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Outdoor Cooking Equipment => Grills & Smokers => Pellet Grills and Smokers => Topic started by: Merrick Bill on January 16, 2012, 01:03:31 PM

Title: Just put up a couple of slabs of ribs on the Traeger.
Post by: Merrick Bill on January 16, 2012, 01:03:31 PM: I had to pull a couple of stragglers out of the freezer over the weekend. Now that they're defrosted, I need to cook them. So, here's one rack of baby back ribs with John Henry Sugar Maple rub and a rack of Angus beef ribs with garlic powder, fresh cracked pepper and kosher salt.

Traeger's set to 250*. I expect to be eating ribs in about four hours.

Here's how they looked when I first put them on the cooker.

(http://i16.photobucket.com/albums/b34/GrillWithBill/RibsontheTraeger.jpg)

Bill
Title: Re: Just put up a couple of slabs of ribs on the Traeger.
Post by: squirtthecat on January 16, 2012, 01:05:50 PM: Nice Old School (and made in the USofA) Traeger!
Title: Re: Just put up a couple of slabs of ribs on the Traeger.
Post by: Merrick Bill on January 16, 2012, 01:12:41 PM: I've had her for almost 15 years. I'm still on my first batch of pellets. I split a ton of pellets with two competition cooks. They went through their 700lbs of pellets in about a year. I still have about 300lbs of my pellets from that batch in the garage.

Bill
Title: Re: Just put up a couple of slabs of ribs on the Traeger.
Post by: squirtthecat on January 16, 2012, 01:17:39 PM: Dang.. I hate to think how many pellets I've gone through. But, cooking in the dead of winter in Central IL takes a lot of fuel.

A can of Rustoleaum and that thing would look as good as new!
Title: Re: Just put up a couple of slabs of ribs on the Traeger.
Post by: smokeasaurus on January 16, 2012, 02:21:16 PM: just not on the inside... ::)...right Bill ;D
Title: Re: Just put up a couple of slabs of ribs on the Traeger.
Post by: Merrick Bill on January 16, 2012, 03:35:58 PM: Quote from: smokeasaurus on January 16, 2012, 02:21:16 PM
just not on the inside... ::)...right Bill ;D

That's right.

Bill
Title: Re: Just put up a couple of slabs of ribs on the Traeger.
Post by: Merrick Bill on January 16, 2012, 04:01:16 PM: Three hours later.

(http://i16.photobucket.com/albums/b34/GrillWithBill/RibsontheTraeger3hrslater.jpg)

Bill
Title: Re: Just put up a couple of slabs of ribs on the Traeger.
Post by: Hub on January 17, 2012, 07:52:44 AM: Quote from: Merrick Bill on January 16, 2012, 01:12:41 PM
I've had her for almost 15 years. I'm still on my first batch of pellets. I split a ton of pellets with two competition cooks. They went through their 700lbs of pellets in about a year. I still have about 300lbs of my pellets from that batch in the garage.

Bill

One of the things I do occasionally is pop in on the Brethren and hunt for posts that are blatant misinformation (easy to find there) and correct them. Not long ago I corrected one that assured every reader that pellets self-destruct after a few months of storage. Looks like your pellets have aged well. My oldest bag is about two years. They aren't decomposing yet ::)

Hub
Title: Re: Just put up a couple of slabs of ribs on the Traeger.
Post by: Merrick Bill on January 17, 2012, 12:04:22 PM: Quote from: Hub on January 17, 2012, 07:52:44 AM
Quote from: Merrick Bill on January 16, 2012, 01:12:41 PM
I've had her for almost 15 years. I'm still on my first batch of pellets. I split a ton of pellets with two competition cooks. They went through their 700lbs of pellets in about a year. I still have about 300lbs of my pellets from that batch in the garage.

Bill

One of the things I do occasionally is pop in on the Brethren and hunt for posts that are blatant misinformation (easy to find there) and correct them. Not long ago I corrected one that assured every reader that pellets self-destruct after a few months of storage. Looks like your pellets have aged well. My oldest bag is about two years. They aren't decomposing yet ::)

Hub

Yeah, I'm actually surprised they lasted this long. I guess as long as they don't get damp, they're fine.

Bill
Title: Re: Just put up a couple of slabs of ribs on the Traeger.
Post by: TentHunteR on January 20, 2012, 07:26:44 PM: Mmmm... Angus Beef Ribs...

Are they done yet? I'm hungry!
Title: Re: Just put up a couple of slabs of ribs on the Traeger.
Post by: ACW3 on January 20, 2012, 08:19:19 PM: I'm with Cliff. I'll take a plate, please.

Art
Title: Re: Just put up a couple of slabs of ribs on the Traeger.
Post by: Rip on January 20, 2012, 09:39:27 PM: I agree, those ribs look good! I think I went through about 700 lbs of pellets last year just cooking for the family. I can only imagine how many pellets you went thru last year Squirt!