St. Louis Style in Ohio!!!

[majorlee69]

Thank you all for teaching me the basics of smokin spares...With your help on the prep work I was able to cut them St. Louis style. My family and friends were very impressed and there wasn't a single piece of meat left. I had to adapt a little due to the weather and I think they could have been more tender but this was a very successfull smoke for me. I had some trouble keeping the temps steady on my home made wood/charcole smoker but I was afraid to use my electric ecb since it tends to stay around 250. ( A little high as I understand it ). So once I wrapped in foil I finnished in the oven at 225, then I ran them across the fire on a grill with sauce. Here ya go..................( One day I'll have great success and hope to find myself worthy of OTBS )

 

[va_connoisseur]

Looks tasty.

 

[crockadale]

Nice job looks good.

 

[fatback joe]

Good job!

Oh, and the 250 won't hurt them any, just adjust the cook times a bit.......250 is fine if you find you need to do them that way sometime.

 

[cowgirl]

majorlee, those look tasty!!

 

[tony111]

Congrats Majorlee ! I like your homemade smoker. This Ohio weather can be a real B....H to try to plan a good smoke.

 

[charles1056]

It looks great majorlee.

 

[striding man]

Looks yummy majorlee. Next time you're doing some give me a shout and I'll give everyone an unbiased opinon of how good they are!

I'm only about an hour north of you. Between Lima and Findlay.

 

[buddy]

Way to go MajorLee ! Looks great.

 

[majorlee69]

I love to cook for a crowd, I'm thankfull for your complaments and would welcome friends to any of my BBQs!

 

[xtexan]

Great job!

I have always smoked baby backs but I think most guys on here smoke spares. I realize that they are cheaper but I have found them to be very fatty. Do you guys trim them and what is the cutting process once they are finished?? I think I will post about this.
Thanks!

 

[majorlee69]

I trimmed alot of the fat away and cut them "St. Louis" style. I learned how to prep them in an earlier post. After they cooked they cut just like BBs, very similar in apperence.

 

[mr.br0wn]

I'd hammer that! great looking ribs

 

[crewcab4x4]

I'm from ohio to when it's colder out use hardwood lump charcoal , it will help you hold your heat alot better . You can get it about anywhere lowes , menards , and I think walmart has it to.
I haven't tried trimming spares into saint loius style but I would like to learn the best way. I love saint louis style

crewcab4x4

 

[majorlee69]

I perfer a lump coal but all I could find was Cowboy Lump and to be frank I'd rather use newspaper........So I resorted to Kingsford this time only.

 

[desertlites]

real good looking ribs there!!