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Outdoor Cooking Equipment => Grills & Smokers => Pellet Grills and Smokers => Topic started by: Old Dave on April 20, 2014, 04:32:50 AM

Title: Spare Ribs in the Davy Crockett
Post by: Old Dave on April 20, 2014, 04:32:50 AM

This St. Louis spare rib cook was done to help determine the capacity and method of cooking in my little tailgate cooker.

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I started with 3 slabs of St. Louis cut spare ribs that still needed some clean up and trim work before placing on the grill.

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After the trim job, I gave them a generous coat of my favorite rib rub and then let them come to the sweat stage before placing them on the cooker.

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I rolled the Davy Crockett tailgater around to my cooking patio and added my Weber rib rack to the cooker and then brought it up to my smoking  temp of about 160 degrees.

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I added the 3 whole slabs of spare ribs and smoked them pretty heavy for the first hour. After the first hour, I raised the temp up to 270 degrees for the balance of the cook. I cooked the spares for an additional 3 hours which was a total of 4 hours and never moved or touched them. I then wrapped the ribs in foil.

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I used some apple juice, Agave syrup, honey, and brown sugar inside my foil packets.

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The foiled spare ribs went back into the cooker and they were cooked an additional 75 minutes.

While the ribs were finishing up in the foil, I made up my favorite ribs sauce consisting of   three of the Blues Hog products along with some real maple syrup and honey.

I then unwrapped the ribs and applied a heavy coat of my sauce and placed them back into the cooker for my glaze.

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At this point, I took the rib rack out of the cooker and added my raised grid for the glaze to these 3 slabs but if I had cooked the full 5 slabs, I would have had to used the rib rack for the glaze.

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I let the ribs glaze for about 25 minutes and then removed them from the cooker. Really looked great and had a wonderful color. The total cooking time was a little under 5-1/2 hours.

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Cut the 3 slabs into individual pieces and then plated them for serving.

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Sure made for a nice meal.

Very happy with the cook as I feel the possibility of cooking 5 slabs of St. Louis cut  spare ribs ribs in this little Davy Crockett tailgate cooker is just great.

Title: Re: Spare Ribs in the Davy Crockett
Post by: africanmeat on April 20, 2014, 05:17:15 AM

Wow Dave these ribs  looks amazing .
what a nice colour .yummy .

Title: Re: Spare Ribs in the Davy Crockett
Post by: muebe on April 20, 2014, 08:25:43 AM

Fine looking ribs Dave!

That little cooker can pack a load of ribs!

Title: Re: Spare Ribs in the Davy Crockett
Post by: HighOnSmoke on April 20, 2014, 09:30:51 AM

Ribs look delicious Dave!

Title: Spare Ribs in the Davy Crockett
Post by: Pappymn on April 20, 2014, 09:57:49 AM

Beautiful ribs OD. I would not have thought you could go 5 plus hours on ribs.

Title: Re: Spare Ribs in the Davy Crockett
Post by: ACW3 on April 20, 2014, 10:08:51 AM

They look great!  That little tailgate cooker is a winner!

Art

Title: Re: Spare Ribs in the Davy Crockett
Post by: smoker pete on April 20, 2014, 10:09:56 AM

Great ribs Dave!!  Thanks for the informative post ... going to have to look into getting me one of the those Weber Rib Racks so I can have me some ribs on the road/home using my DC  :)  8)

Title: Re: Spare Ribs in the Davy Crockett
Post by: sliding_billy on April 20, 2014, 10:21:40 AM

Great looking bones Dave.

Title: Re: Spare Ribs in the Davy Crockett
Post by: Las Vegan Cajun on April 20, 2014, 10:35:14 AM

Amazing looking ribs, you got a winner for sure.  ;)

Title: Re: Spare Ribs in the Davy Crockett
Post by: CDN Smoker on April 20, 2014, 11:35:49 AM

Winner, winner Awsome looking rib dinner ;D

Title: Re: Spare Ribs in the Davy Crockett
Post by: Wing Commander on April 20, 2014, 12:53:15 PM

These ribs are beautiful. Fantastic color.

Title: Re: Spare Ribs in the Davy Crockett
Post by: IR2dum on April 20, 2014, 02:20:37 PM

Old Dave, are these ribs prepared like your competition ribs? You can't beat the taste of your competition ribs. I still dream about them. These look just as beautiful.

Title: Re: Spare Ribs in the Davy Crockett
Post by: Old Dave on April 20, 2014, 04:29:22 PM

Mr IR2Dum,

You are correct in that this recipe is very close to what I would use for competition. Thanks for the kind comments.

Title: Re: Spare Ribs in the Davy Crockett
Post by: Jaxon on April 20, 2014, 04:54:42 PM

Dave, I STILL remember the ribs you cooked at the first Gathering in Augusta.  You were very patient as you showed us the entire process you go thru for those fantastic ribs.  I also have the printed instructions and pictures you posted for us.  All-inclusive and very detailed, easy to follow...though I haven't been able to duplicate yet.  The final glaze always gets me...I can't get it right for some reason.  Its probably a god thing though.  If my ribs turned out JUST LIKE yours, my head would swell a few sizes causing my hair to look thinner than it does now.