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Title: Beef Back Ribs
Post by: zak99b5 on March 27, 2017, 08:09:13 AM

Well, Mrs. Zak told me she bought baby back ribs for this weekend.  Knowing how she isn't a detail-oriented person, my initial hopes of succulent pork ribs turned to thoughts of so-called "country-style" ribs, which of course aren't ribs at all.

I demanded to see the meat.

She pulled out a long, thin cryovac, and my hopes rose again. 

But something was different . . . the bones were far too wide.  I took the package from her and looked.

BEEF back ribs.  Not BABY.

Now I got all sorts of excited.  She often buys beef short ribs, but they are always single-bone pieces, and she usually does them in the crock pot.  But I had been wanting a rack of beef ribs.  And now they were here.

They were pretty thin, with two racks stacked on top of each other in the cryovac.

I had used up the last of my Beef & Game on the eye of round, so I decided to do MacCormick Montreal Steak on one and Jane's Crazy Mixed-Up Salt on the other.  But little did I know my son had the Crazy Jane's in his bedroom (Why, I don't know).  So Lawry's it was for the second.

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The next day I fired up the PBC and added four chunks of apple wood.

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Let them cook for about two hours, until they looked right.

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On the plate:

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Sorry, no shots of them cut.  My fingers were too greasy, and I couldn't stop eating them!

Both seasonings were fantastic.  Can't wait to cook these again.

Title: Re: Beef Back Ribs
Post by: TMB on March 27, 2017, 08:37:01 AM

 Nice, I stil need to get some of those and try them

Title: Re: Beef Back Ribs
Post by: Smokin3d on March 27, 2017, 08:40:23 AM

Them look great! I have never cooked beef ribs gonna have to put that on the list.

Title: Beef Back Ribs
Post by: Pappymn on March 27, 2017, 10:14:13 AM

Looks excellent

Title: Re: Beef Back Ribs
Post by: Kona on March 27, 2017, 10:17:03 AM

I will take beef ribs over pork any day they are outstanding! I have yet to find beef plate ribs, which seem to have the most meat on them. I've seen some really thick beef plate ribs online. The back ribs I've found have not had much meat

Title: Re: Beef Back Ribs
Post by: Smokin Don on March 27, 2017, 11:03:55 AM

Those look good!!! I love beef ribs but my butcher doesn't have them often. Don

Title: Re: Beef Back Ribs
Post by: HighOnSmoke on March 27, 2017, 12:35:13 PM

Awesome!

Title: Re: Beef Back Ribs
Post by: sliding_billy on March 27, 2017, 01:14:53 PM

Despite the size and the fact that many of them are shiners, I very much prefer the flavor of beef backs to beef short ribs.  Instead of fat, you taste meat with enough marbling to keep them moist.

Title: Re: Beef Back Ribs
Post by: LarryO1947 on March 27, 2017, 01:58:49 PM

 :thumbup: :thumbup:

Title: Re: Beef Back Ribs
Post by: TentHunteR on March 27, 2017, 02:18:30 PM

Yes Sir, I'll take a rib or two.  I love beef ribs!

Title: Re: Beef Back Ribs
Post by: GusRobin on March 27, 2017, 02:24:06 PM

looks great. I also prefer beef ribs to pork ribs.

Title: Re: Beef Back Ribs
Post by: Savannahsmoker on March 27, 2017, 04:11:25 PM

Again, another excellent looking smoked chunks of beef done in the PBC. :thumbup: