Spare (To St. Louis or or not to St. Louis)

[berrya]

I usually do BB, but the local butcher did not have any today so I rolled with Spare. Should I do a St. Louis cut?

 

[noboundaries]

It's a personal preference. It you are going to do a SLC, have a plan what to do with the tips. Like beans. I prefer untrimmed spares, and that's how I smoke them.

 

[smokerjim]

personally I would leave them whole

 

[mike243]

Whole here also,

 

[sky monkey]

I'll buy and smoke St. Louis style but if I paid for the whole thing I smoke the whole thing. Whatever you do with the trimmed ends is usually not as tasty as slow-smoked, on-the-bone, rib meat.

 

[berrya]

I appreciate the advice. I like the idea of smoking the whole thing and then trimming and putting in the baked beans.

 

[texomakid]

I too have recently jumped on the untrimmed spare rib side. A whole spare rib seems so much more tastier, and a lot more practical for the basic consumers (like me.)

 

[uncle eddie]

Any way is fine...just call me when they are ready