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Title: It happened!
Post by: Scgator on May 30, 2019, 10:43:06 AM

I decided to grill some burgers on memorial day and remembered that I had four ranks of baby backs on the freezer so I thawed then out. This would be my first time doing baby backs. I put them on at 8:00 am and checked them the first time at 11:00. We were planning on eating at noon so I have myself 4 hrs for the ribs. I pulled on rack or to look at it and decided to hang it back for just a few more minutes ( they looked awesome ). As soon as I set it back on the rebar I lost 3/4 of ribs to the bottom of my barrel so I figured it was time to pull all of them. They wound up bring a big hit at the cookout. I was told that they were better than the local BBQ places around me and close to competion ribs. I'll take them off earlier next time!!(https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20190530/a691d548d782bc243ab00bfd53a01bb5.jpg)

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Title: Re: It happened!
Post by: TMB on May 30, 2019, 11:35:37 AM

I always wondered if ribs would fall in that cooker.    Glad they worked out for you :thumbup:

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Post by: Kona on May 30, 2019, 12:37:10 PM

Ribs are going to vary in cook time depending on how meaty they are. I've had some done at 2.5 hours and some that have taken 4. I generally start checking at the 2.5 mark and see what kind of pull back on the bones I'm getting. Generally at the 3 hour mark they are close to done most of the time for me. I only cook one rack at a time so I lay in on the grate for saucing at that point for another 30 mins or so. You'll have a different experience for spare ribs as well.

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Post by: ronman451 on May 30, 2019, 12:55:18 PM

Nice! I usually cut my rib racks in half when I use the PBC to help prevent this.

Early on, I lost a rack or two of ribs when I hung them and cooked to the "fall-off-the-bone" stage.

Title: Re: It happened!
Post by: Scgator on May 30, 2019, 01:56:03 PM

Good idea! Thanks

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Post by: Roget on May 30, 2019, 08:21:45 PM

Nice cook.

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Post by: HighOnSmoke on May 30, 2019, 08:45:11 PM

Very nice cook!

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Post by: Pappymn on June 01, 2019, 06:48:03 PM

Excellent cook


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Title: Re: It happened!
Post by: rcrabb22 on July 27, 2019, 10:16:47 AM

I lost a rack of baby backs like you did early on in my PBC days and I would check them at the 2 hour mark. 

I buy whole spare rib racks from Sam's and cut them down to St Louis style.  They are long and hung whole they are just inches above the coal basket or sometimes touching the coals so I cut my racks in half.  The rib tips and the plate cut from the racks are really good smoked on the grate too!

Title: Re: It happened!
Post by: smokeasaurus on July 27, 2019, 01:53:15 PM

I pull them off a tad early and foil wrap and put in the cooking grate.

You get more than enough grease fog flavor in two hours.