12% moisture post oak.
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A little ways along taking on some color.
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A nice extra treat that I love - smoked Johnsonville hot Italian sausages - man these are good and they were cooked perfect. Smoking them really kicks up the hot pepper heat! I could eat all 5 of these easy!
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Nice even temps across the smoker (man it is dusty here in Texas the smoker needs a bath!).
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And here are the ribs finished - passed the bend test perfect - moist, falling apart (backyard ribs not competition ribs), and taste great!
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Post oak smoked St Louis ribs by RS.

One of my favorites. Those look perfect sir....dusty pit and all!!

 

[Retired Spook]

Looks good. Did those happen to be Prairie Fresh brand?

Thank you! I am not sure what brand they are I bought them at HEB.

 

[gmc2003]

Nice job on the ribs.

Point for sure
Chris

 

[JLeonard]

Great looking ribs. Hope mine turn out as good tomorrow.

Jim

 

[thirdeye]

Thank you! I am not sure what brand they are I bought them at HEB.

I think HEB's house brand says 'Natural' in big letters. And so does Prairie Fresh brand.

 

[Retired Spook]

I think HEB's house brand says 'Natural' in big letters. And so does Prairie Fresh brand.

All I know is these are what I bought - no idea who packages them for HEB?

https://www.heb.com/product-detail/h-e-b-natural-st-louis-style-pork-spareribs-avg-3-97-lbs/1107983

 

[thirdeye]

All I know is these are what I bought - no idea who packages them for HEB?

https://www.heb.com/product-detail/h-e-b-natural-st-louis-style-pork-spareribs-avg-3-97-lbs/1107983

Yep those are the good guys. A few years ago, 'enhanced pork' was everywhere and my Albertson's stopped selling natural pork. The label was branded something like "Moist and Tender" or "Tender and Juicy", but the fine print listed 15% or so of additives. It had a longer shelf life, and you could over cook the high-on-the-hog cuts and they would be okay.

I'm fine with brining, but I want my brine... not 15% of water weight that I pay for at the store. It was totally customer driven, but Albertson's decided to switch back to natural pork.