Short rib burnt ends

[orthodoc]

Hello- I have asked this before but I am hoping for some new opinions..... Got big packs of short rib meat from Costco- says bone in but not long bone, but the meat is a huge hunk.... so essentially boneless. I want to do burnt ends.

Cube it then smoke it so I get bark all around? Or smoke it like a brisket point and then cube it up?

 

[Archnemysis]

More surface area means more bark. Yum.
Smaller pieces means it cooks faster and might not get tender enough. Sad.
I await someone else who has more experience to point out which way to go.

 

[jcam222]

I guess I’d cook first to 190ish and then cube and finish to around 200. Honestly for me the beefy flavor and decadent marbling of short rib is so good I wouldn’t be able to bring myself to do burnt ends from it.