I went to Costco yesterday and somehow spent close to $400, SUPERVISED! My wife may indeed be a clone! I don't know what happened to the
real one but she needs to come back soon and save me from myself, lol
I bought two 3 packs of Smithfield babies and a Prime packer brisket. I also got some nice steaks and some other things, some needed, some not
I told my wife that I was going to break the steaks up and foodsaver them but was going to freeze the brisket and one pack of the ribs. I decided to cook one 3 pack and try different rub combinations and see if I could find a new favorite mixture, using some of the rubs I have on hand.
Here's how it turned out (again, a fairly long tale to tell) All were rubbed in regular old mustard and then rubbed as outlined below.
From bottom right to top right Half Rack #1 : Underside - Simply Marvelous Pecan, Topside - Simply Marvelous Spicy Apple
Half Rack #2 : Underside - Weber's Coffee Rub, Topside - Simply Marvelous Sweet Seduction
Half Rack #3 : Underside - Simply Marvelous Genie's Trinity, Topside - Simply Marvelous Sweet & Spicy
Half Rack #4 : Underside - Genie's Hooch, Topside - Simply Marvelous Cherry
Whole Rack - Underside Longhorn Steakhouse Grill Seasoning, Topside - Simply Marvelous Cherry
I added a little Kosher salt and black pepper sprinkling to each rack as well (Topside only)
As the smoker did it's thing, I periodically hit the ribs with a little 50/50 ACV/water mix in a spray bottle. After doing about 30 minutes or so on "Smoke" setting, I gradually bumped up the temp until I got to 225ish and did somewhat of a 3-2-1 method. I did my usual wrap with brown sugar, parkay, honey and Tiger Sauce, ala Johnny Trigg. Once they went wrapped for about 2 hours, I pulled them from the foil and back on the racks for about an hour. I glazed Half Rack #4 with my Honey Chipotle & Beer BBQ sauce that I LOVE on Ribs. As you can see, I am the only saucy rib eater at my house (pics below) but my son DID eat some and said they were his favorite out of the whole lot! Maybe I have converted him??
Random pics of cooking and eating
Pre wrap - About 1.25 hours into the cook, still needs to go a while to get some color
Wrapped
Unwrapped and back on the racks
Grilling a chicken "snack" below while smoking up top. I LOVE that I can do this!
Taking the chicken up to my wife but Baby is waiting at the top of the steps wanting to intercept!
It won't be long now! Waiting for rack #4's glaze to set
Off the smoker
Cutting and eating (who says you can't get a smoke ring on a pellet pooper?)
My Favorite, the #4!
AND....as a bonus picture, totally unrelated, I saw this at Costco, it made me chuckle
Notes about the ribs#1 was really good. The Spicy Apple and Pecan was a great combination.
#2 was my least favorite of the bunch, I needed more rub on it maybe? Not a fan of the flavor profiles on this one. The remnants will make their way to my mother-in-law
#3 was also very nice, had a savory element to it, a distinct hint of celery in the background. I think was was due to the "Genie's Trinity" rub.
#4 as you know was my favorite, the sauce gets all tacky and has a very nice color that the camera phone just doesn't pick up unfortunately. Sweet heat with a garlic punch. I could sell this stuff!
#5 is my wife's go to, I make hers this way except for I was out of Simply Marvelous "Season All" which I normally use on the underside. This was good but would've been better had I had the "Season All".
We all didn't like #2 but enjoyed the rest of them. My personal order is 4, 3, 1, 5, 2 with 2 being a distant last to the rest.
Thanks for another long read. I blame it on my job, I am so used to explaining things to the nth degree that it flows over into everything I do!
