Ref; And we're off! Ribs and attempts at burnt ends

[TomKnollRFV]

Well I settled on the 2-2-1 Method for ribs, just a single back of baby backs. For the foiling I was just going to use some mango juice <And I will let every one know if it made a difference> and garlic powder. <I know, use real garlic. I don't have any left because I used the last of it last night in rice to go with some tenderloin I pulled out of the freezer for dinner>.

I'm also going to do burnt ends, which are mangled pieces as we do not own a single good knife in the house and the boneless CSRs I'm using for them were near room temp when I tried to cut them. I'm going to do most the normal method, but I also want to just leave some chunks as they are to see just how much bark I can get from this honey mustard I've been using, then sauce them afterwards.

I'll do up pics of finished products later today and ya'all can tell me how horribly wrong I did this!

 

[funkadelik]

Good luck! Look forward to the pics.

Do yourself a favor and drop $30 on a Victorinox Fibrox Pro 8-Inch knife. Life long guarantee, recommended by ATK, and has been an awesome knife.

 

[TomKnollRFV]

I actually have a super good knife..we just can't find it. My dad's dad was a chef, known locally for his prime rib. When he passed, my dad inherited his professional knife. Except..we put it on top of a cupboard some where..and people look at me funny when I use my SOG Seal Pup Elite knife to make food. Lol

 

[TomKnollRFV]

So I was planning on devilled eggs, put eggs on for an hour to pull them out then peel, and put on for another hour. I wasn't able to cleanly peel them so I passed them to my mother who said she'd do them up as egg salad later. Another batch on for 2 hours, I'll see how they are then. I've been doing it where I put them on for an hour, cool down, and then lightly crack the shells so smoke can get in through the fractures. I'm -hoping- after 2 hours they are easy to peel, but for all I know the reason I could peel mine so easily off the smoker is fracture the shell and smoke more..ahh well. Either way if they fail I got egg salad material!

Just foiled the ribs too with some Mango juice, I doubt it'll add much flavour, but we'll see. I might have to find freeze dried mango for rub some day.

 

[TomKnollRFV]

Half hour till I unfoil the ribs..just sauced the burnt ends.

I left some unsauced to see how much bark the coating of honey mustard gives them. Also I was going blind pulling things out of the smoke and my dog was ..trying to 'help' me and my father. By help I mean try to knock us over to get to the burnt ends LOL

 

[dcecil]

Sound like you have your hands full with your dog lol. It sounds like he is expecting you to share. Mango sauce is great. Can’t wait To see your pics

 

[TomKnollRFV]

She's a handful even when she doesn't try to be. She's a 90 pound german shepherd, just a lil past 2 years old Lol. Between her and family, cooking is a series of me directing traffic and yelling 'Stop cutting into that before it's done!'

I just used mango juice in the foil, we had a can of Jumex mango. I was thinking of making up semi home made BBQ Sauce, there's a recipe on deepsouthdish.com for barq's root beer bbq...and boy that is good. Only used it on chicken but I bet if I did a coffee marinade on ribs, it would be perfect!

 

[TomKnollRFV]

Alright, I left some of the chunks of pork on with just my honey mustard and the rub. I pulled them off now for a comparison <as I was asked to do this in another thread>. I'm sure if I just left them going they'd be fine and likely get some more bark..but I and the assistant chihuahua was hungry. <He loves the bark, he'll ignore stuff half the time until he see me with some thing vaguely crunchy from the grill>

Ribs have been on 2 hours unfoiled, 2 hours foiled, this is me unfoiling them. Here's hoping 2-2-1 works out for me! I also did smoke eggs but right now I got them cooling down to peel and see if I wanna smoke em more or not.

PS: I know my burnt end cuts are any thing but bit sized LOL

 

[TomKnollRFV]

Ribs sitting and resting now..but I don't know if they look like I did good? What ya'all think? I mean they might be tender as heck, ain't cut into them yet, we're boiling some sweet corn first!

 

[TomKnollRFV]

Devilled eggs..as you can see testing was needed before I even got this picture! I wish I hadn't used miracle whip for the mixing, but I'm trying to get rid of this one jar that has almost nothing left..you can taste the smoke though. I did 2 hours shell on in the smoker with a mix of hickory and apple, then I ice water bathed them to cool, shelled them..and back on for another 30 mins. I might bump the 30 mins to an hour next time! They actually got grill marks on a few and I was fine with that!

Forgot to mention..I did this mix a bit different. I tossed in some apple cider vinegar and tobasaco. Pepper..salt..Garlic powder...and chula(I can never remember how to spell it) Hot sauce. I think if I didn't use miracle whip and more flavour neutral mayo I'd be fine. Also called for bacon chopped up but I lacked bacon!

 

[TomKnollRFV]

Almost forgot the money shot of the ribs...I don't know guys, they were good. Better then any thing my mother ever had, but she once ordered filet mignon in a steak house well done and sent it back because it dared to have moisture kind of person. But they were not like I could pull the bone out easily. 225 all the way for the 2-2-1. Ahh well. Also sadly the Mango didn't add any mango flavour, maybe I needed more on there? I used maybe 1/4 cup. Next time I do ribs I want to try pure cranberry juice though!

 

[TomKnollRFV]

Burnt ends cooling down now..wish I had a better knife for cutting; maybe I should freeze and cut and bag prep em next time or some thing.

 

[TomKnollRFV]

Ha enjoying my burnt ends so much I forgot to post one bitten into. Sorry this picture is worse then most; I don't get steady nerves these days and I almost mashed it into my phone Lol.

Let me what ya'all think on these burnt ends..started with 8 pounds and bagged most for the freezer <seriously I want a darn vac sealer now!>

 

[chopsaw]

I'm worn out ,,,, just thinkin about all that . Looks good .
Had German Shepherd Dogs all my life ,, but made the move to Australian cattle dog .
So easy ,,, so smart .
Food looks great , keep it up .

 

[TomKnollRFV]

Thanks Chop. Family told me no more pork for a while LOL. And I love me some Sheps. Sheps and Rotties are my top breeds!

 

[gmc2003]

Food looks great, that's allot of work. Don't worry to much about some of the pic's. I just had to take my glasses off on a couple and they became clear as day. :)

Point for sure.

Chris

 

[TomKnollRFV]

I take my glasses off and I'm liable to walk into a wall LOL. Thanks Chris!