Recipe Best Way to Cook Ribs?

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I've smoked pork shoulders, boston butts, turkeys, chicken and fish, but one of the two things I've not attempted are ribs and brisket. So I want to remedy that. I bought a rack of pork ribs and want to know what's your favorite / best way to cook them? I've got a Big Green Egg, so I'm ready to roll.
 

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Great method above!
I keep my egg around 230F for all smoking. Use pecan or apple. I use mustard as a binder for the rub and generally let the rub set for 24 hrs first. Also, set the ribs out in advance so they are room temp...will prevent as large of a fluctuation in egg temp. I also sprinkle a bit more rub on when I "unfoil" them. Or BBQ instead of extra rub. Let em rest a bit before chopping. Hope it works well for you.

PS. If you have a vertical rack for ribs on the egg, I think it makes a difference...I like mine
 

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I did my wild boar ribs in my fire pit, covered in aluminum foil. I drilled a hole in the side to regulate airflow, and used a stick I found in the yard to adjust it. Empty beer cans stuffed with wet oak wood chips from the tree they cut down next door provided the smoke. I used the leaf blower to get a good bed of coals going quickly. No rubs, no sugar, just salt and pepper. I was able to keep them at around 210 for 8 hours...fucking delicious.That's my method.

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I did my wild boar ribs in my fire pit, covered in aluminum foil. I drilled a hole in the side to regulate airflow, and used a stick I found in the yard to adjust it. Empty beer cans stuffed with wet oak wood chips from the tree they cut down next door provided the smoke. I used the leaf blower to get a good bed of coals going quickly. No rubs, no sugar, just salt and pepper. I was able to keep them at around 210 for 8 hours...fucking delicious.That's my method.

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0 except for the blower, ribs, beer cans, wood chips, drill, aluminum foil........
 

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0 except for the blower, ribs, beer cans, wood chips, drill, aluminum foil........
Already had the blower, shot the ribs..maybe 30 cents for the ammo, already had the beer cans, wood chips were free from the yard, already had the drill...aluminum foil, 50 cents.

Ok, it cost 80 cents.
 
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Already had the blower, shot the ribs..maybe 30 cents for the ammo, already had the beer cans, wood chips were free from the yard, already had the drill...aluminum foil, 50 cents.

Ok, it cost 80 cents.

Cheap ass.
 
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There are a variety of methods demonstrated in this thread. Some might be suitable for suburban golf dads, others for wilderness men.
 

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Honestly, I've never really timed the cook.... I usually let them go until they just fold over when you pick them up with tongs in the middle.

I also like to put a foil pan of apple juice under the ribs towards the end to steam up a little apple flavor.
 
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In a smoker for 4hrs keep temp between 225-250 optionally pull them out when ready smother them in BBQ souse and put them back in for 20 min
 

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Was just discussing this with my coworker who does a metric crap-ton of Bbq competitions (I've posted pics of his smoker and preps in the past).

He suggests the following for a green egg application - all of the following is predicated on the fact that a green egg is more like a convection oven.

1. Prep ribs - Remove silver skin, apply rub (Example of his for compeition: brown sugar, paprika, cumin, black pepper, salt, onion powder, onion salt, garlic powder, add spices per your taste). If you want to go cheap and quick, he says McCormicks chili powder can be used as an impromptu rub as it it has a majority of the above already included.

2. Let rub sit overnight

3. Ensure ribs are at room temp, at least 30 mins before hitting smoker

4. 250 degrees for 2-2.5 hrs for 1 rack, bone down, add 45 mins per additional rack, but need to add time for thick cuts. Using thin cuts, that should get it to 185-190 degrees. Serving temp at the end should be around 210 degrees - this is your optimal internal temp, anything above will dry the meat.


5. Spray very liberally with Apple juice mixture (Apple juice, Sprite/Clear soda & Worchestershire sauce .... to taste) every hour.

6. Regardless of how many racks, check rack(s) every 2 hrs by picking up with tongs and checking for them to get soft / droop. Once they start drooping, you're almost done

7. At the 210 degree optimal serving temp (around the 2.5 mark), wrap them, sauce them if you want, and put back on for 20 mins.

At this point, the conversation ends because he drank too much and became incoherent; I will also add that I assume no responsibility for any jacked up ribs based on his drunken advice ;)