Thursday Night Spare Ribs

[Kona]

Decided to throw some ribs on. I usually make my own BBQ sauce but no time. All I had was Sweet Baby Rays Mustard style. I used my own rub. These were taken off at two hours and fifteen minutes. I sauced them at the two hour mark. The parts that were just meat were very tender and had a little pull off the bone. Some of the fatty parts were hard to pull off. I'm not sure why my ribs cook so fast? I see videos on youtube as well as the PBC instructions and I'm seeing 3-4 hour cooks. The meat was plenty done but obviously some of the fat wasn't rendered as much as it could be. Does that sound right? They were dam delicious tho, I just wish the fat was more rendered out.

[bobh665]

Mine usually take about 4 hours. Could it be your letting your briquettes get to hot before you start cooking? When I first got mine I was using the charcoal lighter method and letting them burn for 20 minutes and my cooks were similar to yours. Im down to 12 minutes now.

[Kona]

Mine usually take about 4 hours. Could it be your letting your briquettes get to hot before you start cooking? When I first got mine I was using the charcoal lighter method and letting them burn for 20 minutes and my cooks were similar to yours. Im down to 12 minutes now.

I've been using the lighter fluid method...I light and let it burn with the lid off for about 15 mins, hang the meat and lid on. I'm in South Florida so my vent is open at the 1/4 setting

[Savannahsmoker]

Those are delicious looking ribs and I did not know you could get ribs like that on a PBC.

[Smokin Don]

The ribs look darn good to me!!! Don

[tomcrete1]

Nice lookin ribs 

[muebe]

The ribs look mighty fine to me. Like the old saying goes if it ain't broke don't fix it. What matters is if you like the results. Everyone likes their ribs done differently.

Next time give them another 30 minutes and see if you like them better. If the fat renders more to your liking. Then try another 30 until you find the sweet time for the ribs the way YOU like them.

That way your ribs turn out exactly how you want them everytime.

[HighOnSmoke]

Excellent looking ribs!

[Cajunate]

Ribs look great!
I'd eat 'em!

[Kona]

I spoke to Noah via email and he suggested to hang my meat at 12 minutes and see how that works out. Said my ribs should not be cooking that fast. If that doesn't help said to give him a call. Can't beat their customer service

[rickmort]

I spoke to Noah via email and he suggested to hang my meat at 12 minutes and see how that works out. Said my ribs should not be cooking that fast. If that doesn't help said to give him a call. Can't beat their customer service

Curious how you made out with the next batch at 12 minutes?

[Kona]

I spoke to Noah via email and he suggested to hang my meat at 12 minutes and see how that works out. Said my ribs should not be cooking that fast. If that doesn't help said to give him a call. Can't beat their customer service

Curious how you made out with the next batch at 12 minutes?

I posted on Sunday about my next batch of spare ribs, definitely didn't cook as fast. I hung them at twelve and pulled them off at 3.5 hours. I'll probably do a little less as when I was unhooking them, the hook slid out the side and fell to the coals as the meat was really tender. I'll probably do 2.5 hours / sauce for another 30.

[70monte]

I use the chimney starter method to start my coals and never have problems cooking ribs.  Mine are usually done at the 4 hour mark.

Wayne

[Kona]

I use the chimney starter method to start my coals and never have problems cooking ribs.  Mine are usually done at the 4 hour mark.

Wayne

Spare ribs or baby backs? I was initially letting my coals get way too hot before I hung my meat and put my lid on and they were finishing in 90 minutes. It made a huge difference putting the meat on earlier

[Cajunate]

Nice rack! (how many times have we heard that?)

Looks delicious!