Let's Talk BBQ
General => General Discussion & Topics => General Discussion => Topic started by: UWFSAE on January 16, 2018, 11:13:23 PM
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Overall, a solid 8 out of 10 ... not too shabby under Snowpacalypse conditions.
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Nice lookin bones! :thumbup :thumbup:
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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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Nice looking ribs
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Looks good to me.
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Now, that's how to spend a snow day. Nice looking ribs in any weather condition.
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Those ribs look real good... Nice project for this weather insanity!
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@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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Those are some nice looking ribs. Plate me up!