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Offline UWFSAE

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"Texas Snowpacalypse 2018" Spareribs
« Reply #-1 on: January 16, 2018, 11:13:23 PM »
Let me go on record:  Southeast Texas is not built for this kind of cold weather.  Houston was all but shut down today, falling below freezing at around 9:00am and seeing a transition from rain to wintery mix to sleet to legit snow.  So, what do you do when it gets cold?

Smoke ribs.



Made a homemade rub yesterday and applied it liberally using French's Honey Mustard as a binder on a pair of Smithfield St. Louis-cut spareribs (found a sale at the local H-E-B).  Wrapped and put in the fridge for 15 hours.





Started out at 190° using CookinPellets Perfect Mix, then bumped to 225° after two hours. Spritzed on the third, fourth, fifth, and six hour marks with a 75/25 mix of apple juice and apple cider vinegar.





Wanted to see how much smoke flavor I could get so I didn't use any glaze or sauce.  I was pretty happy, but I probably should have pulled them at six hours.  According to my Fireboard, the temp variance was negligible (+/- 4°) despite the frigid temps.  They weren't quite "falling off the bone" but I think a bit less time would have improved the final product.  The rub was spot on, though a bit more salt (I applied kosher salt separately from the base rub) would have put it right where I wanted them.  Plenty moist, didn't even need to bother with a 3-2-1 process.





Overall, a solid 8 out of 10 ... not too shabby under Snowpacalypse conditions.
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Re: "Texas Snowpacalypse 2018" Spareribs
« on: January 17, 2018, 06:53:34 AM »
Nice lookin bones! :thumbup :thumbup:
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Re: "Texas Snowpacalypse 2018" Spareribs
« Reply #1 on: January 17, 2018, 09:11:54 AM »
54 for a daytime high!!!!!  We didn't get past 28 and this morn 14 degrees with -2 wind chill.

did Wendy and I head North when we left Cali instead of heading east????

Ribs look darn good.  Enjoy that 54   :) 
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« Reply #2 on: January 17, 2018, 09:18:43 AM »
Nice looking ribs


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« Reply #3 on: January 17, 2018, 09:29:08 AM »
Looks good to me.
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Re: "Texas Snowpacalypse 2018" Spareribs
« Reply #4 on: January 17, 2018, 09:59:49 AM »
Now, that's how to spend a snow day. Nice looking ribs in any weather condition.
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Re: "Texas Snowpacalypse 2018" Spareribs
« Reply #5 on: January 17, 2018, 10:05:23 AM »
Those ribs look real good...  Nice project for this weather insanity!
   
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Re: "Texas Snowpacalypse 2018" Spareribs
« Reply #6 on: January 17, 2018, 11:20:01 AM »
@Smoke:  heh, that weather app shows a 24 hour range rather than a daily range and was taken in the morning.  Temps yesterday had a true high of around 35° just after midnight and never stopped falling; that Arctic front rolled through the Houston area like a freight train ... we hit 18° overnight, coldest temps since 1996.  And I was the idiot running in and out of the house in shorts and flip flops to spritz ribs.

I don’t miss heat and hurricanes and mosquitos, but something in the mid-60s would be nice ...
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Re: "Texas Snowpacalypse 2018" Spareribs
« Reply #7 on: January 18, 2018, 01:05:26 AM »
Those are some nice looking ribs. Plate me up!
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