Spare Ribs ala Belly-Style!

[lu1847]

Very nice Pops. Thanks for the pics. Noticed your butcher block. I have the same one. I was wondering if the top was warped on yours. Mine was.

 

[pops6927]

Yes, it was warped; I contacted the company and they replaced it, no charge, and I kept the original and made a cutting board out of it!

 

[pops6927]

Just a note: in the family picture is Nissreen, who married my son earlier in the year, now a wonderful family member!  She is fantastic!

 

[oldschoolbbq]

Really good looking Spares, I can hang in my Vetr. Chamber , Should look for some hooks . Super . . .

 smart.

Have fun and . . .

 

[bkleinsmid]

Hey Pop's........great looking ribs......and congrat's to the new family member.

A butcher buddy of mine told me a little secret about his ribs. He always hangs his because of space in his smoker and he does about 15 racks each day. He told me that he leaves the membrane on the ribs and hooks them at least two ribs in. The membrane will keep the ribs on the hook. Seems to work very well.

Brad

 

[rayanrich]

Hanging spareribs vertically from bacon hooks is a total gamble, and honestly, you are playing a risky game of brisket-bone roulette here! While it is a clever bit of smokehouse geometry that mirrors exactly how the bellies are cured, there is a massive difference between a cold-smoked belly and a rack of ribs aiming for that competition-style bite.

If you are planning to push these for a full 6 hours with absolutely no foil, you are going to be sweating bullets by hour 4. Once that collagen breaks down and the meat starts shrinking back from the bone, gravity is going to become your absolute worst enemy. That "tug" you are hoping for can vanish in a heartbeat.

It is a very smart move that you put those drip pans underneath to catch the casualties, because without a foil wrap to support them, there is a very high probability you will be fishing at least two of those racks out of the grease tray by the end of the day. Good luck, let's see if the hooks hold or if gravity wins this round!

 

[chopsaw]

Good luck, let's see if the hooks hold or if gravity wins this round!

This thread is 13 years old .

 

[clifish]

This thread is 13 years old .

and most of the posters are no longer among us!

 

[912smoker]

And as the results are the proof !
They held

Keith

 

[SmokinEdge]

There are actually quite a few BBQ joints around the country that hang their ribs in vertical smokers. I’ve done them many times. Ribs should pass the bend test so they should not fall off the bacon hangers either.

Old post or not.