Ribs and beans for the weekend.

[xray]

Here's my weekend smoke. One rack of baby back ribs for dinner tonight and then a rack of spares for tomorrow.

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• xray
• Feb 4, 2017

The beans that I am trying are a loosely modified version of Dutch's Ranch style beans. Every time I smoke beans it seems like I use a different recipe.

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• xray
• Feb 4, 2017

The ribs and beans are smoking at 223° with hickory chunks. Ribs went in at 11:30am and the beans went in at 1pm. Looking forward to tonight's dinner.

 

[dirtsailor2003]

Looks like it's going to be a tasty meal!

 

[b-one]

Are they done yet?

 

[SmokinAl]

You just can't beat ribs & beans!

Al

 

[xray]

Are they done yet?

Whoops sorry, I have a finished photo of the beans and a baby back rib....I f'ed up the spare ribs. They were a few degrees lower in IT so I decided to toss them on the grill. Well, they caught fire in grill within seconds. I didn't realize this while I was getting dinner ready.

The spares were only on the grill for two minutes but it was long enough...and they were charred. I ended up trying them before they went in the trash...Xray's housefire ribs!!! One of my worst smokes ever.

Guess I'm having having leftover beans and a box of Mrs. T pierogi for the game tonight.

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• xray
• Feb 5, 2017

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• xray
• Feb 5, 2017

 

[tropics]

Beans and a slice of bread I'd be good.They do look good

Richie

 

[xray]

Beans and a slice of bread I'd be good.They do look good
Richie

Thanks Richie, beans and baby bakes were good. I'm just kind of bummed, everything was good coming out of the smoker until I incinerated the rack of spares.

 

[tropics]

 

Beans and a slice of bread I'd be good.They do look good
Richie

Thanks Richie, beans and baby bakes were good. I'm just kind of bummed, everything was good coming out of the smoker until I incinerated the rack of spares.

S*** Happens I tossed the Chex Mix I made yesterday way to much smoke.

Richie

 

[b-one]

Nothing wrong with those Pierogi! The bb and beans look great !

 

[SmokyMose]

I made New England Baked Beans from a recipe in Cooks magazine yesterday and they came out tasty but hard as pea gravel. I followed instructions to the letter...
The Mrs is repairing them now. Sometimes things don't work out.
The beans look really good and I love Pierogi!

 

[tropics]

I made New England Baked Beans from a recipe in Cooks magazine yesterday and they came out tasty but hard as pea gravel. I followed instructions to the letter...
The Mrs is repairing them now. Sometimes things don't work out.
The beans look really good and I love Pierogi!

SmokeyMose To get the beans soft like Boston Baked Beans! You need to get the PH up in your water,I found this out many moons ago.I add some Baking Soda to the water no salt,beans come out tender in 30 to 45 minutes.

Richie

 

[SmokyMose]

SmokeyMose To get the beans soft like Boston Baked Beans! You need to get the PH up in your water,I found this out many moons ago.I add some Baking Soda to the water no salt,beans come out tender in 30 to 45 minutes.
Richie

I'll file that tip away for the future, tropics, but I have been informed that anything that has to do with beans from now on must go through her first....
Thank you,
Dan

 

[ab canuck]

Thx. For the tip tropics, I did that once and now the wife does all the beans........ 

 

[chilerelleno]

Well... At least it wasn't a total loss.
Those Babybacks and Beans look good to go, yum!

 

[xray]

Nothing wrong with those Pierogi! The bb and beans look great !

I made New England Baked Beans from a recipe in Cooks magazine yesterday and they came out tasty but hard as pea gravel. I followed instructions to the letter...
The Mrs is repairing them now. Sometimes things don't work out.
The beans look really good and I love Pierogi!

Well... At least it wasn't a total loss.
Those Babybacks and Beans look good to go, yum!

Thanks guy. Had the beans for 2 more meals.

Super bowl meal.

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• xray
• Feb 7, 2017

Last of 'em...All I'm missing is a campfire.

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• xray
• Feb 7, 2017

 

[xray]

I'll file that tip away for the future, tropics, but I have been informed that anything that has to do with beans from now on must go through her first....
Thank you,
Dan

Were the beans old? I've read that dried beans DO have a shelf life and that they will never become tender when soaking. I never had this happen to me. But would baking soda tenderize beans past their shelf life?

 

[SmokyMose]

Were the beans old? I've read that dried beans DO have a shelf life and that they will never become tender when soaking. I never had this happen to me. But would baking soda tenderize beans past their shelf life?

Never thought about that.I just assumed beans were good forever....

 

[chilerelleno]

Being LDS, food storage and other preparedness is almost a way of life for us.
We are highly encouraged to keep a one (1) year supply of food and other essentials on hand in our homes.
Thus I know a little about food storage and shelf lives.

Beans stored long enough (1-2 years) and dry enough in their normal packaging can/will lose their oils and thus be unable to absorb water and rehydrate properly.

Dried beans are usually given a 1 year shelf life.
This is an industry standard, in reality dried beans are good to go in their normal packaging for approx 2 years depending on temp/humidity.

At 3-4 years beans in normal packaging will have lost most of their oils and a considerable amount of their nutritional value, this too will vary according to temp/humidity.

For normal shelf storage and rotation, simple vacuum packing will suffice to hold beans for 2-4 years under most conditions without any significant nutritional losses.

For long term storage (up to 10yrs) beans must be vacuum sealed in either a very low or zero oxygen bag, preferably mylar, and for best results packed with nitrogen.
Then ideally stored at or below 75'F in sealed buckets.
I would recommend rotation and consumption of beans thus stored by 5 years, no later than 8 years.

Morale to the story... Dried beans have a variable shelf life depending on packaging and storage conditions.