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Recipes => Recipes => Game Meats => Topic started by: SmokinKat on October 23, 2015, 06:12:20 PM

Title: Goat Ribs!
Post by: SmokinKat on October 23, 2015, 06:12:20 PM

My most recent goat meat project was experimenting with the ribs.  I had some baby back pork ribs I wanted to cook last weekend, so figured I'd give the goat ribs a shot too while I was at it, to see how they would compare.

Here are the two sections that were in one package.

(http://i965.photobucket.com/albums/ae138/katrinarounds/thawed%20goat%20ribs_zpsqylyw8eo.jpg) (http://s965.photobucket.com/user/katrinarounds/media/thawed%20goat%20ribs_zpsqylyw8eo.jpg.html)

I pulled the membrane off the babybacks and the goat-- BOY was that a pain in the neck.... It was like trying to pull spider webs off-- the membrane was very thin and delicate, so it took a bit of doing.  I didn't bother trimming much, since there's not much on them to begin with! 

(http://i965.photobucket.com/albums/ae138/katrinarounds/peeled%20and%20ready_zpsgdwi1po1.jpg) (http://s965.photobucket.com/user/katrinarounds/media/peeled%20and%20ready_zpsgdwi1po1.jpg.html)

I prepared them both basically the same way:  put a 50/50 mix of MAK Sweet rub and Chipotle rub on both sides, and put them on the grill on SMOKE mode. 

(http://i965.photobucket.com/albums/ae138/katrinarounds/ribs%20on%20the%20grill_zpsqfjmovos.jpg) (http://s965.photobucket.com/user/katrinarounds/media/ribs%20on%20the%20grill_zpsqfjmovos.jpg.html)

I let them go for about 2 1/2 hours before I checked on them:

(http://i965.photobucket.com/albums/ae138/katrinarounds/ribs%20ribs_zpsfqeiw48u.jpg) (http://s965.photobucket.com/user/katrinarounds/media/ribs%20ribs_zpsfqeiw48u.jpg.html)

I pulled the goat ribs after another hour, since they were so skinny, and put them in the cold smoker box while the pork ribs finished up.   I painted a bit of sauce on the babybacks during the last bit of the cook, then had to sample one of the goat ribs before handing them out for dinner.

(http://i965.photobucket.com/albums/ae138/katrinarounds/goat%20rib_zpsxccuonj7.jpg) (http://s965.photobucket.com/user/katrinarounds/media/goat%20rib_zpsxccuonj7.jpg.html)


Halfway through my taste test:
(http://i965.photobucket.com/albums/ae138/katrinarounds/goat%20rib%20nom_zpscxcprrvt.jpg) (http://s965.photobucket.com/user/katrinarounds/media/goat%20rib%20nom_zpscxcprrvt.jpg.html)

Not too dang bad!!!   Obviously not a ton of meat on them, but it was great flavor, good texture, and really kinda fun to munch on the bones!! 

Title: Re: Goat Ribs!
Post by: sliding_billy on October 23, 2015, 06:30:11 PM

Spot on with your take IMO.  Not a ton of meat, but damn tasty when done right.

Title: Re: Goat Ribs!
Post by: hikerman on October 23, 2015, 08:00:12 PM

Interesting Kat! Never have tried goat before. The opportunity just has never occurred, but I surely would give it a go! Those ribs look and sound great!

Title: Re: Goat Ribs!
Post by: ACW3 on October 23, 2015, 08:08:35 PM

I would like to try that one of these days.  Several years ago Tee (mostly) and I cooked some goat.  We served pulled goat at a Saturday event in Brevard.  It turned out to be delicious.  We actually ran out.

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Title: Re: Goat Ribs!
Post by: Smokin Don on October 23, 2015, 09:50:19 PM

Dang they look good Kat!!! I been wanting to try goat for ages, I might have a place located about an hour away to get some. Unless you can ship me one of your goats!  ::)  :D Don
Oh I like the kicked back barefoot position for eating goat ribs!