Swineapple

[kilo charlie]

Swineapple, Crispy Crowns Warm Potato Salad and Smoked Beans.

Ribs are on sale around here so it was time to play around with some ideas. Luckily, pineapples are also on sale, so it made sense to start with a "Swineapple". I saw this online a couple years ago and figured I needed to at least try it.

Started with a whole pineapple.

St Louis rack of ribs for less than $6.25

The Pineapple was skinned and the bottom cut for height and to sit level. The top leaves were also trimmed to fit in my Pit Boss KC Combo.

The ribs got a mustard binder and a healthy dose of Meat Church Holy Voodoo after a light trim and membrane was removed.

The ribs were then wrapped around the Pineapple and secured with wooden skewers.

Into the smoker set at 250F.

After 2 hours the whole thing was wrapped in tinfoil (afywr trimming the skewers flush) and went for another 2 hours. Then I started layering BBQ Sauce on the ribs.

Finished and resting

Plated ribs with some smoked beans, a warm Crispy Crowns Potato Salad and some pineapple chunks

 

[JckDanls 07]

HMMMM Looks good... And the results were ???

 

[kilo charlie]

It was tasty! The pineapple almost tastes better than the ribs!

The front side of the ribs looked and tasted amazing.. the back side looked pretty drab to be honest.

Not something I would do every time, but it was a fun and tasty experience!

 

[jcam222]

Looks awesome and gotta be super tasty. Crispy warm potato salad sounds interesting too

 

[gmc2003]

Nice looking vittles Charlie. The swinapple would make a good conversation piece at the dinner table. I like those beans also. Finally someone else posts baked beans that are thick and not runny.

Point for sure
Chris

 

[kilo charlie]

Looks awesome and I'll be super tasty. Crispy warm potato salad sounds interesting too

Thank you!
Maybe one of these days I'll have to do a write up on the potato salad

 

[Compulsive Smoker]

Looks amazing! I think I might have to give it a try!

 

[kilo charlie]

Nice looking vittles Charlie. The swinapple would make a good conversation piece at the dinner table. I like those beans also. Finally someone else posts baked beans that are thick and not runny.

Point for sure
Chris

Thank you!
The beans are my own recipe and I don't care for runny beans at all! I use red beans, black beans and cannellini beans.

 

[kilo charlie]

Looks amazing! I think I might have to give it a try!

Thank you!
Tag me if you try it!

 

[cpaysonc]

Awesome, just confirmed with my wife that an attempt at this is on the weekend menu!

 

[kilo charlie]

Awesome, just confirmed with my wife that an attempt at this is on the weekend menu!

Thank you!

Tag me when you post it!

 

[Rafter H BBQ]

Tasty looking cook, wonder what could make the back side better?! Would a small gap if possible to keep the ribs away from the pineapple just enough for some smoke to run thru?! Skewers maybe?! No criticism by any means… meal looks phenomenal! Nicely done!

 

[Rafter H BBQ]

Looks awesome and I'll be super tasty. Crispy warm potato salad sounds interesting too

Jeff, when will you be super tasty? Just curious?! Certain IT?

In all seriousness, just had to joke with you bro!

 

[Compulsive Smoker]

Thank you!
Maybe one of these days I'll have to do a write up on the potato salad

Please do! I’d like to know how to do that…

 

[jcam222]

Jeff, when will you be super tasty? Just curious?! Certain IT?

In all seriousness, just had to joke with you bro!

Lol I really need to proof read better

 

[kilo charlie]

Looks awesome and gotta be super tasty. Crispy warm potato salad sounds interesting too

Please do! I’d like to know how to do that…

So I have posted my potato salad recipe before and @Abigail4476 made a post about it on the front page under recipes ( https://www.smokingmeatforums.com/ams/kilo-charlies-loaded-potato-salad.10302/ )

The crispy crown version is exactly the same except for boiling baby potatoes for 15 min, I put the crispy crowns in the air fryer at 400F for 15 min to make them super crispy. They need to be crispy to hold up to all the deliciousness they are being added to. It's definitely best served warm and it's not going to reheat very well because the crispy crowns do not stay crispy forever.

 

[kilo charlie]

Tasty looking cook, wonder what could make the back side better?! Would a small gap if possible to keep the ribs away from the pineapple just enough for some smoke to run thru?! Skewers maybe?! No criticism by any means… meal looks phenomenal! Nicely done!

Thank you!

There's not much to be done to the back of the ribs.. they are absorbing the juices of the pineapple and the enzymes are breaking down the meat.

I did dunk the pineapple in BBQ sauce so there was a layer between the pineapple and the ribs but visually it looked terrible. The good news is it tasted great!

I wouldn't leave any gap in there... but if you trimmed the top leaves more, or even cut the top clean off to the top of the ribs, you could keep pouring BBQ sauce in between the ribs and the pineapple.

 

[kilo charlie]

Nice looking vittles Charlie. The swinapple would make a good conversation piece at the dinner table. I like those beans also. Finally someone else posts baked beans that are thick and not runny.

Point for sure
Chris

Chris, I posted the beans recipe a while back.

https://www.smokingmeatforums.com/threads/ribs-and-beans.309348/